Sentences with phrase «fossil fuel consumption while»

What we should be doing is to slow down fossil fuel consumption while ramping up renewable energy collectors.

Not exact matches

While Costa Rican legislators have recently approved a law to increase the sales of electric cars, exempting them from all taxes, which will eventually help to reduce CO2 pollution and fossil fuel consumption, it will not ameliorate the situation of overcrowded and underfunded public roads that make Costa Rica one of the top 10 worst countries to drive in.

While China's consumption of fossil fuel emissions is relatively modest, its global manufacturing contributed 826 million tonnes of CO2 to Europe, the United States and Japan.

While the U.S. boom in shale gas helped push the fossil fuel's share of total global energy consumption from 23.8 to 23.9 percent, coal also increased its share, from 29.7 to 29.9 percent, as demand for coal - fired electricity remained strong across much of the developing world, including China and India, and parts of Europe.

I would humbly suggest that, while continued accurate measurements are always wonderful to have, the screamingly obvious main priority is loudly call for all to rapidly abandon ship — leave deadly fossil fuels behind and quickly climb into the lifeboats of efficiency, vastly reduced consumption, renewables, and population reduction.

Oil subsidies make up over half of the total fossil fuel consumption subsidies, while electricity makes up 24 percent, natural gas 22 percent and coal 0.4 percent.

Francis said that wealthy nations and multinational corporations that use foreign debt as a way to control poorer countries, while exploiting their natural resources and polluting their land and water, owe them an «ecological debt» by limiting consumption of fossil fuels and assisting them in more sustainable development.

Moreover, they drive climate change by encouraging the consumption of polluting fuels while tilting the playing field against renewable power and energy efficiency: Fossil - fuel subsidies are five times greater than renewable energy subsidies, and they inflate domestic demand and discourage energy efficiency through artificially low energy prices, undermining the energy security of fossil - fuel importing counFossil - fuel subsidies are five times greater than renewable energy subsidies, and they inflate domestic demand and discourage energy efficiency through artificially low energy prices, undermining the energy security of fossil - fuel importing counfossil - fuel importing countries.

I propose we begin implementing the viable technologies now, transfer some of the money that is being used to subsidize fossil fuel consumption into research for more technology, and begin the process of weaning our economy now while we still have oil reserves left.

While the ideal in regard to energy and the environment would be greatly reduced energy generation and consumption, replacement of fossil - fuelled electricity by renewables like wind is next best.

That's hardly a finding to be celebrated, but it serves as an important reminder that while some renewable energy sources are growing rapidly, fossil fuel consumption is also growing, especially in the developing world — and from a much larger base.

While it is true that it is quite impossible to grow sufficient wood to replace our present rate of fossil fuel consumption (there just is not enough land available), wood could be at least a part of the solution.

The tax breaks would be more than enough to keep consumption high and energy would gradually shift to other sources and more efficient technology while supplying the developing world with more fossil fuel.

In fact, it is the basis of his energy policy: All along, he has supported increased production of fossil fuels while implementing policies to reduce consumption of fossil fuels.

This means that, while the world has been consuming more fossil fuels in the last couple of decades, the ratio of reserves - to - consumption has remained more or less constant.

But if every country moved up the energy ladder — from wood and dung to fossil fuels and from fossil fuels to uranium — all humans could achieve, or even surpass, Western levels of energy consumption while reducing global environmental damage below today's levels.

But, they will cheat and lie while expanding consumption of fossil fuels.

In November 2015, the leaders of Asia - Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) economies, reaffirmed their landmark 2009 commitment to «rationalize and phase out over the medium term inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption while recognizing the importance of providing those in need with essential energy services».

But while the figure for fossil - fuel consumption subsidies may be coming down, it remains much higher than estimated government support to renewable energy: subsidies for renewables in power generation amounted to $ 140 billion in 2016.

Natural gas is increasing as a fraction of total fossil fuel consumption; while oil is decreasing as a fraction of total fossil fuel consumption.

There is no reason we can not develope and progress while reducing fossil fuel consumption.

Supporting many policies that would meet projected fossil fuel demands while failing to move quickly to reduce demand and consumption and replace destructive fuels with superior alternatives, the administration is doing too little, too slowly.

Eliminating all fossil fuel consumption subsidies by 2020 would cut global carbon emissions by nearly 5 percent while reducing government debt.

A gradually increasing carbon tax or cap - and - trade system (already in place in some nations) would spur innovation while reducing fossil fuel consumption and promoting the use of renewables.

The climate equation has two sides, and while great attention has been paid to the demand side: «how do we reduce fossil fuel consumption and emissions?»