Sentences with phrase «fuel resources such»

«We have an economy that is deeply reliant on fossil fuel resources such as coal, but we are getting religion.

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The new system could potentially supply the power human crews on the Martian surface would need to energize habitats and run processing equipment to transform resources such as ice on the planet into oxygen, water and fuel, NASA said.

The need to provide food, water, minerals, fuel and other necessities for such increasing numbers of people will place pressures on virtually all areas of the earth and demand the most careful planning and management of natural resources.

However, it began a new phase of environmental deterioration with its great and increasing dependence upon non-renewable resources such as fossil fuels and on renewable resources such as timber and food.

Conservation of resources and basic amenities (such as raw material, water, fuel, electricity and compressed air) through recovery and recycling as applicable

You likely already know that eating meat - free even one day a week will help reduce our carbon footprint, save resources such as fossil fuels and fresh water and help prevent animal cruelty, but where to start?

environmental issues directly associated with animal agriculture (such as air pollution and contaminated drainage from factory farming into water supplies) and to help lessen our over consumption of resources including land, water, and fossil fuels

There is no such thing as safe fracking and time to get OFF fossil fuel by banning fracking and putting our resources into development of REAL green energy.

Such a static and retrogressive view of what are essentially peoples» movements fuelled by genuine concerns of power devolution and resource control, and accentuated by wide spread human rights abuses by military and para-military forces in the province, is indicative of the security establishment's pre-eminence in decision - making with regards to this and other issues.

In the one case, it is replaced with coal - based liquid fuels and in the other with renewable resources, such as wind, solar, or nuclear power.

And there is no reason to think that the R. eutropha could not be made to generate other products — perhaps complex hydrocarbon molecules like those found in fossil fuels or even the whole range of chemicals currently synthesized from polluting resources, such as fertilizers.

Using excess energy from renewable energy resources such as solar and wind to split water into oxygen and hydrogen — a process called electrolysis — could be the best solution for creating large supplies of sustainable hydrogen fuel.

Alexia Kelly, a climate policy expert at the World Resources Institute in Washington DC, points out that other domestic policies, such improvements in vehicle fuel efficiency, will bring further reductions.

Living up to all the ambitions of its official name, OSIRIS - REx would explore the origins of asteroids and thus the solar system itself, connect spectral colors observable from Earth to specific minerals on the asteroid, identify potential resources such as water for rocket fuel, help evaluate the threat of asteroids to Earth, and return some regolith (asteroid soil) for detailed analysis.

«Such a system would address barriers to vaccine manufacturers» participation as well as individual perceptions that fuel vaccine hesitancy in low - resource counties,» Halabi said.

Population growth, bushmeat hunting and trapping, and resource extraction in response to consumer demand may fuel future extinction risks in such areas, said Betts.

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.

Initially, Planetary Resources will focus not upon precious metals, but easier - to - find resources such as water, oxygen, hydrogen and materials that can be usedResources will focus not upon precious metals, but easier - to - find resources such as water, oxygen, hydrogen and materials that can be usedresources such as water, oxygen, hydrogen and materials that can be used as fuel.

Her family and friends are paramount and their support helps fuel her energies to compete at such an elite level and as a Red Bull athlete.Meredith has always enjoyed helping others which is why she and her husband developed the Life Of A Triathlete, manuals and resources.

For one thing, plant - based diets use fewer natural resources (such as water and fossil fuels) and create less pollution than meat - heavy diets.

Finishing in the Top 3 in a round of Virtual League battles, achieving a win rate higher than 50 % in a round of battles and using Liquid Carbon Missiles and Anti-Ballistic Missiles at least once will allow players to obtain some special rewards such as Fuel Resources and additional Combat Unit staff members.

In the course of their projects, students use computers to locate identified online resources such as fuel - efficiency charts or rosters of local industries.

For example: Starting with the «trees» — trees providing shade, protection (wind, rain, sun), cooling environment, soil health, oxygen, resources such as timber / fibre / woodchips / fuel for humans and shade / homes / food for animals.

The California Air Resources Board had a booth with a VW Squareback «equipped with a new fuel injection system, and a pair of engines that featured speed items such as manifolds and cam,» Leif wrote.

Drummond's inspiring picture book introduces the small Danish island of Samsø, which has received global attention for its «energy independence,» achieved by shifting from fossil fuels to renewable resources, such as wind power, captured on its shores.

The waste produced when disposing of damaged furnishings consumes valuable resources, such as fuel for transport and space in a landfill — two important considerations for environmentally conscientious consumers.

Finishing in the Top 3 in a round of Virtual League battles, achieving a win rate higher than 50 % in a round of battles and using Liquid Carbon Missiles and Anti-Ballistic Missiles at least once will allow players to obtain some special rewards such as Fuel Resources and additional Combat Unit staff members.

Inventory and the way you use resources such as fuel, ammunition, oxygen, ore, and weapons are important when surrounded by dozens of warring factions.

This is where you'll spend GMP and use resources found and collected all over the open world, such as fuel or plants.

The exhibition explores six subjects that helped shape America during the period — the buffalo, giant sequoia and Niagara Falls represent American beliefs about abundant natural resources for fueling the nation's progress, while inventions such as the clock, the gun and the railroad linked improvements in technology with the purposeful use of time.

If potentially pernicious effects such as global warming are human - driven, then it is reasonable and sensible to ask what is fueling the recent skyrocketing increase of absolute global human population numbers that, in turn, are destabilizing Earth's global ecosystems and dissipating Earth's limited resources in our time.

What I find ironic is that it is his can - do optimism that is in this case working against our ability to do something about our dependence on fossil fuels and the climate change that this dependence is resulting in, that is, switching to alternate energy, preserving modern civilization and the world economy beyond Peak Oil and Peak Coal, preventing climate change from becoming such a huge problem that it destroys that the world economy — and more than likely leads to a series of highly destructive wars over limited resources.

And those energy resources have «qualities» that fossil fuels lack — such as being inexhaustible and non-polluting.

Discussions follow with professors from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, the school's Hixon Center for Urban Ecology and Urban Resources Initiative, experts such as Dr. Prabhakar Singh, Director of the Connecticut Fuel Cell Center, and William Langewiesche, international correspondent for Vanity Fair.

This would serve multiple purposes, of (a) weaning us from dependence on foreign oil and simultaneously depleting terror - exporting countries of their revenue stream, (b) reducing other pollutants besides CO2, (c) encouraging a more gradual and less economically disastrous transition from an economony based on a finite resource, (d) slow global warming, (e) move us in the direction of a VAT tax rather than an income tax (actually, personally I don't think e is such a great thing, but as many conversative groups favor it, I don't see why they would oppose a revenue - neutral tax on fossil fuels.

Another worthwhile hope would be that continuing our dependence on the diminishing fossil fuels resources will produce such a profound and long lasting economic depression, the problem won't arise.

Renewable It is renewable resource, as opposed to a finite material, such as fossil fuel derived textiles, like nylon or acrylic.

Hydrogen does n`t appear in nature as a fuel; it has to be refined from or manufactured from other energy resources (such as fossil fuels, nuclear, wind or solar).

In the aftermath of Katrina, we especially need to do everything we can to conserve gas and other energy resources such as driving fuel - efficient cars.»

One such tactic [the group will pursue] includes facilitating ongoing and potential joint investigations into whether fossil fuel companies and industry groups mislead the public about the dangers of climate change or the viability of renewable energy resources.

As these alternative ways are competing against a set of products — in essence, two: petrochemical fuels and coal — that are subsidized by being allowed to use up the scarce resource of the carbon cycle's ability to cope with waste CO2E, the Market is not fair, and does not run according to Capitalist precepts, without such a carbon price.

Fossil fuel is finite resource, I think signals from peak oil are very clear such as marginal oil wells, etc..

More than 30 states have adopted such standards, requiring or encouraging their power companies to diversify their fuel supply, develop local resources and local industries, and clean up the environment.

In Fantasyland independent countries who do not have all the resources they want for their citizens will agree to pay countries such as Russia, Iraq, the USA, etc. to not mine or pump fossil fuel reserves.

Moreover, in a world where fossil fuel resources are shrinking every year, and where the extraction of «residual» sources such as deepwater oil, tar sands and shale gas come with great environmental and safety risks, bioenergy production can also contribute to national energy security.

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.

From these total inferred fossil fuel resources on our planet we can calculate the amount of CO2 generated (deducting 20 - 25 % of oil and gas used for «non-combustion» uses, such as petrochemicals, fertilizers, etc.).

As for the breakdown of electricity rates, more detailed information needs to be disclosed, such as (1) «wheeling charges» (cost of transmitting electricity); (2) the cost of generated electricity equivalent to the amount of expenses shared to cover the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, etc. (included in the wheeling charges; legislation requires all electricity users to pay a share of this cost); and (3) the amount of a «promotion of power - resources development tax,» which is used to subsidize local governments hosting nuclear power plants.

Only mislead fools would make an industry of destroying ancient forests to make disposable toxic trash from trees with such an intensive petrochemical process fueled by such limited resources as fossil fuels... while BIODEGRADABLE hemp can be RECYCLED into organic paper many times.

However, the climate benefits of shifting from fossil - fueled transportation to electric cars, trucks, buses and trains only pencil out if our electricity itself is clean — that it's produced through carbon - free resources such as solar, wind, and hydroelectric, rather than fossil fuels such as coal, oil or fracked gas.