fossil fuel consumption

• Cost-Effective Carbon Restrictions-a Conference Summary

Last fall's Detroit meeting on reducing carbon emissions was timely as Congress is in the process of shaping carbon emission proposals and the media is highlighting carbon-related issues. After years of inactivity on this issue, the US may finally be poised to regulate so-called greenhouse gases (GHGs). Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the major source of such GHG emissions, making up 75% to 80% of the total volume. Howard Gruenspecht, US DOE, Energy Information Administration (EIA), provided a GHG policy perspective and evaluated bills to limit carbon emissions that have been proposed in Congress. International cooperation on this issue is essential, Gruenspecht said, since reductions by all major emitters will be required to significantly reduce GHG concentrations. The time horizon over which ...

... is the most carbon-intensive among major fossil fuels. Power generation facilities in every Midwes...Because fossil fuel consumption is deeply integrated into the global economy, poli...

• Chicago Fed Letter
• Nbr. 248a, March 2008

• Fossil Fuel-Generated Energy Consumption Reduction for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings:

• FR, October 27, 2010
• Proposed rules
• Energy Department

• Itron Inc. Looks Beyond Poor 2009

The smart grid will provide two-way communication between utilities and their customers, enabling utilities, when demand for electricity peaks, to shed load and avoid brownouts by shutting off clothes dryers and air conditioners in homes, motors in factories, and lighting in stores. [...] capabilities will enable utilities to match energy demand with supply much more closely, curbing unneeded generation, reducing fossil fuel consumption, and cutting emissions of greenhouse gases.

• Journal of Business; Spokane
• January 25, 2010

• Wind Not Worth It

Wind turbines may have a place in the overall alternative energy picture as a Band-Aid approach to reduce the bleeding dependencies of imported energy and intensified fossil fuel consumption. But it should not be on Maine's mountaintops because the scope of their permanent and devastating footprint overwhelms the ecological benefit of their procurement. Their short life span will not allow enough time to lower Maines energy consumption costs or provide the general public a return on their original investment. Conservation of energy use through weatherization and advances in energy allocation through smart meters and appliance upgrades would provide everyone in Maine with an instant return on investment.

• Bangor Daily News
• September 12, 2011

• Fossil Fuels May Soon Be History

ENGLEWOOD -- The world is poised to wean itself off fossil fuel consumption, but when it happens is a matter of debate. Chris McWhinney and Dave Erbaugh hope their company, Millennium Reign Energy, is a major part of the process.

• Dayton Daily News
• September 07, 2010

• Honeywell Micro-Grid Technology to Help U.S. Army Lower Fuel Consumption and Costs ; Mobile System Will Bring Solar Power and Other Green Technology to Remote Sites

PHOENIX, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that it is developing emerging Micro-Grid technology to increase efficiency and reduce fossil fuel consumption in remote U.S. Army locations. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080425/LAF040LOGO)

• U.S. Newswire
• June 16, 2010

• Gas Price Angst Leads to Increased Pedaling

At the end of the day, the rising cost of fuel better reflects the full social and environmental costs associated with using fossil fuels, said Tom Power, retired economics professor at the University of Montana. [...] Carter said she suspects fuel is on culprit at Seeley Lake's new farmers market, which has had on hard time attracting vegetable vendors. Asher Miller, with the Relocalization Network of the Post Carbon Institute, said in an e-mail that less fossil fuel consumption could mean social capital is strengthened, too.

• Missoulian
• August 27, 2009

• A new mindset for a new energy era: individuals need to do more to control fossil fuel consumption.

Five years ago, oil was trading at around $30 a barrel. It's no wonder, then, that the leap to more than $147 a barrel in July set off a wave of anxie...

• New Hampshire Business Review
• October 24, 2008

• Clean Energy for South Carolina

Although nearly two-thirds of South Carolina's residents are native born, only trace amounts of the Palmetto State's "native-born" electricity are generated from local power sources. Instead, South Carolina utilities burn coal mined in Kentucky and process uranium mined in Australia and Russia to light homes and power factories, since no coal or uranium deposits are found in South Carolina. The state's continued dependence on these electricity sources is a significant economic and security risk. Boosting South Carolina's economy, reducing global warming pollution, and improving the state and national security all depend on reducing our fossil fuel consumption and increasing investments in the state's own clean, renewable energy sources. Critics question whether South Carolina has adequa...

• Business and Economic Review
• Vol. 54 Nbr. 3, April 2008

• Legislators Thinking 'Green'

INDIANAPOLIS - Taking steps to "go green" and reduce fossil fuel consumption at home or at work may be in vogue, but in Indiana right now there's not much incentive to do so. But if environmental advocates get what they're asking for from the Indiana General Assembly, renewable energy will return some financial "green" to those who invest in alternative energy sources.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• February 10, 2010