Energy efficiency encompasses conserving a scarce resource; improving the technical efficiency of energy conversion, generation, transmission and end-use devices; substituting more expensive fuels with cheaper ones; and reducing or reversing the negative impact of energy production and consumption activities on the environment.
Therefore, there is a strong need to embark on energy efficiency which encompasses conserving a scarce resource, improving the technical efficiency of energy conversion, generation, transmission, and end-use devices; substituting more expensive fuels with cheaper ones; and reducing or reversing the negative impact of energy production and consumption activities on the environment.
If we can define these collective goals in specific and measurable terms, we will make better use of scarce resources, improve coordination and enhance accountability.
Every scarce dollar wasted on improving our already peerless military is a dollar that can't be spent fighting these real causes of conflict.
He and other opponents contend that the government is privatizing a scarce national resource without improving the domestic food supply, and that politics, not economics, are driving events because Mali wants to improve ties with Libya and others.
As The IoS launches its Christmas appeal, Emily Dugan and Jane Merrick report on the dangers women still face But thanks to Christian Aid-backed charities in Kenya, better use of unpredictable and scarce water resources is improving lives.
In yet another sobering acknowledgment that jobs will continue to remain scarce despite the seemingly improving economic situation, Federal Reserve officials believe that unemployment levels will "remain elevated for quite some time," according to minutes released Wednesday of a recent Fed meeting.
Since financial resources are scarce and technology is improving economic evaluations are helpful in making decisions among different health care interventions.
Apart from being freaky to watch in action, the first-of-its kind material may have important applications--from making better devices for collecting rainwater in water-scarce developing countries, to improving the sanitation of toilets, to making airplane wings and solar panels resistant to rusting or icing over.
Three cheers for Texas Instruments management and engineers, and Amory Lovins, for designing and building a manufacturing facility that proves once again that saving on scarce resources can improve profitability.
