Most of China's electricity generation comes from fossil fuel sources, such as coal which meets 70% of China's energy needs. ... China should continue to change the energy supply mix and decrease demand for coal and other fossil fuels. ... Non-fossil energy resources only make up 8% of China's total primary energy consumption. ... A possible way to decrease demand for fuel is to increase the current fuel tax rate. Doing so will decrease demand for fuel, decreasing the amount of fuel we import, decreasing pollution, and increasing energy efficiency. ...

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From the earliest times mankind has burned wood and other biomass fuels in order to make heat. ... More recently, "biomass fired steam power has been used to generate electricity [which] can have numerous environmental and air-quality advantages over burning fossil fuels" (How Biomass Energy Works"). But biomass has other uses than just the generation of electricity, it can also be converted into liquid form and used as a fuel for automobiles. ... Another disadvantage is that biomass is neither as economical nor efficient as the burning of fossil fuels. ... On the other hand is the latest in t...

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This heavy reliance on fossil fuels poses certain major concerns. ... Another important factor that works against the heavy use of fossil fuels is that they are detrimental to the environment. The use of fossil fuels leads to emission of greenhouse gases which causes global warming. Also, these fuels are a major source of air, water and soil pollution. ... Table 1: Break-up of installed power capacity (MW) in India as on 31.01.2011 | Technology | Capacity Installed (MW) | Share (%) | Thermal | 93,838 | 54.20 | Hydro | 37,367 | 21.69 | Renewable | 18,842 | 10.94 | Gas | 17,456 | 10.13 | Nuclear...

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Food grains produced with modern, high-yield methods now contain between four and ten calories of fossil fuel for every calorie of solar energy. ... The dependence of industrial agriculture on fossil fuels, the declining fertility of the land, and the positive feedback imposed by declining resource quality will force the economy to divert much more investment into agriculture and energy sectors." Hansen predicts that after our current period of peak in oil production, we will quickly find ourselves short of the fossil fuels necessary for modern agriculture's and the sustainability of cu...

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There has been a wide implemented scale of solar panels in addition with the energy-efficient stoves to diminish the house-lighting and fuel costs in the Bibiyana district, which will also have a related environmental advantage. ...

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A millennium ago, around roughly the tenth century, the Middle East was an economically advanced region of the world, as measured by standard of living, technology, agricultural productivity, literacy or institutional creativity (Kuran, 2011). The Middle East has experienced a roller coaster of grow...

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