The world could save $ 5 trillion in
reduced fuel expenditures by 2030 by shifting to a low - carbon energy system.
Not exact matches
The Little Sun social business also helps improve off - grid livelihoods by
reducing household
expenditures on expensive lighting
fuels and by supporting off - grid entrepreneurs who can sell the lamps in their communities, generating local profits.
These include a significant investment in refining infrastructure and technology to manufacture clean
fuels, as well as projects to monitor and
reduce nitrogen oxide, sulfur oxide and greenhouse gas emissions, and
expenditures for asset retirement obligations.
While the penetration of electric drive vehicles in the American automobile market could significantly
reduce petroleum use, vehicle emissions, and
fuel expenditures countrywide, there are several challenges to implementing the President's 2015 goal.
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.
I wonder how long such an installation would take if we could institute two conditions: working at wartime speed to effect the transition (24/7, all available resources and industry drafted for the effort), and
reducing energy
expenditures to only the most essential in order to both
reduce fossil
fuel use in the interim and
reduce the number of renewables facilities required (and minimize fossil
fuel use for their construction).
We are out of carbon budget; EVERY
expenditure of fossil
fuel from now on increases our carbon debt, and
reduces our chances of avoiding the climate Apocalypse.
In any case, even with 90 %, this means that ANY
expenditure of fossil
fuel from now on
reduces our chances of staying below 2 C, and we have shown repeatedly that even 2 C is a target that the experts term VERY / EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.