Sentence examples for intensive substitutes from inspiring English sources

Conventional agricultural practices strip the soil of nutrients and life, leading farmers to use expensive, chemical intensive substitutes, which in turn worsen the global warming.

The need for such an analytic framework is underscored by the consensus that efficiently produced wood bioenergy could provide many climate benefits compared to fossil-fuel intensive substitutes.

Engraved invitations are an acceptable, less labor intensive, substitute.

Comparatively, the use of LLWP in place of fossil-intensive substitutes (steel, concrete, etc).

Sound scientific advice will emphasize conservation and efficiency improvements, as well as research on less carbon-intensive substitutes, as part of a strategy that will clearly be important in the national interest of the United States and its friends.

Specifically, these energy-intensive firms substitute the decreasing energy (− 1.03%) and capital (− 0.09%) use upon an energy price increase of 1% with a higher input of material (+ 0.11%) and, to a lesser extent, labor (+ 0.03%).

Some experts have argued that the move toward marketization in the public sector substitutes "intensive" for "extensive" accountability.

Other options such as the use of forest products to substitute carbon intensive material (i.e. material substitution effects), and the use of wood to substitute carbon intensive fossil fuels for energy production (i.e. energy substitution effects) are on the other hand not commonly described nor quantified within the INDCs and could be given greater consideration by the Parties.

Critics have portrayed peacekeeping as a poor substitute for intensive combat training at the vast ranges that the Army has established in Europe and the United States.

Although moocs operate through online forums and communities, and some students have already arranged to meet and study together, many academics argue that this is no substitute for intensive tutor support.

This use of outpatient commitment is not a substitute for intensive treatment; it requires a substantial commitment of treatment resources to be effective.