Sentences with phrase «modern energy use»

Scientists have confirmed that this retreat is an unintended effect of the Industrial Revolution and modern energy use (Roe et al. 2016).

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Modern Water reported that its Al Khaluf plant showed a 47 % reduction in energy use compared to reverse osmosis.

Whereas modern science and technology offer immense new potentialities in relation to nature such as use of solar energy, and improvements in medical science, yet overall nature is being badly exploited by the present pattern of development.

The Church has not developed a proper theology of matter - energy — and this is a major weakness, since modern science is used to promote materialism and atheism.

Modern physicists use oxymorons to express the nature of reality: «space - time,» «matter - energy» and «wavicles».

Now, we may not be fighting battles on a daily basis in modern times... but I sure could use some extra energy most days!

Aging equipment is also costly to repair and typically uses greater energy than more modern equipment.

In fact, much of the overall decrease in energy consumption can be traced to the shift from coal to gas, because modern gas - fired plants may use up to 46 percent less energy to produce the same amount of electricity.»

And all wood - and biomass - burning stoves were replaced with cleaner, modern stoves that use electricity or natural gas for energy.

But Americans — and to a lesser extent those in many other developed nations — have never been very good at using less of anything, let alone the energy that makes everything in our whiz - bang modern world possible.

However, getting strong pulses of x-rays is much harder than for low energy light, and required using the most modern sources, x-ray free electron lasers.

Mills has analyzed everything from the impact of climate change on the insurance industry to energy use in African villages, modern buildings, and data centers.

It's just a question of whether you're using modern energy services or not,» Van Leeuwen said.

The biggest problem is that all modern organisms use phosphates to store energy, not phosphites, says William Martin of Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Modern agriculture uses more energy than it produces.

A WSU research team for the first time has developed a promising way to recycle the popular carbon fiber plastics that are used in everything from modern airplanes and sporting goods to the wind energy industry.

Studies focusing on the processes of biological energy conversion, membrane biophysics and neurobiology using modern physical, 0chemical and biological methods.

Similar types of materials could increasingly find use in modern electronics as manufacturers work to make smaller, faster and more energy - efficient components that operate at optical frequencies.

Though modern American shamans use many methods to do this — and draw on a variety of indigenous traditions from Tibet, Korea, North America, South America, or Africa, among others — most of them spend some time talking about and working with energy and soul.

In mbg's newest class, Reiki Healing 101: Decrease Stress, Balance Your Body & Break Through Negative Energy, she introduces you to the healing powers of Reiki, covering everything from its history to modern applications and how you can use Reiki to transform your life.

Used as a warm - up routine by modern dancers, this exercise loosens those areas so energy can flow more freely.

The routines utilise interval training by combining fast and slow rhythms to optimise the amount of energy you burn, and the workout uses a variety of dance moves including salsa, mambo, samba, flamenco as well as more modern moves, including hip hop.

Modern diets high in refined sugar cause more magnesium to be used in both metabolizing glucose into cellular energy, as well as activating the release of insulin.

Modern industrially processed products — including soy milk, soy nuts as well as veggie burgers, energy bars or other products using soy protein isolate and similar modern soy ingredients — definitely pose Modern industrially processed products — including soy milk, soy nuts as well as veggie burgers, energy bars or other products using soy protein isolate and similar modern soy ingredients — definitely pose modern soy ingredients — definitely pose risks.

· Einkorn contains 4 - 5 times more riboflavin than modern wheats (Used by the body to create energy and is an antioxidant that slows aging)

From the use of Ozone Technology, which allows for the cleaning up of excess dye to new processes that use less water, chemicals, and energy, innovative brands such as these 5 eco friendly denim brands below clearly demonstrate that modern jeans can be as stylish as they are sustainable.

All that energy could've been better used into content for the game itself... I mean, what's wrong with modern animation techniques?

Similarly, modern heat exchange technology is having a huge impact on energy use, for example in warewashing and ventilation.

The newest lighting systems and heating and air conditioning units use less energy; modern windows are more efficient at keeping unwanted heat out of a building in the summer and preventing cold from penetrating the building in the winter.

Many modern automobile manufacturers now make use of LED lighting technology to enhance styling, add design flexibility, and save energy.

On modern passenger locomotives equipped with AC inverters pulling trains with sufficient head - end power (HEP) loads, braking energy can be used to power the train's on board systems via regenerative braking if the electrification system is not receptive or even if the track is not electrified to begin with.

Modern HEVs make use of efficiency - improving technologies such as regenerative braking, which converts the vehicle's kinetic energy into electric energy to charge the battery, rather than wasting it as heat energy as conventional brakes do.

When combined with modern - day turbocharging — which uses waste energy from the exhaust gas to drive the turbine — direct injection provides the best of both worlds: the responsiveness of a larger - displacement engine with fewer trips to the gas pump.

It's packing a Core 2 Duo processor, an 11.6 - inch display, weighs about 4 lbs, and best of all, runs Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 at over 30 fps on the highest settings thanks to a dual - GPU configuration that lets you switch between a low - energy integrated graphics chip for regular use and a high - performance GeForce 335M with 1 GB of memory for gaming.

The entire property makes use of old and modern alternative technology incorporating re-cycled water systems, advanced LED lighting powered by batteries and inverters, and other unique energy systems designed specifically to meet our base criteria... use minimal power without sacrificing the luxury experience, significantly reduce our consumption of fuel, reduce water usage and recover and re-use the water we use.

Local resident» [Margate] is again fizzing with artistic energy, transformed into a key destination for art - lovers thanks to a cultural renaissance sparked by the opening in 2011 of the Turner Contemporary, a strikingly modern - looking gallery that stands as an example of what is possible when local heritage and culture is used imaginatively to invigorate local communities.»

Because of the ubiquity and diversity of energy use in a modern economy, conventional regulatory approaches — standards of various kinds — simply can not do the job.

Now there's a sudden panic and a mad headlong rush to stop using the very energy sources that enabled our modern way of life to happen.

Right now, the average United States citizen generates about 20 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year through the use of electricity, heating and cooling, vehicles, manufacturing and the other energy - intensive facets of modern daily life.

It's great to see this old trick used for millennia before the advent of refrigerants and appliances, but which also intentionally transforms the wasted energy produced by our modern predilection for convenience.

These three billion people, in fact, have so little access to modern energy that they are forced to cook, heat and light their homes using methods harmful to their health.

With a better understanding of how it works, perhaps we could develop ways to use energy from the sun efficiently enough to replace the role of fossil fuels in the modern world.

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?

Is there any indication that humans (and modern industrial capitalist society in particular) will use any vast new sources of energy any more wisely that we have used the ff and nuclear we have already expended?

Indeed, determining what is a basic minimum level of energy use (modern or, what, antique?)

Although solar - generated electricity certainly has its place, and meets a specific need, it's just one way in which we can use the free energy that streams down on us from the sun, and unfortunately, it also seems way more desirable to our modern gadget - centric society than the simple method of using solar energy directly, through devices such as solar cookers, solar ovens, and solar water heaters.

You can point the finger at all sorts of participants in this battle, but I believe (and we have been examining and discussing at length on this site for more than 8 years now) the principal drivers of the polarization are coming more from: (1) the corporate energy interests who are protecting their profits against regulation and other policies that would move the system away from fossil fuels, and using their clout in the political process to tie things up; (2) right - wing anti-government and anti-regulatory ideologues whose political views appear threatened by scientific conclusions that point toward a need for stronger policy action; (3) people whose religious or cultural identities appear threatened by modern science; and so forth.

A hard look at the issue of energy poverty, including a new «energy development index», a handy measure of how far countries have advanced along the road to energy maturity in the areas of per capita energy use, the use of modern energy services and rates of electrification.

Other gadgets such as Nest work seamlessly with modern energy systems, helping to better use and conserve energy, reducing the amount of maintenance required by the homeowner in order to reach maximum efficiency.

It works just as welling for fracking (or sea - floor methane hydrate) for that matter: Just because you end up using, say, half the energy you dig out of the ground (or sea - bottom) in the extraction process doesn't mean that, given modern automation, the entire process can't be controlled by a few thousand people, working short hours in comfortable, climate - controlled, environments.