Sentences with phrase «when global electricity»
Note that this chart shows figures for a 2C world in 2050, when global electricity supplies have been largely decarbonised.
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For example, on a hot summer evening when electricity is in high demand for air - conditioning, the system could drop the amount of power going to an individual car from 3.3 kilowatts to just 1.2 kW or even less, explains Paul Pebbles, GM's global manager of Electric Vehicle and Smart Grid Services.
In an interview with This American Life from May 17, 2013, Inglis «says conservatives feel like their version of the American dream is under attack, that somehow, parents driving their kids through the suburbs in SUVs to soccer practice are being blamed as the cause of global warming, when in fact, everyone uses a lot of electricity and gasoline.
When asked by The Daily Called News Foundation why the EPA continues futile global warming policies and only encourages some forms of electricity production that don't produce CO2 the panel said that this was due to the agency's quirks.
When one global company stands up and declares an interest in renewable electricity, people take note.
Today, more than 1/3 of our nation depends on this fuel source for electricity, meaning when oil and gas companies let it escape into the atmosphere, it not only accelerates global warming, it also results in massive amounts of wasted resources and diminishes our energy independence.
When we talk about a global transition to a low - carbon future, we need to look at cleaning the electricity system that we currently have as well as expanding our use of the system.
Natural gas may have lower greenhouse gas emissions when burned than coal, but widespread switching over to natural gas for electricity won't have much of an impact on reducing global warming, a new study from the National
These rising temperatures — caused primarily by an increase of heat - trapping emissions in the atmosphere created when we burn coal, oil, and gas to generate electricity, drive our cars, and fuel our businesses — are what we refer to as global warming.