Sentences with phrase «future fossil fuel demand»

It is our contention that this scenario reflects the minimum level of constraint that can be expected in terms of future fossil fuel demand and CO2 emissions given the current state of the low - carbon transition.

Chevron appears to view future fossil fuel demand from an IEA Current Policies Scenario that assumes no climate action through 2035 — but such a scenario is exceedingly unlikely given actions to date.

This suggests that, regardless of how they are achieved, emissions reduction goals may provide a useful proxy for quantifying the impact of climate mitigation efforts on future fossil fuel demand.

Not exact matches

This offers some hope for future generations who will have to consider carefully the means by which energy is supplied as fossil fuels begin to diminish but the demands for energy increase.

Rather, the world's largest oil company maintained that all sources of energy, including fossil fuels, will be necessary to meet the future global demand and that the best path toward managing greenhouse gas emissions is through technology advancement and adoption of energy efficiency programs.

And, as with the corn - ethanol debacle unfolding before our eyes, the alternatives to fossil fuel will simply never fill the gap between current and assumed future demand and supply of energy.

While prices for biomass fuels are lower than fossil fuel prices and have generally remained stable, rapidly increasing demand may push prices up in the future.

Investments in future fossil fuel supply are predicated on an assumption of future demand that is often presented in or informed by corporate energy scenarios.

Carbon Tracker believes that fossil fuel management are overly focused on demand and price scenarios that assume business as usual and so there may be a risk assessment «gap» between a management's view of the future and that which would result from action on climate change, technology developments and changing economic assumptions.

If we continue to allow nuclear plants to close, then we will cede nuclear energy globally to Russia and China and allow future energy demand to be met by fossil fuels.

If global warming accelerates, Schneiderman's logic goes, then Exxon would be stuck with fossil fuel reserves rendered worthless by future regulations or a concomitant reduced demand for oil.

The three demands strengthen one another — after all, one way of achieving a 100 % renewable future is to phase out fossil fuels, yet that won't happen if our cities, universities, schools or places of worship keep funding the fossil fuel industry.

Speaking at the annual CERAWeek energy conference in Houston on March 9, van Beurden described the growing tensions between his industry, which has created our fossil fuel dependent energy system, and the public, which is demanding a switch to clean energy: «I do think trust has been eroded to the point where it starts to become a serious issue for our long - term future.»

The world will of course use a variety of technologies to meet future energy demand, but these findings leave no doubt: the potential for wind power to replace fossil fuels and take a leading role in stabilizing climate is huge.

Our opportunity here isn't only about protecting the ocean waters of America, marine life, a favorite surf break, jobs or a given beach community; it's about demanding that our government utilize the best available science and data and listen to the massive outpouring of public opposition to destructive offshore oil and gas development, to shift the tides of energy development instead away from fossil fuels and toward renewables; it's about holding our President and federal agencies accountable for decisions they make about the management of the ocean; it's about protecting the ocean and every coastline from the atrocity and injustice of offshore drilling and exploration; it's about protecting clean water, air and beaches now and for the future; it's about protecting one another, and the Earth.

By participating fully at this stage, our opposition front will have standing for solid recourse should the Trump Administration's proposed program still contain waters off from coasts, where science and data concur with the massive outpouring of Americans who are rising up from every walk of life to demand government accountability in moving away from fossil fuels and toward a renewable energy future.

With the Trump Administration rolling back climate protections, expanding fossil fuel development, ramming through dirty infrastructure, and withdrawing the U.S. from its commitments to the Paris Climate Agreement, the People's Delegation and the organizations involved are taking action to protect communities and isolate the Administration by demanding a fossil free future and real climate action on the local level.

The guidelines are a response to the notion that CCS is part of a broad arsenal of technologies needed to both reduce fossil fuel - related greenhouse gas emissions and meet future energy demands.

Business - as - usual fossil - fuel use to meet future growth in energy demand will produce significant increases in GHG emissions.

Renewable energy has huge potential to substitute fossil fuels in China, and to meet energy demand growth in the future... renewable energy could contribute more than 40 % of China's total energy demand in 2050, and more than 60 % of power generation.

GRE strives to demonstrate energy - efficient technologies that can be transferred to their customers and reduce future demand for fossil fuel - based electric generation.

Aviation Biofuels are the Future, But Just Not Yet With all the biofuels test flights done in the past year a couple things are clear: 1) biofuels perform very well alongside fossil fuels, in fact they have actually proven to work more efficiently; and 2) producing them at any scale approaching commercial demand is a ways off still.

«The World Council of Churches reminds us that morality demands thinking as much about the future as about ourselves — and that there's no threat to the future greater than the unchecked burning of fossil fuels.

Despite these uncertainties several existing conditions, especially ongoing demand for fossil fuels, makes some future climate change a certainty.

The supply and demand model was used to obtain future predictions for individual and total fossil fuel productions for a number of different scenarios, including CASE 1, CASE 2 and CASE 3 and STATIC, DYNAMIC and INDEPENDENTLY DYNAMIC supply and demand interaction options.

However, as clean energy growth rates take off and demand growth for fossil fuels flatlines, it is probable that divesting fossil fuels in favour of a clean energy future does not have to come at a sacrifice to long - term investment returns.

All these trends are likely to shrink fossil fuel demand and the capital invested today into future oil, coal and gas production projects is at risk of becoming stranded.

Investment needs to start matching the lower levels of demand for fossil fuels that are required to align with a low carbon future,» said Mark Campanale, founder and executive director at the Carbon Tracker Initiative.

With Tesla Energy, Tesla is amplifying its efforts to accelerate the move away from fossil fuels to a sustainable energy future with Tesla batteries, enabling homes, business, and utilities to store sustainable and renewable energy to manage power demand, provide backup power and increase grid resilience.