Sentences with phrase «fossil fuel industries typically»

Transportation and fossil fuel industries typically come to mind as major sources of pollution.

Not exact matches

For example, if the world population hits only 8.3 billion by 2050 instead of the 9.7 billion figure typically cited by the UN, fossil fuel consumption could end up being 17 percent lower in 2050 than the oil industry thinks.

If the industry is in fact incentivized to maximize near - term profits, a large conflict of interest exists, since (as you know) investments in fossil fuel resources are typically (until recently) made years, if not decades before production, and often in different political, economic, and social contexts.

«Over the past 15 years my co-authors and I have been subject to a crescendo of by politicians, typically aligned closely with fossil fuel interests or front groups advocating for the fossil fuel industry, that see the need to discredit this iconic graphic.»

Compared with fossil fuel technologies, which are typically mechanized and capital intensive, the renewable energy industry is more labor intensive.