Sentences with phrase «of alternative energy sources seemed»

As recently as five or six years ago, these difficulties seemed intractable, as the rapid development of alternative energy sources seemed the only way out of our dependence on foreign oil, and such development seemed nowhere in sight.

Not exact matches

On the climate front, discussions of ways to limit global warming seem more focused on capturing stray emissions of methane (more on that anon) than on pressing for ways to promote it as an alternative to coal, at least as a bridge to even less - polluting energy sources.

Obviously it has centuries of «existing use» as the «status quo» energy source, but — just as with any drug company — as more and more evidence of the potentially harmful effects of its product emerge, it would seem that the responsibility of the governing authorities is to impose the precautionary principle and insist that the producers of the substance «prove» that it is harmless (in relation to alternatives).

Nuclear, wind and hydro seem to bet the alternative energy sources of choice.