Higher fuel use intensity implies lower energy efficiency

Also, the Universe may enter a second inflationary epoch, or, assuming that the current vacuum state is a false vacuum, the vacuum may decay into a lower energy state.

But the lion s share of these investments result in lower energy usage, and thus reduced energy costs.

However, it may be noted that the input electrical energy is of higher thermodynamic quality (lower entropy) than the output thermal energy (heat energy).

A lower bound for the required energy is the kinetic energy K mv2 where m is the final mass.

The ground state of a quantum mechanical system is its lowest energy state the energy of the ground state is known as the zero point energy of the system.

The more energy efficient one is, the lower one s vulnerability to price volatility.

Europeans would benefit directly through improved Internet access, lower energy costs, and more efficient transport links.

They increase in value at lower energy scales, at which the quark masses are generated by the Higgs.

China aims to lower its energy consumption per unit of GDP by 20 relative to 2005 levels by 2010.

If you put carpeting in your house, it's about a tenth of the embodied energy of the entire house, unless you use concrete or wood for a much lower embodied energy.

Osnabrück ( archaic ) is a city in the federal state Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany.

It wants to keep prices lower to maintain the global economy s oil addiction and deter technological substitution of alternative energy sources.

The first stage operated at lower voltage and provided the energy for the second stage to spark at a higher voltage.

The key value is the equation of state parameter formula_1, the ratio between the dark energy pressure and its energy density.

In April 2005, experts from Brazil, China and India discussed a proposal to establish an energy service company industry in order to lower substantially economic, social and environmental costs in the energy field.

In addition, the lower energy import bill will cause America s trade deficit to narrow and its balance of payments position to improve.

Advantages Radiant cooling systems offer lower energy consumption than conventional cooling systems based on research conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Low cost domestic energy could help to lower the trade deficit, spur investment, and decrease America s economic exposure to volatile oil exporting countries.

European economies will face lower costs in limiting emissions of greenhouse gases from energy use, leading to more effective control of climate change.

Profits can be made when energy is rationed or subsidized, but only within an economy operating at lower, or even negative, growth rates.

(b) Efficient use of process heat and steam reduces industrial fuel consumption resulting in productivity increases, lower energy bills and improved industrial competitiveness

Now, spray foam is an excellent insulator it fills in all the cracks but it is pretty high embodied energy, and, sprayed in cellulose or blue jeans is a much lower energy alternative to that.

Both have strong state level governments and balkanized regulatory and energy supply systems.

It is clear why the state budget depends almost totally on energy prices.

Similarly, in India the members of the lower house of Parliament together with weighted votes from the state parliaments elect the head of state.

Verleger argues that energy independence could make this the New American Century by creating an economic environment where the United States enjoys access to energy supplies at much lower cost than other parts of the world.

And in places where lights are not used very often, a lower price incandescent bulb can cost less overall than the energy efficient alternative.

German Minister of Economics and Technology Philipp Rösler said that many German firms are already relocating to the US because of lower energy prices.

Hydrometeorology is a branch of meteorology and hydrology that studies the transfer of water and energy between the land surface and the lower atmosphere.

After Japan s nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Germany decided to shut down its entire nuclear power industry and shift entirely to a strategy based on greater energy efficiency (lower energy input per unit of national income) and renewables.

Moreover, there are enormous co benefits to mitigation lower emissions of GHGs would be accompanied by lower air pollution and increased energy security, agricultural output, and employment. If these co benefits were taken fully into account, that price tag of 3 of GDP in 2030 would be substantially lower, perhaps even negative.

To save the planet, we need to induce power suppliers to adopt low carbon energy sources despite coal s lower price and greater ease of use.

During 2009, for example, nuclear power plants provided 2,560 TWh(e) (2,560 billion kWh) of electric energy, about 1.6 lower than during 2008 and almost 4 lower than during the record year of 2006, when 2,658 TWh(e) were produced.

Similarly, in global terms, the energy in hurricanes during the last four years (including Sandy) has been lower than at any point since the 1970 s.

Over the past two decades, advocates of privatization have promised greater efficiencies and lower energy prices, but the failure to accompany privatization with appropriate regulation and enforcement has left many countries with poorly governed and often deeply corrupt energy sectors.

Every country should agree to spend 0.05 of its GDP on low carbon energy R D. The total global cost would be 15 times higher than current spending on alternative energy research, yet six times lower than the cost of Kyoto.

Looking ahead, the world economy will need to introduce alternative technologies that conserve energy, water, and land, or that enable us to use new forms of renewable energy (such as solar and wind power) at much lower cost than today.

It is an energy, finance, and security issue. Indeed, it is a Head of State issue.

Meanwhile, the fracking bonanza in the US not only delivers a much greater reduction for free, but also creates long term social benefits through lower energy costs.

He could, and should, have pushed for strong energy conservation measures had he done so four years ago, America's consumption and oil prices would be lower today.

It stops us from focusing on long term strategies like investment in energy R D that would actually solve climate change and at a much lower cost.

With greater investments, it will be possible to raise farm yields, lower energy use to heat and cool buildings, achieve greater fuel efficiency for cars, and more.

Several days after the conclusion of the energy agreement, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin suggested at a news conference in Sochi that Ukraine s national energy company, Naftogaz, should be merged with the state owned Russian energy giant Gazprom.

Meanwhile, state governments, seeing revenues fall as a result of lower taxable incomes last year, are cutting back like mad.