Sentences with phrase «means less fossil fuel»

Not exact matches

Increases in the price of fossil fuels since 1979 have meant that less has been burned and less carbon dioxide has been added to the atmosphere.

In a fossil fuel - fired generator, this means less carbon dioxide emissions for the same unit of electricity produced.

For instance, if more effective cars only use 70 % of fuel, the portion of fossil sources for energy use is adjusted down to 80 %, smart planning and collaboration results in 4 people in each car (say 30 %), and a «smart» organization of the working week means less commuting (80 %; TGIT), then combined effect of this can in theory give a reduction by 0.7 x 0.8 x 0.3 x 0.8 = 0.13.

Further, increased human - caused CO2 emissions mean more energy use, which results in more human productivity since humans generally use fossil fuel energy to increase their productivity and reduce their dependency on other less reliable and higher cost energy sources.

If we keep fossil fuels in the ground and limit warming to less than 2 °C, it can mean the difference between a sea level increase of 50 cm and an increase of 10 metres or more.

Analyst Mark Lewis of Kepler Cheuvreaux, a Swiss private bank, calculates that to meet emissions targets that could cap global warming at 2 degrees Celsius will mean lost fossil - fuel revenues of no less than $ 28 trillion (PDF) in the coming two decades.

Reducing fossil fuel emissions to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius or less means that a huge amount of proven fossil fuel reserves will need to stay in the ground.

net energy gains means less dependence on fossil fuels.

And it dries much faster, which means you'll be burning less fossil fuels on laundry day.

According to the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, wind power has «relatively little economic value» and because of its intermittent nature it needs back - up from natural gas, which means more fossil fuel use for power, not less.

This means that, while the world has been consuming more fossil fuels in the last couple of decades, the ratio of reserves - to - consumption has remained more or less constant.

«It sequesters carbon in the soil, meaning less is emitted into the atmosphere, and fewer passes in the field means less carbon emissions associated with fossil fuel.

Furthermore, fossil fuel and utility interests that have a stake in coal or natural gas plants simply want to slow the growth of their competition: for every solar installation on a home, means approximately one less customer paying for the electricity produced from fossil fuel plants.

Replacing fossil fuels with renewables would mean moving to fuels that are less reliable and more diffuse.

Although I definitely prefer nuclear to fossil fuels, I'm cautiously supportive of the Bowland drilling as it could mean less of our money will be going Gazprom's way in the short term (ie until we can expand our nuclear fleet).

Facebook: Homegrown clean energy projects mean more jobs & revenues stay in North Carolina — and less money flows to out - of - state fossil fuel companies

Given historical climate and physics, the only way that implicit endorsement means «implicitly endors [ing] that humans are a cause of warming» where «a» is something less than primary (that is, over half) is if there is some as - yet undiscovered sink absorbing human CO2 emissions and, simultaneously, an as - yet undiscovered source of CO2 that is releasing it into the atmosphere - and moreover, the CO2 from this mysterious source just happens to possess a carbon isotope signature that matches fossil fuel CO2 as a total coincidence.

That might still make sense if many of those are clean and if it means millions less fossil - fuel powered cars on the road (someone would have to do the math), but it definitely would be sub-optimal.

If this means you won't call me a hypocrite for using fossil fuel while advocating using less, you are a good man.

Big energy players are now cutting their ties to non-renewable energy sources (oil, gas, coal, and fossil fuels) and are taking a 180 - degree turn to focus more on other means for renewable energy (such as wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and hydropower) that are highly sustainable, cost - efficient, and less damaging to the environment.