Sentences with phrase «material transportation sector»

The material transportation sector — and here I mean trucks and trains and ships — depends almost entirely on fossil fuels and diesel fuel («Fuel oil») in particular.

Goal # 2: Invest in safety innovation in the pipeline and hazardous materials transportation sectors

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Mr. Walker pointed out that other industries such as electronics, the high - tech sector, transportation and materials suppliers have a stake in the debate because they depend on a competitive auto industry.

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For instance, if the transportation sector one day shifts to a smaller fleet of self - driving vehicles and if builders are able to reduce steel demand by using alternate materials — like, say, wood - framed buildings — it could drastically reduce the overall metal footprint.

Results: What could you change about our nation's energy, transportation, and other sectors if you could synthesize a material with exactly the properties that you needed on demand and with high purity?

In the long run, much of the economic growth of developed economies is likely to involve less energy - intensive sectors because of demand - side factors such as 1) the amount of stuff people can physically manage is limited (even with rented storage space), 2) migration to areas where the weather is more moderate will continue, 3) increased urbanization and population density reduces energy consumption per capita, 4) there is a lot of running room to decrease the energy consumption of our electronic devices (e.g., switching to clockless microprocessors, not that I'm predicting that specific innovation), 5) telecommunication will substitute for transportation on the margin, 6) cheaper and better data acquisition and processing will enable less wasteful routing and warehousing of material goods, and 7) aging populations will eventually reduce the total amount (local plus distant) of travel per person per year.

The sectors included: energy, land use and transportation, industrial, agricultural, forestry, and materials management.

«All relevant sectors in all regions» means electricity, transportation, buildings, and industry, all bumped up to the most efficient available materials and technologies, everywhere in the world, starting immediately.

Henrik was previously a European equity research sales person and a sell - side equity research analyst covering the traditional and renewable energy, consumer goods, transportation and materials and healthcare sectors for SEB Enskilda in their New York, Copenhagen and London offices.

This is relevant for companies in all sectors but particularly for those in the energy, transportation, materials and buildings, agriculture, forest products and the financial sectors.