Sentences with phrase «fuel interests such»

Driessen is senior policy adviser at the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, a Washington, D.C. - based libertarian think tank focused on environmental issues that has received funding from fossil fuel interests such as ExxonMobil and Chevron.

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As much as Australia might benefit from a cut in official interest rates, it would definitely benefit from encouraging a new industry, such as the nuclear - fuel processing facility being championed by the South Australian government, and supported by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Mr Goyder said another interest rate cut might stimulate retail spending and offset higher living expenses such as fuel.

«The Dangote Group approached us to indicate their interest to invest in refining crude, such that petrol - chemicals, fertiliser and fuel will be produced, about three years ago.

This type of post hoc rationalising to explain outcomes works successfully enough for academics, policy - makers and journalists; however, what they are missing is how such an interest comes about and what fuels it.

Those «very best» cells are close to becoming cost - competitive with fossil fuels such as coal in some applications but are themselves expensive and impractical for consumer electronics — hence Kyocera's interest in the film.

Interest in biofuels — fuel derived from living organisms including biomass or their metabolic byproducts, such as manure from cows — grew throughout the end of the twentieth century as these are renewable energy sources, unlike other natural resources such as petroleum, coal, and nuclear fuels.

Those scientists readily identified with organizations such as the IPCC, the National Academy of Science, and NASA and NOAA had a shared viewpoint: Not only did they think Taylor was simply «drinking the Kool Aid» prepared and fed to him by fossil fuel - funded interests, but they also recognized that he was effective — that is very good.

This website provides information for U.S. consumers interested in the different types of alternative fuels and advanced vehicles, such as hybrids and flex - fuel vehicles.

To be honest, I, too, have on occasion found comfort in such facile explanations for the nation's abject failure to deal with so many glaring problems, including several of interest to readers of car magazines: the pervasive failure to address global warming and finite supplies of fossil fuels; tens of thousands of road fatalities year in and year out; the burgeoning safety risk caused by in - car communications and telematics; the failure to maintain the roads we've got while creating better ones and efficient alternatives; and, of course, our continued inability to buy new Peugeots in the United States.

For those that are interested in such things when buying a # 93,000 performance SUV, fuel economy has improved by 5.2 mpg over the old car.

Interesting features of this model are fuel - efficient powertrains, sleek, charismatic style, handling and poise, fully electric Focus available, sport - oriented ST model, Innovative technology such as Active Park Assist and MyFord Touch, and choice of hatchback or sedan

Of particular interest is meeting the goals and objectives of the President Obama's EV Everywhere Grand Challenge (earlier post) to produce a wide array of plug - in electric vehicles — as well as improvements in other vehicle technologies such as powertrains, fuel, tires, and auxiliary systems.

Interesting features of this model are Much - improved interior, comfortable, refined ride, versatility and toughness, seating space, relatively fuel - efficient engines, and towing ability Pricing does not include taxes, state fees, dealer fees, or dealer added accessories such as window tint, wheel locks, or nitrogen fill.

While puppy mills have been a problem for decades, consumer interest in buying miniature animals such as so - called «teacup» dogs is fueling an increase in imports from South Korea, according to Kahn.

This puts companies, and groups such as Virgin in a position to increase market share as consumer get the chance to express their interest in cleaner fuels.

There is a small but interesting literature looking for amplifiers that might allow tiny changes in the sun to cause larger changes in climate... However, the few tenths of a degree from such influences are very small compared to the possible warming if we burn most of the fossil fuels».

An auctioned cap or a tax with 100 % return of the proceeds to the people is the most practical policy for several reasons: (a) it would begin real carbon reductions quickly; (b) it would be an honest and transparent way of treating the American people; (c) it would attract the broadest attainable political coalition across party lines; (d) it would be administratively simple for both the government and the private sector (with the tax or auctioned permits collected at the first point of sale or import of the carbon - containing fuel); (e) it would be a non-regressive way of introducing the carbon price into the economy; and (f) it would avoid a fiasco such as the special interest feeding frenzy that surrounded the recently failed Boxer - Lieberman - Warner bill in Congress.

Also of interest is the political reason why the ethanol mandate is so hard to get rid of: Rural Republican districts benefit hugely from the market distortion and some alt - fuel fanatics in D.C, such as Obama, love to stick it to the oil companies regardless of environmental impact.

The heavy hand of the fossil fuel industry works mostly in legal ways such as the «I'm an Energy Voter» campaign in the U.S. Failure of executive and legislative branches to deal with climate change makes it essential for courts, less subject to pressure and bribery from special financial interests, to step in and protect young people, as they did minorities in the case of civil rights.

The research methodology manages to systematically ignore the most critical evidence surrounding the drivers undermining U.S. primacy: such as, the biophysical processes of climate, energy and food disruption behind the Arab Spring; the confluence of military violence, fossil fuel interests and geopolitical alliances behind the rise of ISIS; or the fundamental grievances that have driven a breakdown in trust with governments since the 2008 financial collapse and the ensuing ongoing period of neoliberal economic failure.

In the US (and other English - speaking countries), the primary obstacle is not the entrenched power of interests that would lose from climate stabilization such as fossil fuel companies.

Neither the supplier of the paper fiber or the ultimate end user will be interested in managing such a market, or likely interested in fuel processing headaches.

The loss of ice has also fueled interest in opening shipping routes through the region, as well as exploiting natural resources, such as oil, found beneath the seafloor.

It had been in place for twenty years, but was under fire from political allies of fossil fuel interests, such as Americans for Prosperity.

All in all, a number of U.S. fossil - fuel development and export policy positions suggest an administration that is attempting to straddle climate and energy policy in such a way that it wins support on the progressive side for having a proactive domestic climate policy while, in effect, failing to challenge the obstacle to climate change mitigation posed by corporate energy interests and their global ambitions.

In addition, when EV owners are encouraged to charge their vehicles overnight (such as with the Ontario government's recently - announced program to provide free overnight charging) the overnight surplus base - load power capacity offers a way to marry broad public policy and societal benefits to the more narrow interests of the individual, in the form of «free fuel» alternatives for making this environmentally beneficial choice.

Fortune — the fact that there are powerful vested interests, such as those who want to sustain the fossil fuel industry, or develop and selling carbon credits.

In answer to this, Talisker says that exxonsecrets et al «do not focus on what scientists (or think - tank staff) do after they have produced «research» favourable to the commercial interests of fossil fuel companies — they focus instead on the actual funding of such «research» by corporate interests».

Even Joe Romm, who excoriated the New York Times for giving Dyson's crackpot musings such wide exposure, did not question Dyson's integrity, much less suggest that he might be in the pay of fossil fuel interests.

I would be rather interested in the costs of methane to liquid fuels (such as the plant in Qatar), LNG for transphort (with infrastructure costs) and combined methane / coal to liquids.

Labor has only one»em issions» policy agenda — how to market the interests of the fossil fuel industry to the public such that they stay in power.

In addition, the current interest among military planners in projects such as solar power — spurred partly by the wish to reduce the risks involved in shipping fuel to troops in the field — could lead to commercial applications, the researchers state.

in conclusion a study that would be interesting and relivent would be that of city imports such as foods that people and pets eat and turn into calories which in turn become heat and fuels that are burned becoming heat and also electric energy consumption.

For this reason we felt it was an interesting area to investigate, and to understand what helped this to happen in Britain at such scale and with such speed, and whether there were lessons here for other countries to consider in terms of rapid reductions in CO2 emissions from incentivizing fuel switching from coal to natural gas.»

Where many question fossil fuel funding as a potential source for conflicts of interest, Palmer had no such worries: [40]

Simon is increasingly focusing on climate change, with a particular interest in the way in which the fossil fuel industry has corrupted and co-opted global politics to such an extent that it has been able to prevent appropriate action to address the climate crisis.

Others are interested in producing biofuels to meet U.S. or European Union renewable fuel goals, or in producing industrial crops such as timber, rubber, or sugar.

For me, the proof of this programme was a visit yesterday from my father in law, not usually one to be interested in such things, who had seen the programme, loved it, and told me excitedly that he now knew that hedgerows could be productive, and that fossil fuels are running out.

The mechanisms such interests use are many — influencing election outcomes by injecting huge sums of money into them (see the NYT editorial on the KOch Brothers and AB32, for example), installing fossil fuel employees in government bureaucracies (BP's ex-chief scientist is currently Head of Science at the DOE, one Steve Koonin, also of Caltech — welcome to the fossil fuel - academic complex), and distorting science to fit their agenda (witness the endless fraudulent claims about zero - emission combustion, despite the persistent absence of any stand - alone prototypes.)

(12) the establishment of such a vehicle fleet and distribution system would provide a large market that would mobilize private resources to substantially advance the technology and expand the production of alcohol fuels in the United States and abroad; (13) the United States has an urgent national security interest to develop alcohol fuels technology, production, and distribution systems as rapidly as possible; (14) new cars sold in the United States that are equipped with an internal combustion engine should allow for fuel competition by being flexible fuel vehicles, and new diesel cars should be capable of operating on biodiesel; and (15) such an open fuel standard would help to protect the United States economy from high and volatile oil prices and from the threats caused by global instability, terrorism, and natural disaster.

«The judicial branch is much less influenced by special interests such as the fossil fuel industry,» Hansen told The Atlantic in 2012.

Not only can controversial conflicts of interest cases have a significant impact on the climate in which they operate, the publicity they generate is fuelling other developments, such as lobbyist registers, and in some cases leading to an increase in queries from council members seeking informal advice on conflicts.

The report «found that growth will be fuelled by the entrance of high profile brands such as Apple into the smartwatch arena, allied to increased consumer affinity with and acceptance of wearable technology» and argues that «the emergence of an additional consumer screen would stimulate interest amongst advertisers, although until a critical user base is reached most ad - spend is likely to take the form of ad hoc campaigns.»

Much of this increased interest is being fueled by results from scientific and clinical studies that are increasing our understanding of how the practice of mindfulness can help with stress, chronic illnesses and specific mental health issues such as depression, prolonged periods of sadness and anxiety.

While the REIT industry, which fueled transactional business and new development over the past few years, has waned due to high interest rates impeding the ability of REITs to capitalize, other financial sources such as pension plans and traditional sources of capital like insurance companies and banks have come back to the market.

Rising fuel prices have increased interest in hybrid - electric vehicles, or HEVs, such as Toyota's fuel - stingy Prius sedan.