Buyers of electric cars, the pessimists predict, will be limited to a demographic niche: high-income, environmentally conscious and early adopters of technology.
These consumers, most of whom are highly educated and have high income levels, are technologically savvy, environmentally conscious, and consider themselves advocates for electric-car technology.
Green engineering is also a bioethical tenet wherein environmentally conscious attitudes, values, and principles, combined with science, technology, and engineering practice, all directed toward improving local and global environmental quality.
Within California, solar technology has spread beyond highly environmentally conscious areas like San Francisco and Sacramento over the last decade to gain a hold throughout the state, Environment California's report indicates.
Ecological modernization provides a theoretical framework for situating the emergence of new technology-intensive modes of environmental reform such as industrial ecology, environmentally conscious manufacturing, and ecological design.
Replacing such dirty fertilisers with the lighter-footed algae-derived sort may make a sizeable dent in carbon emissions, and spur environmentally conscious consumers to plump for foods grown using the technology.
Because consumers have become more environmentally conscious in the last two years, many expect environmental initiatives to multiply.
Instead, G.M. hopes the Volt will improve its reputation among environmentally conscious consumers and demonstrate the capabilities of battery-powered vehicles, eventually generating earnings as the technology becomes less expensive.
Environmentally conscious public will eventually force companies to improve their environmental performance through different mechanisms.
The design and technology of Masdar City is reflecting the aspirations of a large international team of environmentally conscious concept developers.
