Sentences with phrase «reliance on consumption»

This reliance on consumption and residential investments as a primary growth driver may not be sustainable, and could stop the economy in its tracks.

Not exact matches

That period of reflection appears to have emboldened Poloz's conviction in the story he's been telling from the start: that international sales of manufactured goods and services would lead a rotation away from the economy's reliance on high commodity prices and consumption by heavily indebted households.

Beijing's ultimate goal is to reduce the country's reliance on this type of growth and shift to more sustainable, consumption - based growth.

Still, the voracious energy consumption of Google's data centers makes any attempt to reduce the company's reliance on fossil fuels noteworthy.

The middle class is growing in affluence exponentially and over time their eating habits will match similar profiles to Western countries with higher consumption of protein and a higher reliance on eating out and convenience,» he said.

The AAP also noted that «reliance on fruit juice instead of whole fruit to provide the recommended daily intake of fruit does not promote eating behaviors associated with the consumption of whole fruit.»

Chinese leaders have repeatedly said China needs to wean itself off a reliance on investment and exports, which in parts of the country have led to industrial overcapacity and pollution, and rely more on services and consumption, more akin to the developed economies of the West.

«We always assumed that people's increased reliance on groundwater for irrigation and consumption was resulting in a net transfer of water from the land to the ocean,» said lead author J.T. Reager of JPL, who began the research project as a UCI graduate student.

«Our populations in Hungary show signs of having followed both diets, with medium to high animal protein consumption and a great reliance on millet,» Hakenbeck said.

Periods of high stress, poor diet, exposure to chemicals, alcohol consumption and reliance on medication, lack of sleep — all of these things happen.

Just as important is that carbohydrate consumption can increase insulin levels, and impair fat burning and increase reliance on sugar.

She recommended increasing consumption of plant - based foods, including fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes; reducing reliance on highly processed foods; and limiting or avoiding products of animal origin.

Central bank policy makers have readily acknowledged economic reliance on credit - fueled consumption and investment.

• Commits to partnering with industry and stakeholders to develop fuel economy standards for heavy - duty vehicles to save families money at the pump and further reduce reliance on foreign oil and fuel consumption post-2018; and

On the topic of general ignorance, most Americans don't begin to grasp how deeply their consumption habits — house size, commuting habits, reliance on trucked - in food, air conditioning — contribute to environmental devastation and economic instability in the world at largOn the topic of general ignorance, most Americans don't begin to grasp how deeply their consumption habits — house size, commuting habits, reliance on trucked - in food, air conditioning — contribute to environmental devastation and economic instability in the world at largon trucked - in food, air conditioning — contribute to environmental devastation and economic instability in the world at large.

«Driven by a desire for exotic travel experiences and an increasing reliance on aviation and luxury amenities, affluence has turned tourism into a carbon - intensive consumption category.»

This manual describes crop and livestock management technologies and practices that contribute to climate change mitigation while improving crop productivity, reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizers, and lowering water consumption.

California can also maintain adequate grid flexibility and reliability while reducing reliance on natural gas by deploying a combination of advanced demand response — which shifts energy consumption to periods when the grid needs it the most — and energy storage like batteries.

An open letter to the CEOs reluctant to address the business risks of reliance on increasing consumption without addressing natural resource limits.

Growing reliance on gas shales in particular is raising concerns about water consumption and contamination.

«Over the lifetime of an electric vehicle, owners can reduce fuel consumption by more than 4,000 gallons of gasoline, reduce fuel costs by thousands of dollars, and cut their reliance on foreign oil,» said Massachusetts Undersecretary for Environment Martin Suuberg at the dealership event.

As highlighted in IEA's World Energy Outlook 2016, the challenge is to increase reliance on renewable energy in the heat and transport sectors, which account for the bulk of global energy consumption.

Like a bad relationship, Klein shows us that our reliance on endless consumption, free market mentality and extractive culture have left us isolated and convinced that we are not only incapable of saving ourselves, but we are actually not worth saving at all.

By focusing on generating clean electricity, the Kingdom can move away from a reliance on domestic consumption of fossil fuels for electricity and use the saved resources to strengthen its exports.

By reducing domestic reliance on oil consumption, these countries hope, they can save more of their production for export (and revenue generation) abroad.

In Europe and the United States, coal seems past its prime, with consumption generally down from five years ago because of the recession, environmental laws and a greater reliance on natural gas and renewable energy.

Rick Wagoner, General Motors Corp.'s chairman and chief executive, said the Corporate Average Fuel Economy program, or CAFE, had «failed dramatically» based on its original intentions of reducing gasoline consumption and reliance upon imported oil.

Our reliance on debt as a means of funding personal consumption and as a tool of macroeconomic growth makes over-indebtedness unavoidable.

Moreover, it will enable the country to modernise its financial system and move away from its precarious reliance on debt - driven, export - led growth to an economy based on services and consumption, therefore lifting the standard of living and more importantly the quality of life for ordinary Chinese.

Here, the motion judge found that Maple Leaf ought reasonably to have foreseen that the representative plaintiff would rely on its representation — namely, that the RTE meats were fit for human consumption and posed no risk of harm — and its reliance was reasonable in the circumstances.

Game consoles have long been known to be power hogs, but the latest generation's reliance on standby features has resulted in a nearly three-fold increase in power consumption.