Sentences with phrase «wasteful use of fuel»

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Without such leadership and comprehensive economic policies, conservation of energy by individuals merely reduces demands for fuel, thus lowering prices and ultimately promoting the wasteful use of energy.»

Indeed, as I argue in this article, I think it will be absolutely essential that we shift much of our current wasteful fossil fuel use (e.g., shipping the same goods back and forth across the ocean, driving gas - powered private automobiles, and producing disposable consumer goods) toward building new infrastructure for long - term resilience (e.g., local food economies, low - energy housing, greenspace, water catchment and storage, clean energy systems, trains, and, yes, wind - powered sea vessels!).

At the local level, cities across the U.S. have banned and restricted the unregulated use of wasteful single - use plastics, fueled by campaigns that Surfrider chapters and passionate communities have fought for.

The burning of fossil fuels, wasteful use of resources and excessive consumption all cause our climate to change.

One of the biggest users of energy is heating (which is currently mostly done by burning fossil fuels on site, as using electricity for resistive heating is very wasteful as involves needlessly paying Carnot).

Ethanol production, windmill and solar ter replace fossil fuel energy are HUGELY wasteful of land use.

At the local level, cities across the US have banned and restricted the unregulated use of wasteful single - use plastics, fueled by campaigns that Surfrider chapters and passionate communities have fought for.

However, if Masdar City remains an isolated experiment in sustainable living, disconnected from the rest of Abu Dhabi (where rampant construction, wasteful energy use and the dominance of the fossil fuel economy remain the norm), its impact at home will be limited, and it will be seen by many as a green smokescreen, a gimmick whose real purpose is to draw attention away from some of the emirate's less sustainable endeavors.

«Today $ 409 billion equivalent of fossil fuel subsidies are in place which encourage developing countries — where the bulk of the energy demand and CO2 emissions come from --[towards a] wasteful use of energy»