That is not to say that some steps can not be taken now; indeed many kids of energy conservation and efficiency
increases make economic sense even without the threat of greenhouse warming.
Not exact matches
And if that's the case it
makes little
economic or ecological
sense to spend billions of dollars building new fossil fuel infrastructure and
increasing capacity, particularly when that infrastructure has a working life span and expected financial return that well exceeds thirty years.
«We reduced taxes under the NPP — corporate taxes were brought down from 32 % to 25 % and at the same time we saw a major
increase in revenue and so it
makes economic sense and we are going to focus on production.
Since the 2008 crisis, there has been
increasing interest in using ideas from complexity theory to
make sense of
economic and financial markets.
Alberta's government understands that
increasing wind energy use not only benefits the climate, but also
makes economic sense for its citizens, as wind energy is a cost - competitive source of new generation.
One platform and four derivatives optimizes production capacity and
makes economic sense because if sales of one vehicle are slow, you
increase production of another to keep the plant going.
Dorothy Atwood, one of the course participants, notes that «the reality of increasingly dangerous climate change — the rising temperatures and sea levels; the droughts, floods and stronger storms; the acidic oceans; the
increasing forest fires; the expanding health dangers; the
economic costs of floods, drought, hurricanes and sunken coastal cities — are very real to us and demand our personal and group response because it
makes both environmental and
economic sense to change the way we live and solve these problems.»
If per human overconsumption of scarce resources; unbridled
economic globalization overspreading the surface of our planetary home; and the skyrocketing
increase of absolute global human population numbers could be occurring synergistically in our time and could have something to do with the distinctly human - driven predicament which looms ominously before humanity, does it
make sense to consider, just for a moment, what might to done to set limits on these overgrown human activities?
As we
increase our exposure, investing in disaster - resilient infrastructure and prepared citizenries not only
makes moral and
economic sense, it's also not dependent on one's personal views about climate change.
Alberta's government understands that
increasing wind energy use not only benefits the climate, but also
makes economic sense for its citizens, as wind energy is a cost - competitive source of new generation.
That it
makes no
economic sense to keep a reactor standing by idle so it can be ramped up to meet an
increase in demand?
«Carbon pricing
makes sense in all countries, but low - income countries, which may be more challenged to protect the people vulnerable to the initial
economic impacts, may decide to start pricing carbon at a lower level and gradually
increase over time.»
Why a Mechanism to
Increase Countries» Climate Ambition over Time
Makes Good
Economic Sense.
I mean yes, people do it for their hobby and learning new skills, but I think particularly in today's
economic climate, it
makes sense to see if you can
increase your employability.