A phase-out would lead to greater energy security, better health and improved quality of life.
High oil prices, environmental concerns, a desire for greater energy security and improved technologies "are combining to create the best investing environment ever for renewable power", observed Terry Pratt, a credit analyst at Standard & Poor's, in a report published in October.
The objective of ESOS is to reduce energy consumption, help address climate change, increase energy security and improve the competitiveness of U.K. businesses.
In the context of rural Bangladesh, the formulation of 'biomass-based rural energy strategies' is therefore relevant for ensuring the energy security and improving the energy services to the rural households who largely depend on biomass for meeting their primary energy needs.
Mr. Li says he personally believes that China's energy security does not improve when state-controlled oil companies buy oil fields in potentially unstable countries.
Reducing America's dependence on foreign sources of energy is a complicated business, and there are many experts who believe that the surest road to energy security is to improve the efficiency of our cars, homes, factories and offices, and to invest heavily in non-traditional sources of fuel.
The main objectives for creating a next-generation vehicle strategy were to improve fuel efficiency (and hereby to improve energy security), to reduce CO2 emissions, to diversify the energy mix, and to introduce next-generation vehicles to the market on a full-scale basis.
Britain not only needs more green electricity and improved energy security, the ailing economy also needs a shot in the arm from large-scale building schemes.
The benefits include reducing air pollution, which plagues China and recently hit the UK, and improved energy security, which is currently at risk in eastern Europe due to the actions of Russia – a large producer of gas – in Ukraine.
Commodities produced from renewable resources offer an alternative to products based on dwindling supplies of petroleum and permit a move towards improved energy security and decreased impact on the environment.
