Moreover, fossil-fuel supplies won't last forever. From Wordnik.com. [Pricey Gas Fuels Alternatives] Reference
The current fossil-fuel based model is unsustainable. From Wordnik.com. [Gore Tears Up Global Warming Skeptic] Reference
And the costs of America's fossil-fuel economy keep rising. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Lehner: Seeing China's Push for Clean Energy Up Close: My Visit to Trina Solar] Reference
Thirty years from now, the fossil-fuel economy may not be there. From Wordnik.com. [Pricing Pollution] Reference
The United States wouldn't be held hostage to high fossil-fuel prices. From Wordnik.com. [The Opportunity in Autos] Reference
Earth-energy systems are one way to decrease our fossil-fuel reliance. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzword: Earth Energy] Reference
Are we waiting for a fossil-fuel shortage to develop other such sources?. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A New Iran Emerges] Reference
Ironically, fossil-fuel emissions are making more fossil fuel available. From Wordnik.com. [The Arctic Oil Rush] Reference
That's still too high a price to drive fossil-fuel plants out of business. From Wordnik.com. [Catching The Wind] Reference
Plastic production accounts for 5 percent of U.S. fossil-fuel consumption. From Wordnik.com. [An Ecosystem of One's Own] Reference
Like most Americans, I look to the market to solve our fossil-fuel dependency. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Goldin: My Luddite Fantasy] Reference
And no meat, because livestock production is such a fossil-fuel intensive process. From Wordnik.com. [Kerry Trueman: Colin and Michelle's Excellent Adventure] Reference
Many European nations will miss their 2010 targets for reducing fossil-fuel emissions. From Wordnik.com. [A Convenient Untruth] Reference
Today it takes 10 calories of fossil-fuel energy to produce one calorie of food energy. From Wordnik.com. [How to Feed the World] Reference
METI has opposed higher fossil-fuel taxes, to avoid hurting oil refiners and utilities. From Wordnik.com. [Japan Ponders Increasing Fuel Tax] Reference
Day 5: Do not drive in a fossil-fuel burning automobile with less than three people in it. From Wordnik.com. [David Sirota: Can You Join Me in Taking the Low-Impact Challenge?] Reference
Hence we have lots of fossil-fuel burning and little use of solar, wind, and tidal energy. From Wordnik.com. [Capitalism 3.0~ Chapter 2] Reference
Likewise, the climate-destroying fossil-fuel age will end only if we invent our way out of it. From Wordnik.com. [In Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas Friedman Calls for a Green Energy Revolution] Reference
In developed nations, farm lobbies and protectionist policies will fail when fossil-fuel prices keep rising. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Alternative Fuels] Reference
The people of the Gulf need jobs that are not bound to a dirty, dangerous and uncertain fossil-fuel economy. From Wordnik.com. [Van Jones: The Gulf Will Be Beautiful Again] Reference
The climate implications of global warming and a fossil-fuel economy are considered in the rise of hurricanes. From Wordnik.com. [Review: "Fuel" Release Party (Photos)] Reference
Using the foregoing data, the uranium equivalents of the fossil-fuel reserves of the United States are shown in Table 3. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear Energy and the Fossil Fuels (historical)] Reference
Under that argument, however, the administration would also be cutting back on federal funding for fossil-fuel development. From Wordnik.com. [Science Braces for Second Term] Reference
Relative magnitudes of possible fossil-fuel and nuclear-energy consumption seen in time perspective of minus to plus 5000 years. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear Energy and the Fossil Fuels (historical)] Reference
Thanks for all those years of lending a hand to fossil-fuel interests in delaying action on this until the absolute crisis point. From Wordnik.com. [Goodnight, Fenty?] Reference
Up to 70% of the energy needed to grow and supply food at present is fossil-fuel based which in turn contributes to climate change. From Wordnik.com. [Artificial meat? Food for thought by 2050] Reference
The United States "doesn't have the political will to fund the research" because of pressure from fossil-fuel lobbyists, Marzwell said. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Spaces on Energy Solution] Reference
Soviet states in territory, possesses enormous untapped fossil-fuel reserves as well as plentiful supplies of other minerals and metals. From Wordnik.com. [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference
This compares with concentrations of 280 ppmv around 1800 (the beginning of the fossil-fuel age) and current concentrations of 370 ppmv. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
It could make the difference for governments choosing between "cheaper" fossil-fuel power plants and more expensive hydroelectric projects. From Wordnik.com. [Kyoto Can Be Made to Work] Reference
Many existing dams are already suffering from drought-caused power shortages, forcing governments to turn to expensive fossil-fuel emergency plants. From Wordnik.com. [Lori Pottinger: The Wrong Climate for Big Dams in Africa] Reference
The only way to get votes for subsidizing renewable energy on the large scale we need is to let the old fossil-fuel boys have their way on drilling. From Wordnik.com. [You Say You Want a Revolution] Reference
It's really quite simple: if we want our government to be independent of the fossil-fuel industry, then politicians have to prove they can't be bought. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brune: Follow the Coal Money] Reference
As we shift from fossil-fuel based gasoline to alternatives the two most popular choices are currently electricity for plug-in and hybrid vehicles and biofuels. From Wordnik.com. [Paige Donner: Greening Hollywood: Liquid Gold] Reference
Recognize that much of this is about access to oil, and negotiate accordingly while trying to persuade Americans to go to rehab for their fossil-fuel addiction. From Wordnik.com. [Tomorrow, Tomorrow] Reference
The study concluded that an animal-based diet accounts for significantly more fossil-fuel use than a plant-based diet, and emits much more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Magazine] Reference
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