Sentences with phrase «thoughts impact our energy»

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«We would agree that Alberta's historic focus on maximizing oilsands production... rather than optimizing production on the highest quality ore may be having unnecessary environmental impacts on things like greenhouse gas intensity and tailings production and lowering returns to Albertans as the owners of the resource,» said Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute, a clean energy think - tank.

I thought it would be a useful exercise to use a modified version of Levi's checklist to think about Energy East and its impact on Canadian energy security, so here Energy East and its impact on Canadian energy security, so here energy security, so here we go:

Fortunately, many energy companies filed their Q1 earning reports that same week, giving Albertans an opportunity to discover what energy sector CEOs really thought about the impact of an NDP government on their company's business.

While we think oil prices are approaching their bottom, we are beginning to see the dramatic impact depressed oil prices have on energy company behavior.

We think the risks of recession in Canada are higher at approximately 20 %, given the impact of lower energy prices and the lagged effect of a weaker currency.

«These sorts of environmental benefits could also be genuinely beneficial to forward - thinking Australian meat companies looking to reduce their environmental impact, and generate energy from their wastes and by - products, both liquid and solid.

One school of thought was that planets originally formed dry, due to the high - energy, high - impact process of planet formation, and that the water came later from sources such as comets or «wet» asteroids, which are largely composed of ices and gases.

TOKYO — As Japan's nuclear power plant crisis entered its seventh day, Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said it would be «unrealistic to think this accident will not impact decisions by governments» on the use of nuclear power.

The premiere installment, «Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change,» featured UCLA environmental economist Magali Delmas and the Engagement Project, which examined the most effective ways to encourage apartment users to reduce their energy use at home and the impact of «gamifying» energy savings.

Just like «the joy factor» in exercise that impacts hormones and energy more than calorie burning, it turns out, the way you're thinking about food might be all wrong.

Eating for your health takes on a whole new meaning when you realize that it goes beyond weight and energy, but can literally impact how you think, feel, and even respond to life.

Our body starts to think that its starving and any functions which are not necessary for survival are decreased or shut down completely impacting your energy levels, fertility, sex drive and brain function.

«I think it's going to help all of Colorado because we'll be able to talk about the impact of energy on a community,» she said.

But have you ever stopped to think about how much of an impact your energy usage is having beyond your own home?

The Fed engages in wishful thinking regarding transitory employment factors... Japan does not have that big of an impact on US employment, nor do food and energy prices, which have been going up for some time.

I am not yet in my 40's but was raised in a very alternative community of people in nyc in the 70's and 80's... amidst the depression of the city at that time, there were tons of free - thinking individuals, groups and companies leading the way presenting biofuel - concepts and ideas, or promoting industries based on recycling things rather than being a disposable society... there have always been large numbers of people in the pro-environment movement country and world - wide that cried out about how alternative thinking would lead to newer, more positive and less harmfully - impacting industries and tried to introduce inventions that could have spurred new economies... Had the auto industry not blocked things, we could have had more energy efficient cars decades ago... but they did not want the «expense» of helping foster this new industry... it is so damn sad it took a war to make people «wake up» about alternative fuels and how exciting the options are.

It's the big lag times in energy and climate systems, which, I think, make consideration of impacts 50 - 100 years out particularly appropriate.

The amount of energy difference is huge and I don't think that many people would argue that they don't have a significant impact on the global temperature in the short run.

My great fear is that systems thinking is not going to be applied vigorously when it comes to policies that will ultimately impact the deployment of the complex energy matrix suggested above.

I think that the obsession with tweaking and exact compromise, with satisfying all interests, and with worrying about the economic impact only provides cover for those who want to delay the process of the energy transition.

However, if some (or many) of these efforts have some smoke - and - mirror aspect to them, or if they become the seemingly easy «solution du jour» and allow us to think that we can avoid larger solutions (fuel efficiency standards; carbon tax, or firm carbon cap combined with a robust and regulated carbon credit trading mechanism; substantial investments in new energy technologies; energy conservation; etc.), their net impact can be more damaging than beneficial.

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Given that the UK makes up ~ 0.1 % of world population, albeit one that consumes a greater then average propotion of world energy, I would have thought it to be blindingly obvious that its scope for a direct impact on future temperature rises will be necessary small.

Among the resources that can provide the operational support needed for high levels of renewable penetration in our energy mix, I think natural gas strikes the best balance between cost and environmental impact.

The fact that certain analytical conclusions about observed climate change, attribution to human causes, in particular the energy system and deforestation, projected greater climate change in the future, observed impacts of climate change on natural and human systems, and projected very disruptive consequences in the future given our current trajectory, is not due to «group think» but rather to a generally shared analysis based on evidence.

The realization that CO2 emissions seriously impact global climate ought to transform how we think about energy use.

By pioneering new renewable energy projects and establishing forward - thinking innovation centers, many countries in Africa are looking to renewable energy as a solution to meet their growing energy needs in a sustainable way, while working toward practical adaptation strategies to mitigate global warming impacts.

Joshua: «And in addition, think about all the wasted energy the «climate community» spent mitigating the impact of «deniers,» when «skeptics» could have helped out by listening more carefully to the «climate community,» and trying to understand «the climate community's» arguments, and adding to progress on increasing our understanding of the causes of climate variability and change...»

And in addition, think about all the wasted energy the «climate community» spent mitigating the impact of «deniers,» when «skeptics» could have helped out by listening more carefully to the «climate community,» and trying to understand «the climate community's» arguments, and adding to progress on increasing our understanding of the causes of climate variability and change — rather than apologizing or ignoring the input from scientists like Fred Singer — who deliberately lifts a conditional clause from a larger sentence, divorces it completely from context, and creates a fraudulent quotation in order to deliberately deceive, or Ross McKitrick who slanders other scientists on purely speculative conclusions about their motivations, or guest - posters at WUWT who call BEST «media whores,» or the long line of denizens at Climate Etc. who falsely claim that the «climate community» ignores all uncertainties towards the goal of serving a socialist, eco-Nazi agenda to destroy capitalism.

Last year, I sat on a panel at an energy conference where someone asked me my thoughts on China's impact on the renewable energy sector.

The Carbon Tracker Initiative is an independent financial think tank that carries out in - depth risk analysis on the impact of the energy transition on capital markets and the potential investment in high - cost, carbon - intensive fossil fuels.

I'll start off with this short essay written by University of Oregon Professor Greg Bothun that I think nicely sums up the many reasons we all ought to be concerned with the path of China's economic development and associated energy use and environmental impact:

Think of all the impacts that fossil fuel powered development has had on concentrations of wealth and power, self - sufficiency, the biosphere and our health; substituting a fossil fuel driven economy for a solar energy economy will enable us to reverse these trends.

Second, a new study was released that provides additional proof that since the late 1970s, the Earth has received much more solar energy than previously thought... that solar impact would be multiple times more powerful than the concurrent human CO2 impact.

NIPCC scientists and experts from Washington, DC - based think tanks will be in Washington the week of April 7 to publicly release the final two volumes of the Climate Change Reconsidered II series: Biological Impacts, which is available online at www.climatechangereconsidered.org, and Human Welfare, Energy, and Policies, which will become available online during the coming week.

For his summer project, Jemin has been comparing the mining, material use and waste impacts of different energy sources including renewables like solar and wind, which we tend to think of as having little to no environmental impact.

Assuming that you're one of those «skeptics,» and looking at the range estimations of likely impact based energy balance that are often promoted by «skeptics» (although certainly there are many «skeptics» who think that there is no possibility that ACO2 will warm the climate to any measurable extent)-- then we can reasonably assume that you agree that there is a «fat tail» potential for high impact consequences from BAU.

Here he passes on information about his solar home and other renewable energy projects as well as some thoughts on living with less impact.

The plentiful, affordable and dependable supply of U.S. natural gas, coupled with the fuel's environmental advantages, makes it a logical alternative, because it achieves what were once thought to be mutually exclusive goals: providing more energy with a smaller impact on our environment.

«When people see solar, they think about solar and energy efficiency, and it has more impact when they see it in their neighborhoods than when they drive by a project on the interstate.»

This thought piece will explore the impact of increasing diversity and inclusion of thought and action in energy - related programs, initiatives, decisions and policies that will influence and encourage a more connected and sustainable society.

«The basic idea is that we have to establish a price level for carbon in China, and I think that is the right step to take,» said Yang, adding: «I think the enormous local impacts of China's energy mix and dependence on coal is becoming a huge push for China to take even stronger climate mitigation action.»

Below, we've collected some clips and quips culled from the recently published scientific literature (and observations) that show that perhaps the impacts from climate change resulting from our production of energy from fossil fuels isn't going to worse than we thought — and, in fact, may not prove to be so bad at all.

Seb @ 4 — My first thought was the similar impacts of deforestation; surely forests act in a similar way in absorbing wind energy at low altitudes.

The researchers think this breakthrough is important not just for keeping energy use down in individual buildings, but because of the major impact super cool roofs could have on the urban heat island effect.

[2] A recent Eurobarometer poll also confirms that almost 90 % of the EU population is concerned about climate change; 82 % are well aware that the way their country consumes and produces energy has a negative impact on the climate and 61 % think that the share of nuclear energy should be decreased due to concerns such as nuclear waste and the danger of accidents.

Think of the models attempting to predict world energy demand in 2080, or the economic impacts of (uncertain) temperature increases 300 years from now (that would be the Social Cost of Carbon).

«I don't think the changes will have any impact on the amount and type of work we do as lawyers,» says Julie Belley Perron, partner in the business law group at Langlois in Montreal, who specializes in commercial contracts, environmental law and the development and implementation of energy projects.

Though my recent life and business changes have shaken my life at the very core, generating all kinds of new «energy» and joie de vivre that directly and positively impacts my business, I'd like to share one recent story vignette that I think vividly illustrates what I mean regarding doing something energizing — in fact, I'd extend that to say, doing something that provokes a bit of fear blended with excitement.

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