Sentences with phrase «nonrenewable term»

For short - term coverage needs where future insurability is not a factor, a nonrenewable term policy generally would be more cost effective.

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We have limited our calculations to this, and we have used oil as the most important form of nonrenewable energy, treating other forms in terms of their equivalence in oil.

If most of us expect to live possibly indefinitely in good health, there is a strong motivation to help protect humanity from long - term risks like extinction from a new pandemic, the exhaustion of key nonrenewable resources, global nuclear warfare — or a meteor strike.

Running sidebars, aimed at an older audience, explain such terms as nonrenewable energy.

Long - term sustainability of humans on Earth requires a balance between global population and consumption of renewable resources — not consumption of nonrenewable resources as we are currently doing.

-- The term «green building standards» means standards to require use of sustainable design principles to reduce the use of nonrenewable resources, encourage energy - efficient construction and rehabilitation and the use of renewable energy resources, minimize the impact of development on the environment, and improve indoor air quality.

-- For purposes of this subsection, the term «green building» means, with respect to standards for structures, standards to require use of sustainable design principles to reduce the use of nonrenewable resources, minimize the impact of development on the environment, and to improve indoor air quality.

Green design can loosely be defined in terms of a set of objectives: to reduce the use of nonrenewable resources, both in the manufacturing process and in the finished object or building itself; to enhance the lives not just of users but also of everyone in the supply chain; and to minimize the environmental impact of the product or building during and after its useful life.

Potentially renewable resources should be managed to conserve their long - term viability; nonrenewable resources should be extracted at rates that allow an ordered transition to alternatives; emission of waste and toxic substances must remain within the assimilative capacities of natural systems; and more - vigorous measures must be taken to preserve species, habitats, and ecosystems.

The primary reason why term life insurance rates are typically less, is that term is considered a temporary policy and at some point in time will become nonrenewable.

Best term life insurance quotes can be alternative or nonrenewable.