When asked, Bush said that ethanol accounted for only 15% of the rise in food prices, with the remaining 85% of the increase caused by weather, increased demand and energy prices.
Which could have knock on implications for the Government's ambitious plans to cut energy demand and boost home energy production.
In addition, the long-term growth factors for Caterpillar remain intact as rising world population, prosperity and urbanization will increase demand for energy and resources, promoting growth across its industrial businesses: construction, mining and power systems.
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As for reducing energy demand and protecting the DOD from energy fluctuations, a study undertaken at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory investigated some key conditions that will have to be met if biofuel algae were to replace 17% of U.S. petroleum as President Obama has proposed.
While technology could enhance our driving experience, it also could clutter our lives by compelling us to multi-task and creating extra demand for our attention and energy.
This was a demonstration of a suite of open and extensible software applications for managing energy demand and time-of-use pricing by a firm in Boulder, Colorado, called Tendril.
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The world population is growing and demand for energy is increasing further reducing supply.
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Criminals have profited from the increasing demand for energy and the rising price of oil.
Lower oil prices, sagging demand for energy and hard-to-get credit have caused many firms to cut back on renewables worldwide.
Generators provide on-demand energy and are critical for recovery from natural disasters, as evidenced in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
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In recent years, the geoscience sector in Africa has benefited from important international investment to meet a significant global increase in demand for mineral and energy resources.
Low household energy costs dampen demand for energy efficiency and most home-appliance manufacturers have hugely reduced their energy consumption in other ways.
Commercial property owners should be able to fund renewable energy and demand response improvements, in addition to energy efficiency upgrades, with OBR.
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As fracking expands domestic oil and gas production, it likely will reduce U.S. demand for energy imports and shrink our trade deficit.
In any serious discussion of carbon and global climate change, attention inevitably focuses on China, its insatiable demand for energy, and its growing emissions.
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Warsaw and Bilski began working on a hedging system in the early 1990s designed to shelter both consumers and utilities against big swings in energy prices and demand.
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But the outbreak of the financial crisis and the growing energy and raw materials demand from fast-growing economies had put rising prices back on the agenda and complicated the job of a central bank.
As seen in Rochester, there is demand for clean energy and energy efficiency products, services, and jobs.
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In the past decade both have been pounded by recession, rising fuel prices and demand for greater energy efficiency.
Higher energy demand and rising oil prices boosted oil-producing countries, while the continuing surge in high-tech demand benefited Asia and North America.
Many of these countries have substantial deployment targets that will drive demand for renewable energy and energy efficiency for years to come.
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Orion, for example, was able to open with the help of small business loans and incentives that are creating demand for clean energy technologies like wind power and solar panels.
While the risk of stagflation is still a long-term phenomenon, inelastic demand curves for food and energy products could force market participants to feel the sting of rising headline inflation and thus cut back to minimum spending.
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For the next 20 or 30 years, fossil fuels will remain dominant, supplying more than 85% of global demand for energy, and it is important to make them more environmentally friendly by putting more effort into reduced or zero emission fossil fuels.
Power management- Partnerships to provide energy efficient solutions and reduce global demand for non-renewable energy sources will drive future opportunities for the industry.
Inflation rose in 2007-08, driven by strong consumer demand and high wage growth, rising energy costs, a nation-wide drought, and a relaxation of fiscal discipline.
As the use of clean and renewable energy grows, the demand for solar cells and modules is likely to receive a boost.
The growing worldwide demand for energy is raising demand for gas turbines and power generation equipment manufactured by GE.
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In addition, progress in extracting natural gas from shale has created new opportunities for manufacturers in several industries, particularly chemicals and metals, thanks to more affordable energy and greater downstream demand.
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He outlined that no single source of energy would meet future demand and that a mix of technologies and sources would be needed to secure the energy of the future.
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