We consume just over 20 billion barrels of oil equivalent in all forms of energy.
Harnessing new forms of energy will be one of the defining challenges of the 21st century.
For millennia, humans have thrived using the most basic and readily accessible forms of energy.
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And this is an economic way of just bypassing plants or algae or other forms of energy.
So can these forms of energy achieve economies of scale that will allow them to compete without subsidies?
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David W. Kreutzer, an energy economist at Heritage Foundation, said the government should stop subsidizing all forms of energy.
Instead, energy security will require an unwavering commitment to these forms of energy.
These forms of energy do not contribute to climate change and can be easily managed to prevent disruption to wildlife.
Hydrolysis--running an electric current through water to produce hydrogen--yields fuel that is usually not economically competitive with other forms of energy.
Traditional forms of energy, i.e. fossil fuels have traditionally been cheaper to produce than alternative forms such as solar and wind.
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Obama championed alternative forms of energy in Las Vegas yesterday, and McCain was in California explaining his plans for increased oil drilling.
Biochemists have long demonstrated that different forms of energy can sustain life.
The oil-equivalent metric represents all forms of energy consumed, including crude oil, nuclear power, coal, natural gas and renewable sources such as hydropower.
All of the technology required to produce alternative forms of energy will need further research and development to ensure greater efficiency and economic viability.
Shutting the two stations will help boost renewable forms of energy.
Another 40% of revenue will help industries to lower their costs by switching to cleaner forms of energy, if they face competition from untaxed foreign competitors.
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Imaginations ran wild and creativity abounded using wind and alternate forms of energy, but what most involved in the project took away was a sense of possibility.
In many parts of the country today, solar energy is less expensive than conventional forms of energy, creating consumer demand for solar to reduce monthly energy bills.
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Until greener forms of energy can reach economies of scale, those advocates say that this country should allow easier access to them so that they become more affordable.
With increasing use of smart meters, which mitigate the problem of intermittency that plagues renewable forms of energy, demand for rooftop installations should grow strongly in these places.
Energy has driven the world for over a thousand years Wind, Hydro and Solar are the oldest forms of energy giving power to all smart enough to use it.
It was definitely an interesting time to be discussing all forms of energy, especially as hundreds of thousands of people were without power because of the effects of Hurricane Sandy.
Light is probably the first to spring to mind, as this serves as the basis for photosynthesis (from photo meaning light), but methane, sulphideszl, oil, etc. are also forms of energy.
Sustainable forms of energy can also play a key role in income generation - a primary path out of poverty for the millions who do not have access to reliable grid-distributed electricity.
As the prices for traditional forms of energy like coal and oil rises and global warming concerns increase, government subsidies will drive significant growth in the renewable energy industry over the next few years.
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So I want to give a special shout-out to all of the young people who participated, who focused their attention on how to harness cleaner forms of energy and how to create more energy efficiency.
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When asked whether at a time of recession countries should seek the cheapest forms of energy possible to stay competitive Ms Hedegaard replied that this would result in the EU missing its climate targets.
This is tape from Steven Chu, the American energy secretary, who visited China earlier this year and came away, he said, very impressed with China's efforts to capture wind and solar energy, cleaner forms of energy.
"There's going to have to be new forms of energy, new ways of delivering energy and new forms of infrastructure, " says Warren Karlenzig, president of Common Current, a consulting firm on sustainable cities based in San Anselmo, Calif.
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