Sentences with phrase «of energy independence»

A. It's a step in the right direction on climate and in terms of energy independence.

The issue of energy independence had stopped being a political winner, and he claimed he was interested in market solutions that did not involve government intervention.

We are also committed to designing homes and buildings that use 50 % less energy than building code requires, in pursuit of energy independence.

What we've been handed is the ability to maintain our competitive edge in the global solar market, and to pursue strategies of energy independence here at home.

Perhaps more important, however, is the vision of energy independence that is helping planners make the case.

If we are to achieve the ambitious goals of energy independence and an end to the reliance on polluting carbon - based fuels, we must lead by example.

The State of Connecticut and the Department of Energy (DOE) provided a grant as part of the Energy Independence Act, designed to encourage businesses and government agencies to install innovative systems.

«With rooftop solar panels to both power homes and recharge car batteries, there will be a personal degree of energy independence not known for generations.»

In fact, if one considers the Ponzi nature of shale production and its likely near - term peak, the idea of energy independence can be viewed as a convenient but faulty narrative that has little hope of ever being reality — unless of course demand absolutely craters.

Now, after years of inaction, and in the face of public frustration over rising gas prices, the only energy proposal he's really promoting is more offshore drilling — a position he recently adopted that has become the centerpiece of his plan, and one that will not make a real dent in current gas prices or meet the long - term challenge of energy independence.

Since both major candidates agree on the importance of energy independence and renewables, we are certain to see a «green» stimulus package addressing clean - tech infrastructure projects and jobs involving renewable energy.

I summarized different levels of energy independence in a Google knol.

Substituting natural gas for petroleum may buy the US a measure of energy independence in the short term, but will not in the mid to long term.

The States seems to be relying on the myth of energy independence based upon «increases» in unconventional sources of oil / gas (i.e. hydraulic fracturing of shale oil / gas).

While shale production has narrowed the gap between supply and demand, it is nowhere close to zeroing out and allowing one to speak of energy independence.

Congress to date has been decidedly cool toward Chu's proposal — a potentially missed opportunity not only for the prospect of energy independence but also for the prospects of countless young scientists.

The combination of current and planned 2007 U.S. ethanol production capacity is 50 billion L / yr, one - third of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) target of 136 billion L of biofuels by 2022.

This powerful solar charger and battery combo folds up into the size of an iPad, and not only offers a little bit of energy independence, but also benefits rural villages in Papua New Guinea.

Decreasing the level of energy independence decreases the upfront installation costs.

The formation of the IEA cemented UK and US policies of energy independence, shifting their focus to increasing oil and gas exploration, along with the development of nuclear power stations.

Heeding the words of Winston Churchill, that «however beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results», the Danish government recently presented «Energy Strategy 2050», also referred to by the Danish minister of Climate and Energy, Dr. Lykke Friis, as a declaration of energy independence — independence from oil, coal and gas.

Surveying the hundreds of students hammering together their mini El Dorado of energy independence, Matthew Henry of Team Colorado agreed: «In many schools, sustainable design is still treated as a specialty, which is a shame.

That's the kind of energy independence we need in Britain.

The very ones standing in the way of energy independence, prosperity, and jobs are all residing in the Democrat Party.

This include wetlands protection, a weakening of clean water rules, a reduction in state funding for recycling, a conclusion for the office of Energy Independence and a removal of a loan and grant system that encourages companies to be energy efficient.

There is now much exuberance in the United States about «100 years of energy independence» as we become «the Saudi Arabia of the next century» — perhaps the final century of human civilization if current policies persist.

Unwisely, in my opinion, Pelosi is selling climate legislation as a subset of energy independence:

This report reviews the implementation of the energy efficiency provisions of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), including vehicle fuel economy standards, the light bulb standard, appliance and equipment standards, energy use labels, building efficiency policies, federal energy management, and efficiency programs.

Long after the novelty of seeing them wore off, they say that they still love the sense of economic progress and stability represented by those blades as they go trucking by, not to mention their promise of energy independence.

In the meantime, as the NY Times points out, it may make sense to consider individual actions, such as more energy efficient appliances and increased vehicle efficiency, if the data shows net savings as a result of energy independence, reduced expenditures for fossil fuel due to reduced energy uses and potential reduction in defense expenditures as a result of reduced dependence on the middle east for oil.

While industrial production of ethanol may not be the savior as it was once heralded, home distillers are willing to tap into a more parochial form of energy independence.

The stated purpose of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 is «to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers, to increase the efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.»

Three House Republicans, Joe Barton and Michael Burgess of Texas and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, have introduced the Better Use of Light Bulbs Act, which would repeal the section of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 that sets minimum energy efficiency standards for light bulbs and would effectively phase out most ordinary incandescents.

The Volt is one of the most promising tools out there to advance the cause of energy independence and to control oil prices.

Areas examined include: the future development of the oil industry; the impact of gas fracking and the LNG industry; the outlook for renewables; the growth of nuclear power despite recent setbacks; and the likelihood of energy independence.

Insana said the United States came out of the economic crisis in better shape than other advanced economies and today stands in a strong position in part because of the energy independence it achieved through fracking and increased natural gas production — what Insana calls a key step toward a Fortress America doctrine of economic independence.

[1] Wall Street Journal, «U.S. Nears Milestone: Net Fuel Exporter», 31 November 2011; The New York Times, «U.S. Inches Toward Goal of Energy Independence», 22 March 2012.

The issue of energy independence is one that America has been talking about since before your parents were your age, since before you were born.

On the campaign trail, Obama had stressed that offshore drilling «will not make a real dent in current gas prices or meet the long - term challenge of energy independence.»

Both former CIA chief James Woolsey and former Fed chair Alan Greenspan discussed the importance of energy independence.

«Many countries have turned to wind power as a clean energy source because it relies on the wind, which is indefinitely renewable; it is generated «locally,» thereby providing a measure of energy independence; and it produces no carbon dioxide emissions when operating.»

Russel then describes his path to green via biodiesel jeeps and ethanol powered motorcycles, and frames the issue of getting off fossil fuels in terms of energy independence.

«This will allow us to give Alaska's energy islands — 150 of them — a degree of energy independence,» says Bill Leighty of the environmental non-profit Leighty Foundation, who is leading the Juneau project.