Linaro's outputs will accelerate the abundance of new consumer products that use Linux-based distributions such as Android, LiMo, MeeGo, Ubuntu and webOS in conjunction with advanced semiconductor SoCs to provide the new features consumers desire at the lowest possible power consumption.
These capital investments make more consumption possible in the future which is, after all, why people choose to save.
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Electric-only driving is possible without any fuel consumption or local emissions, which is especially advantageous in city driving.
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Officials conceded that goal may be too ambitious, but the White House wanted to set a high bar to reduce as much energy consumption as possible.
This refers to the "greening up" of everyday products so that they are as near to self-sufficient in terms of energy consumption as is possible.
Both iLoud and iLoud MINI are also equipped with a high-performance Li-Ion rechargeable battery with smart power-management features that reduce its power consumption, making possible to go long periods without recharging, an important factor for mobile users.
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The effect held good when other possible factors, such as alcohol consumption and physical activity, were taken into consideration.
"If we are to continue economic development and prosperity, we will need to greatly reduce our daily oil consumption, and high-speed rail is the only possible solution that can scale up to meet the growing demand of American mobility while greatly reducing our oil consumption, " said Kunz.
Even today, it is possible to produce a baking flour for human consumption from cottonseed meal.
However, we see huge benefit in reducing the carbon footprint of our consumption by sourcing food locally wherever possible.
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If we want to defer tax on all savings as long as possible, we would need to go to a graduated consumption tax.
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At a very fundamental level, to the extent that they can, they should aim to control as much of the value chain as possible, from raw materials and creation through sales and consumption.
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It is also possible that it is growing economic optimism that drives up both consumption and share prices, rather than share prices driving up spending: if people feel better about the future, they may both consume more and value shares more highly.
The emissions shift will require technologies that break the carbon link to energy consumption with as little sacrifice of price and convenience as possible.
Intel, in particular, said Mr Gorbold, had worked hard to reduce power consumption across all its processors for years, making it possible to put them in little boxes that do not need cooling.
He reckons Boeing has squeezed 8% better fuel consumption out of its 737s in the past decade and more will be possible.
Although the researchers took into account a wide range of extenuating factors, including diet and exercise regimens, smoking, alcohol consumption, body mass index, and marital status, it's possible that people who drink coffee differ from the rest of the population in as-yet unidentified ways that make them less vulnerable to disease and early death.
Intel continues to drive power consumption down in its products, enabling systems to be as energy efficient as possible.
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It is possible Finnish Android owners may be more mobile than iPhone owners and thus more exposed to mobile data consumption.
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Specifically, the federal government should stop protecting the pharmaceutical firms that sell their wares more cheaply in foreign markets, only to block the entrance of those drugs into the U.S. This isn't to suggest for one second that Big Pharma shouldn't achieve the highest profits possible on its innovations, but it is to say that Americans shouldn't be forced to subsidize the consumption of foreigners.
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