Sentences with phrase «production of alternative energy»

About three quarters (74 %) consider increasing our use and production of alternative energy sources to be more important than increasing offshore oil drilling (15 %).

There is, in fact, a whole pyramid of fossil fuel inputs to the production of all alternative energy capital equipment.

Not exact matches

That logic is another reason why OPEC countries have less of an incentive to cut back production: renewable energy sources is starting to give fossil fuels some serious competition, and oil - exporting countries have an interest in keeping oil a cheap alternative.

«At the same time, we see significant momentum for alternative energy vehicles, an inferior competitive landscape and continued progress on Model 3 production driving more than 70 % top - line growth this year, easily one of the fastest ever by a multibillion - dollar company.

Unconventional supplies of oil and gas are increasing around the world, countries like Iran and Mexico are reviving production, and alternative energy sources are becoming more viable.

Having acknowledged the need to turn from the overdependence on fossil fuels to more environmentally friendly sources of energy, the government has tried to encourage the production of automobiles that use alternative sources of fuel by trying to give tax incentives to any buyers of such cars.

Before founding K2, he was with American Capital Ltd., a publicly - traded buyout and mezzanine fund (NASDAQ: ACAS), where he created the American Capital Energy Group, building a peak portfolio of nearly a billion dollars of market value of energy - related equity and debt investments across oil and gas production, oilfield services, utility services and alternative eEnergy Group, building a peak portfolio of nearly a billion dollars of market value of energy - related equity and debt investments across oil and gas production, oilfield services, utility services and alternative eenergy - related equity and debt investments across oil and gas production, oilfield services, utility services and alternative energyenergy.

The fund invests in companies involved in the exploration, production and processing of petroleum, natural gas, coal, alternative energies, chemicals, mining, iron and steel, and paper and forest products, and can invest in any part of the world.

But if Canada aspires to be an Asia Pacific energy powerhouse for the long term, it must continue to prioritize innovation, pushing to work smarter and faster in exploration, development, production, services, and in the advancement of the renewable energy alternatives that will come to define the long - term players in the global economy of tomorrow.

These forms of production and alternative technologies are not large energy consumers.

Raskin also reported that not one story coming out of the six - week conference dealt with UNESCO's battle against illiteracy, its development of alternative energy sources, its educational programs for scientists and engineers, its basic research into food production, and scores of other accomplishments during 1980.

The only way to reject the violence of energy production without resorting to still more violence is to present the world with an alternative which witnesses to the redemptive possibility that we don't need to live violently.

And it continues to pursue research into alternative fuels and technologies that can further reduce the carbon intensity of energy applications across a variety of sectors, including electricity production and transportation.

These endeavors encompass those which provide for the production of conventional, alternative and renewable sources of energy, and for the recovery and reuse of energy that would otherwise be wasted.

The Board also recommends specific investment areas, including «novel alternative energy solutions, water filters that remove pathogens at the point - of - use, new robust building materials from locally available materials, nanotechnology for health and agriculture, and biological approaches to industrial production, environmental remediation and management.»

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC, www.stfc.ac.uk) is keeping the UK at the forefront of international science and has a broad science portfolio and works with the academic and industrial communities to share its expertise in materials science, space and ground - based astronomy technologies, laser science, microelectronics, wafer scale manufacturing, particle and nuclear physics, alternative energy production, radio communications and radar.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC, http://www.stfc.ac.uk) is keeping the UK at the forefront of international science and has a broad science portfolio and works with the academic and industrial communities to share its expertise in materials science, space and ground - based astronomy technologies, laser science, microelectronics, wafer scale manufacturing, particle and nuclear physics, alternative energy production, radio communications and radar.

Health Benefits of Ketones A ketogenic diet is characterized by the production of ketones, small molecules that the body can use as alternative energy sources.

In spite of current energy trends moving towards green and renewable options, Alberta is planning on double its production of fossil fuels by 2030, meaning that higher supply will generate lower market rates, presenting a more affordable alternative to the American market.

Environmental Impact and Energy Efficiency: Schools have made efforts to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, improve water quality and conservation, decrease hazardous waste production, and expand use of alternative transportation.

Founded by artists Bjørnstjerne Christiansen, Jakob Fenger and Rasmus Nielsen, SUPERFLEX offers engaging, often humorous perspectives on the social and cultural concerns of our age, from migration to alternative energy production, and from the power of global capital to the regulation of intellectual property.

His final decades of artistic production paralleled a succession of publishing, nonprofit, and visionary enterprises: in addition to his lithography studio, Francis formed a wind harvesting and alternative energy company in 1975; helped organize the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, in 1980; formed the Lapis Press, which focused on eclectic scholarship, in 1984; created a naturopathy - based medical research center in 1987; and founded the Sam Francis Art Museum in 1990 to perpetuate his artistic legacy and support charitable donations.

They put a floor under boom - bust oil pricing that has made returns on alternative energy projects unreliable for the whole history of oil production.

Once green technology (solar and wind energy, and more efficient and low carbon intensive ways of production) becomes more profitable than the alternative (carbon intensive sources of energy, and industries that use them)....

The cost of production of electricity through utilization of solar energy is outpacing other alternatives as the cost accrued in investing in the installation of solar panels is turning out to be comparatively cheaper than a comparable investment in coal, natural gas or other options, according to a new World Economic Forum (WEF) report.

... they caution that society should fully quantify direct and indirect GHG emissions associated with energy alternatives and associated consequences prior to making policy commitments that have long - term effects on global forests; for they ominously warn «there is a substantial risk of sacrificing forest integrity and sustainability for maintaining or even increasing energy production with no guarantee to mitigate climate change.»»

To what extent conservation measures, investments in alternative energy production, and efforts to expand petroleum production from tar sands and shale would mitigate such a period of adjustment is difficult to predict.

A full lifecycle analysis of Bio-SNG production undertaken by North Energy Associates found that for many types of feedstock, the lifecycle CO2e savings of Bio-SNG compared with fossil fuel alternatives are typically ~ 90 %.

Educate industry, government, and the general public on the importance and viability of establishing alternative sources of energy production and advanced geothermal technologies, and the impacts on the environment and climate change of various forms of energy production.

Shifting to clean energy production strategies, and allocating more resources to the research of alternatives to current energy production patterns is needed.

The conference developed common policies on energy production and conservation, alternative energy sources, research and development, emergency sharing, financial co-operation and energy security and led to the foundation of the International Energy Agency later that year in energy production and conservation, alternative energy sources, research and development, emergency sharing, financial co-operation and energy security and led to the foundation of the International Energy Agency later that year in energy sources, research and development, emergency sharing, financial co-operation and energy security and led to the foundation of the International Energy Agency later that year in energy security and led to the foundation of the International Energy Agency later that year in Energy Agency later that year in Paris.

While the success of state efforts to increase renewable or alternative energy production will depend in part on federal policies such as production tax credits, states have been effective in encouraging clean energy generation.

TRB hasn't got the whole story IMO as in 1984 North Sea oil and gas production was just getting up a head of steam, providing the UK with an alternative energy source out of the control of these bothersome miners.

If the alternative had been adopted the UK would NOW have a working coal industry and plentiful reserves of North Sea oil and Gas and more time to ramp up on sustainable energy production.

In 2007, the Bureau published the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Alternative Energy Development and Production and Alternate Use of Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf.

I call it Project Zero — because its aims are a zero - carbon - energy system; the production of machines, products and services with zero marginal costs; and the reduction of necessary work time as close as possible to zero... If I am right, the logical focus for supporters of postcapitalism is to build alternatives within the system; to use governmental power in a radical and disruptive way; and to direct all actions towards the transition — not the defence of random elements of the old system.

[283] In 2011, Ukraine's Energy Ministry predicted that the installed capacity of generation from alternative and renewable energy sources would increase to 9 % (about 6 GW) of the total electricity production in the coEnergy Ministry predicted that the installed capacity of generation from alternative and renewable energy sources would increase to 9 % (about 6 GW) of the total electricity production in the coenergy sources would increase to 9 % (about 6 GW) of the total electricity production in the country.

About seven - in - ten (73 %) of those ages 18 to 49 say developing alternative sources of energy should be the more important priority, while 22 % say expanding production of fossil fuels should be the more important priority.

Among moderate and liberal Republicans and Republican leaners — who account for 36 % of all Republicans and Republican leaners sampled — 65 % prioritize developing alternative energy sources, compared with fewer (28 %) who prioritize expanding production from fossil fuel sources.

«Climate science» as it is used by warmists implies adherence to a set of beliefs: (1) Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations will warm the Earth's surface and atmosphere; (2) Human production of CO2 is producing significant increases in CO2 concentration; (3) The rate of rise of temperature in the 20th and 21st centuries is unprecedented compared to the rates of change of temperature in the previous two millennia and this can only be due to rising greenhouse gas concentrations; (4) The climate of the 19th century was ideal and may be taken as a standard to compare against any current climate; (5) global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industrializing.

Among those 50 and older, 55 % say alternative energy development is more important, while 34 % say it's more important to expand production of fossil fuel energy sources.

But a new Pew Research Center survey finds that 65 % of Americans give priority to developing alternative energy sources, compared with 27 % who would emphasize expanded production of fossil fuel sources.

The list is long and worth many billions (sorry for caps); — GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT PROGM (Carbon capture)-- NON-RECOVERY OF PUBLIC AGENCY COSTS — PETROLEUM EXPLORATION TAX CONCESSIONS — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE — DIRECT SUBSIDIES TO FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS — DIESEL FUEL REBATE SCHEME — EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELS Ethanol production which is an energy sink)-- CONCESSIONAL RATE OF EXCISE FOR FUEL OIL, — HEATING OIL AND KEROSENE — CONCESSIONAL RATE OF EXCISE FOR AVIATION FUEL — EXCISE FREE STATUS FOR CONDENSATE — SUBSIDISED SUPPLY OF COAL - FIRED ELECTRICITY TO — ALUMINIUM SMELTERS — STATE ENERGY SUPPLY CONCESSIONS — ELECTRICITY PRICING STRUCTURES — SUBSIDIES FOR CENTRALISED GENEenergy sink)-- CONCESSIONAL RATE OF EXCISE FOR FUEL OIL, — HEATING OIL AND KEROSENE — CONCESSIONAL RATE OF EXCISE FOR AVIATION FUEL — EXCISE FREE STATUS FOR CONDENSATE — SUBSIDISED SUPPLY OF COAL - FIRED ELECTRICITY TO — ALUMINIUM SMELTERS — STATE ENERGY SUPPLY CONCESSIONS — ELECTRICITY PRICING STRUCTURES — SUBSIDIES FOR CENTRALISED GENEENERGY SUPPLY CONCESSIONS — ELECTRICITY PRICING STRUCTURES — SUBSIDIES FOR CENTRALISED GENERATION

The WEO 2006 Alternative Policy scenario shows that CO2 emissions can be reduced by 16 % from the Reference Scenario with policies that more than pay for themselves: 80 % of these reductions come from more efficient production and uses of energy.

When it comes to balancing priorities for energy production, the public weighs heavily on the side of developing alternative energy sources.

The weekly half - hour programme features host Janaia Donaldson's conversations with guests about a broad range of topics including local food production, renewable energy, transportation alternatives, sustainability, economic localization, and personal responses to the changes ahead.

Under this alternative, the BLM proposes categories of lands to be excluded from utility - scale solar energy development and identifies approximately 285,000 acres in specific locations well suited for utility - scale production of solar energy (i.e., SEZs) where the BLM would prioritize development.

Nuclear, solar, and wind energy technologies may offer important benefits in the production of military, as well as civilian, alternative fuels.

Take ConocoPhillips, which highlights its «emerging technologies and alternative energy sources» activities on its website — but fails to mention that in April 2012 it divested all of these activities to focus exclusively on its «core business» of exploring for and producing oil and natural gas, and specifically to take advantage of the North American «shale revolution» and tar sands production in Canada.

2007/04/17: ABC (Au): Summit fails to agree on alternative fuels A South American energy summit has ended with Brazil and the host nation Venezuela failing to reach agreement over the production of alternative fuels.