Sentences with phrase «yet more consumption»

After the easy efficiencies are found, further efficiency measures often require greater cost for less benefit; and while greater efficiency may reduce costs at first, it can have the effect of spurring yet more consumption.

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Nor have we yet deployed a comprehensive set of policies to support the rebalancing of the U.S. economy toward a growth path based more on business investment, trade and broad - based income gains than the type of asset price gains and credit - fuelled consumption, which dominated the last business cycle.

Together, households in the 4th and 5th quintile account for only 10 % of the total sample, yet consume 40 % of the total volume of alcohol, with an average apparent consumption above the recommended level for low - risk of harm over the lifetime (i.e. no more than 2 standard drinks / day over the lifetime).

Yet US consumption has dropped steadily as consumers have sought out more convenient — and often more expensive — alternatives, and «breakfast» has switched from being one of three square meals a day to just another snacking occasion.

Yet raising the price of alcohol is more likely to benefit the economy than harm it, by reducing the productivity costs associated with workers» harmful alcohol consumption.

Yet government statistics also show the country's total electricity consumption more than tripled between 1990 and 2012.

This is over four times the average consumption of saturated fat in the United States.3 The diet of Kitava is remarkable because the total fat content is very low by American standards — hardly more than 20 percent of calories — yet the percentage of total calories derived from saturated fat is 50 percent greater than that of the American diet.

If Choline rich foods contribute to heart disease then fish, which contain more choline than eggs would be heart unfiendly and yet study after study shows that fish consumption reduce heart disease

Other options include the more powerful (yet still reasonably economical) BMW 740d diesel, as well as the BMW 740Li, BMW 750i and BMW M760Li petrols — although these are rare choices due to their higher fuel consumption and tax obligations; the 6.6 - litre M760Li, for example, returns just 22mpg — but in fairness, the rest of the petrol engines use roughly half as much fuel as that.

As mentioned, the power was boosted in the 258 - PS version: The «large» V6 TDI now develops 10 kW / 13 PS more power; and yet its fuel consumption was reduced from 7.2 l / 100 km (equates to 189 g / km CO2) to 6.8 l / 100 (178 g / km CO2).

In the case of the petrol models too, «more power and more driving pleasure with even lower fuel consumption» proves to be the perfect formula: the E 200 CGI BlueEFFICIENCYmodel with direct petrol injection has a displacement of 1.8 litres and an output of 135 kW / 184 hp yet consumes a mere 6.8 litres of premium unleaded petrol per 100 kilometres (provisional NEDC combined figure).

The Anniversary 208 GTi is able to accelerate to 100km / h in 6.5 sec (6.8 for the regular 208 GTi) which makes it the fastest of the bunch, yet according to the official figures it's also cleaner and more economical with a combined fuel consumption of 5.4 L / 100 km and a CO2 figure of 125g / km (our test car fell well short of the claimed economy figures at 7.5 L / 100 km).

Although BMW has yet to reveal any theoretical weight figures of its latest concept car, it claims it goes from 0 to 62 mph in less than 8.0 seconds, has a top speed of around 120 mph and enjoys a combined average fuel consumption of more than 94.1 mpg, boasting an electric range of up to 18.6 miles.

In engineering terms this 911 is all about Porsche Intelligent Performance: even lower fuel consumption and even more power — created, for instance, by reducing the engine size to 3.4 litres on the base Carrera model (yet still delivering 5 hp more than the 997 / II) and using a hybrid construction method (steel / aluminium), which leads to a considerable reduction in weight.

Ebook sales rise, unit consumption surprises — Ebooks sales will approach 20 % of trade book revenues on a monthly basis by the end of 2011 in the US, yet the bigger surprise is that ebooks will account for one third or more of unit consumption.

Additionally, over time and with more experience, divers generally see a marked improvement in their gas consumption rate, so even if you might not be using Nitrox to extend your time underwater with a standard - sized tank just yet, this will likely be something that you will be able to do after a few more dives, and you can always ask for a larger Nitrox tank for the time - being!

It's yet another piece of evidence placed atop a growing pile which points toward Steam needing some sort of quality control system as it becomes more and more inundated with tat unfit for public consumption.

The saturated composition of I Believe the Sun is the Center of the Universe reflects the rapid sharing and consumption of the digital age, yet the work demonstrates how small, seemingly incongruous, pieces of information blend into a larger, more holistic pictures.

No one quite has the answers yet, though interesting discussion led to observations around food consumption — namely that people are more and more interested in the provenance of their product, buying locally, re-connecting to the producers and to communities of others opting for the same choices as them.

People read «free power» from wind or solar and consider me mad for opposing it, yet when it's explained that these things can cost more — and the cost in money realistically translates to a cost in increased labor or material consumption, then they start to comprehend.

Meat and dairy generate more global greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation sector, yet reducing the consumption of animal products through institutional purchasing remains a largely untapped yet highly effective, cost - saving approach to mitigating climate change while promoting public health.

Yet population growth and consumption patterns are putting more pressure on these critical assets.

It goes deeper, and provides more information on the fact that modern day meat consumption is the leading cause of environmental destruction and human induced climate change on our planet, yet we never hear about it.

Yet, sound fuel economy policy and good engineering can deliver the cleaner and more fuel - efficient cars, trucks, and SUVs we need to help tackle our oil consumption and climate change problems.

50 % of US workers don't power down their PCs at night, and yet, the report also finds that over 60 % of employees feel their company should be doing more to reduce energy consumption.

Yet because of increased consumption masses more chicken is imported than a decade ago, when nearly all chicken was domestically produced.

Given Apple's recent announcement of the Health app for iOS 8 to collect and show data on calorie consumption, sleep activity, blood oxygen levels and more, plus the conspicuous absence of a health - tracking fitness band in Apple's last iPhone 5s ad, the idea that the iWatch will be geared toward health seems as close to a foregone conclusion as you get for a device that hasn't even been officially announced yet.