Sentences with phrase «heavy use of fossil fuels»

The emergence of this new technology was truly innovative and provided alternatives to the heavy use of fossil fuels.

Not exact matches

There are several reasons for this: the contraction of energy - intensive heavy industries, such as iron and steel; the long - term malaise in the national economy; the modest move away from burning fossil fuels that produce carbon dioxide towards nuclear energy; and the increasingly efficient use of energy evident in most of the economies of the rich world.

Some of the most seriously concerning forms of growth are fossil fuel use, nitrate fertilisers, pesticides, and heavy polluting industry.We are fortunate to have less damaging alternatives that may permit growth but at lower rates (eg renewable energy and permaculture).

And get this: molten salt reactors run at much higher temperatures than today's reactors, so heavy industry can use them as a clean source of industrial heat, replacing the fossil fuel furnaces they use today.

Climatic variability in summer is projected to increase, with southern Europe experiencing more heat, less precipitation, and more frequent droughts — yet heavier rainstorms when it does rain.23 Northern Europe can expect more overall precipitation.21 Smog is also expected to rise — unless we reduce our use of fossil fuels.28, 29,30,31

«The switch to heavier fossil fuels has already caused much popular concern,» Warner wrote in an article published by the United Nation Environment Program, «primarily seen in some nations» fear of the effects of acid rain, and the general fear that excessive use of these fuels may so build up CO2 in the atmosphere that the Earth's temperature may increase, with some disastrous consequences.

Heavy fuel oil is a dirty and polluting fossil fuel that powers ships throughout our seas and oceans — accounting for 80 % of marine fuel used worldwide.