Sentences with phrase «scale uses less energy»

Not exact matches

Lower environmental footprint - due to economies of scale, less water and energy used than cloth diapers laundered at home, no impact to landfill when compared to disposable diapers

I noted that I agree with him on the time scale of energy transitions (which is why I've supported domestic drilling while we still use oil, rather than exporting the hazards to places less able or willing to safeguard lives and the environment).

If we start using electric cars in large numbers (and I hope we do soon), then solar towers and various other forms of large scale clean electricity generation may supply a substantial fraction of our transport energy, especially for short local runs less than 100 klms a day.

Using the Solar Estimate calculator, we determined that given an average monthly utility bill of $ 150, the owner of a two - bedroom home on Montagu Street in Charleston's up - scale 29401 zip code should produce around 9,890 kilowatt - hours (kWh) of emissions - free renewable energy over its useful life; resulting in an estimated net profit (energy cost savings less the cost of equipment and installation) to the homeowner of $ 57,878 over 25 years.

Thirty years to establish a climate state seems a long time, as within that period there may be notable shifts to a number of different prevailing patterns of cold / warmth / wet or drought that, on a human scale affects agriculture and horticulture by impacting on what crops may be grown successfully, may affect the tourism season, may cause a consumer to use more or less energy in their home, and also impact on nature by affecting the populations of wild life and vegetation.

[M] any people have latched onto the local - food movement, billing themselves «locavores,» as an antidote to the energy used to transport food long distances and the energy intensity of large - scale industrialized agriculture... Strangely enough, shipping food thousands of miles can sometimes require less energy, emit less carbon dioxide and do less environmental damage.

The report released last week uses deeply flawed assumptions to inaccurately paint coal (and to a lesser extent, fuel oil) as the savior that prevented large - scale blackouts during the extreme cold, while greatly understating the contribution from renewable energy sources.

There is less to clean, less energy that is used in smaller homes, and it's easier to furnish homes that are not on a grande scale.