Sentences with phrase «modern energy supplied»

Think about energy's role this way: Without modern energy supplied by oil and natural gas, the event would bear a strong resemblance to the GOP's 1860 convention, when Abraham Lincoln was nominated at the Wigwam in Chicago.

At the same time, the 1.3 billion people without access to electricity and the 3 billion or so who still rely on burning wood or dung to fuel cooking or heating would need modern energy supplies, although this might prove to have minimal impacts on climate change through saving forests and other side effects.

LONDON, 24 February — Eradicating poverty by making modern energy supplies available to everyone is [continue reading...]

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The modern age has promoted the development of distinct personal qualities and encouraged us to see ourselves as individuals rather than roles, but has isolated us from the truths that supply us with energy and rivet the mind.

Are there discernible principles and ideals which can supply modern man's needs for personal and corporate energy and guidance, without surrender to arbitrary authority or retreat into the past?

However, «the revealing that rules in modern technology is a challenging [Herausfordern], which puts to nature the unreasonable demand that it supply energy that can be extracted and stored as such.»

The process, essential for modern farming, consumes around 1 percent of the world's energy supply.

Thanks to growing population and dwindling supplies, fossil fuel production per capita may peak by mid-century — ending the two centuries of unlimited growth in energy production that is at the root of modern civilization, consultant Richard Nehring writes in the journal.

This seminar, intended for students from all academic majors, will examine the evolution of energy supply, energy demand and the global energy system as a whole, from the rise of photosynthesis to the development of agriculture, the Industrial revolution, and the modern, carbon - constrained world.

b by 2030 expand infrastructure and upgrade technology for supplying modern and sustainable energy services for all in developing countries, particularly LDCs and SIDS

Exposure to harmonic energy from switched mode power supplies (SMPS) that come with modern electronic products.

Saint John, for example, is part historic city, part modern powerhouse, a bustling port and regular stop - off for the big cruise ships, an industrial centre with a giant papermill and other factories and a supplier of energy to the USA.

Global warming and energy supply isn't really that big a problem if we just let a few billion people die off and the rest live without most of their modern conveniences.

What is the basis of your hope that modern industrial civilization will suddenly change its stripe and use all energy supplied to it to do only things that don't endanger ecosystems?

No energy system will be sustainable without global access to modern energy services, reliable and affordable supplies, and reduction of environmental impact.

As Kelly notes, it has been 40 years since the modern renewable energy developments began, and yet the fraction of world energy supplied by renewables (wind, solar and cultivated biomass sources combined) has hardly increased.

They could paralyze modern society, which has become so dependent on abundant water supplies for agriculture, energy generation, human consumption and other uses.

ExxonMobil is a science - and engineering - based company and we employ roughly 16,000 scientists and engineers who every day explore the boundaries of scientific knowledge in order to develop the energy supplies that power the modern economy.

Providing access to reliable, affordable energy supplies and modern technologies is essential to lifting billions of people out of grinding poverty.

Rapid advancements in modern communication technology make it possible to collect, exchange and store data, thereby accelerating the development of an energy supply based on renewable sources.

In contrast, the modern high - tech approach of matching energy supply to energy demand at all times requires a lot of extra infrastructure which makes renewable power production a complex, slow, expensive and unsustainable undertaking.

It seems the energy return on energy invested (ERoEI) in renewable energy and energy storage is not sufficient to supply the energy needs of a modern society.

Society is certainly not willing to give up private cars, air conditioning, computers, television, refrigeration, and all the other energy consuming equipment of the modern life - style (see What should be done), so we must build sustainable energy supply systems.

Currently, fossil fuels provide almost 80 % of world energy supply; a transition away from their traditional use to zero - and low - carbon - emitting modern energy systems (including carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS)(IPCC, 2005), as well as improved energy efficiency, would be part solutions to GHG - emission reduction.

The answer is fairly obvious, even putting aside for a moment the fact that nuclear currently supplies 50 times more energy to modern society than technosolar.