Sentences with phrase «fuel era as»

Revkin: «Assertions that all weird bad weather is, in essence, our fault are not grounded in science and, as a result, end up empowering those [Revkin links to Morano's Climate Depot here] whose prime interest appears to to be sustaining the fossil fuel era as long as possible»

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The purpose of Tesla, SpaceX (Musk's space - exploration company), and SolarCity, the solar - panel firm that recently merged with Tesla, as a group of businesses is to accelerate humanity's departure from the fossil - fuel era.

For the industrial era, Lovejoy's analysis uses carbon - dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels as a proxy for all man - made climate influences - a simplification justified by the tight relationship between global economic activity and the emission of greenhouse gases and particulate pollution, he says.

Across cultures, countries and eras, people have built fires by piling wood or other fuel in pyramid - or cone - shaped structures that are about as tall as they are wide at the base, Bejan says.

But burning natural gas results in half the greenhouse gas pollution than coal, making it appealing as fuel in an era of combating climate change.

Peopled by flapper - era caricatures partaking in white - collar social orgies fuelled by selfish hedonism, Luhrmann's interpretation of Fitzgerald's oft - debated novel emerges as grotesque melodrama that plays more like a Mexican telenovela than a respectful reinterpretation of 1920's New York high society.

The 5th grade science words cover topics such as the greenhouse effect, fossil fuels, and various Earth cycles, while the eighth grade earth science definitions include geological eras, plate tectonics.

This year, auto makers begin stepping toward a fleet - wide fuel economy of 35.5 mpg (6.6 L / 100 km) by 2016, a standard handed down in 2009 as auto makers limped through the worst sales year in the post-war era.

They will deeply appreciate the way that the functional character of their favorite SUV has been preserved, especially in an era when fuel economy and safety are now as important as the ability to tow a boat.

[4] Although it began its run with a number of high - performance configurations, as the 1970s progressed, the Camaro grew less powerful, succumbing, like many production cars of the era, to the pressures of tightening emissions regulations and a fuel crisis.

As the 14 - year - old Neue Galerie has shown, the Vienna of that era was a vital, internationally - minded, interdisciplinary art center that continues to fuel new books and exhibitions — including one timed to the release of Woman in Gold, starring Helen Mirren and based on the story of the museum's trophy painting, Klimt's heavily gilded Portrait of Adele Bloch - Bauer.

The sculpture, a larger than life cast in stainless steel of a toy bunny inflatable balloon, has become an icon of its era and its highly polished surface has fuelled imitations and tributes, such as Mark Leckey's film «Made in «Eaven» (2004).

Even as the push for new energy options intensifies, it's clear that the fossil - fuel era is likely to last quite a few more decades.

His administration — with help from Republicans in Congress — has often targeted environmental rules it sees as overly burdensome to the fossil fuel industry, including major Obama - era policies aimed at fighting climate change.»

[J] ust as humanity confronted «revolutionary change» (Rerum Novarum) in the19th century at the time of Industrialization, today we have changed the natural environment so much that scientists, using a word coined by our Academy, tend to define our era as the Anthropocene, that is to say, a period of time in which human action is having a decisive impact on the planet due to the use of fossil fuels.

As news spread over the weekend of the death of George P. Mitchell, the 94 - year - old Texas oil man widely credited with playing a pivotal role in unlocking the shale energy era, I reached out for a reaction from Daniel Yergin, the Pulitzer - winning chronicler of humanity's fossil fuel era.

Since we're in the fossil fuel era, we think of CO2 as a forcing, but CO2 is primarily a feedback.

If they do, rather than calling for the unrealistic «end of the fossil fuel era,» they'd call on the «climate aid» to be spent on «improved public health, education and economic development,» as recommended by noted economist Bjorn Lomborg.

And as the adoption of the cloud accelerates, so does the electrical consumption of the datacenters that fuel this new era.

In conclusion, as stated in the first paragraph, modern warming over the last 25 years is not exceptional, nor unprecedented in spite of the gigantic accumulation of atmospheric CO2 emissions during the fossil fuel era.

Above all, these supposed modeling experts and climate scientists need to terminate their biases and their evangelism of political agendas that seek to slash fossil fuel use, «transform» our energy and economic systems, reduce our standards of living, and «permit» African and other impoverished nations to enter the modern era only in a «sustainable manner,» as callous elitists often insist.

Many people from faith institutions have joined the Pacific Climate Warriors in their call to end the fossil fuel era and sign the Declaration on Climate Change as part of the #HaveYourSei campaign.

Since the Reagan era, when the American Gas Association first began touting its product as a bridge fuel, this idea has established itself among many of the world's leading energy experts.

Breeders have been constructed and as far I know one or two Soviet era breeder reactors are still operational, but breeders are not really ready for large scale use, neither is the required fuel cycle.

«IMO member countries must now capitalize on this momentum by bringing forward concrete proposals in time for the May 2017 MEPC meeting, both to ensure the end of the HFO era, and that the shipping industry starts transitioning towards cleaner fuels as it expands its operations in the Arctic's fragile and sensitive environment,» continued Grabiel.

In a fundraising letter obtained by DeSmog before the conference, Fred Palmer had promoted the event as having the goal to «review the scientific and economic evidence that exposes the fraud inherent in the Obama - era regulation regime» while discussing «the overwhelming benefits of fossil fuels to us all.»

Just as tobacco and lead companies sowed doubt about the dangers of their products through the use of front groups and third - party experts, so did ExxonMobil — through its funding of a sophisticated network of denialists — work to deceive the public about climate science and the need for political action to end the fossil fuel era.

To what extent can the court limit the government's freedom to make political choices as to how it should spend that budget, and insist that, in an era of rising fuel prices, it must expend the huge sums it would deem necessary to end fuel poverty?

As more and more Brazilians move out of the lower class, their consumption fueled a new era for Brazil.

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