The development of biofertilization techniques would also increase water use efficiency by promoting higher nutrient absorption and crop growth rates.
Using smarter technologies, more brains and less money to wring more work from less delivered energy--what energy experts call "end-use efficiency"--is the largest, cheapest, safest, cleanest, fastest, most diverse, least visible, least understood and most neglected way to provide energy services.
Notably, Audi takes it one step further by offering a trio of switchable drive modes for normal use, efficiency and sportiness.
The more efficient we are in our energy use, the more energy we will use because efficiency makes it cheaper to consume.
The Series 7 Chronos enables creation of heavy content for professional use with increased efficiency and productivity, anywhere and anytime.
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Executives came to use measures of efficiency that focused on the short term, investing in quick wins in sustaining and efficiency innovations instead of funding empowering innovations that pay off in five years, or often even longer.
People, low income or otherwise, tend to ignore their utility until the bill gets too high or the power goes off, he said, and he wonders if people are going to spend time trying to manage their use and implement efficiency measures.
Similar to geologists evaluating how to produce a reservoir, the efficiency engineers use this comprehensive data to calibrate simulation models that predict the financial impact of a range of efficiency measures over the building life.
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It also aims to double the use of both energy efficiency tools and renewable energy fuels during the same time period.
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The only way to reverse that trend is to slash oil and coal use by upgrading the efficiency of cars, factories and power plants.
His not-for-profit organization, Carbon Manna Unlimited, has developed a system of direct micro-payments to rural people who offset their carbon production through the use of high-efficiency stoves.
McCain also said the government should use its purchasing power to promote energy efficiency, buying fuel-efficient vehicles and retrofitting federal offices to use less electricity.
And these investments will help businesses develop new technologies that vehicle makers can use to meet higher fuel efficiency standards.
Kepler will be equally disruptive, establishing GPUs broadly into technical computing, due to their ease of use, broad applicability and efficiency.
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Further in-country funding could be mobilized, they suggested, by improving efficiency in the use of national resources and involving the private sector.
The touch-screen Zune HD will be able to download high-definition videos, with the display enhanced by the use of a high-efficiency organic LED screen.
The delivery of UltraHD TV requires a more efficient compression codec made possible by the use of the new High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard.
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Enhancing the efficiency of energy use is, hands down, the most cost-effective way to mitigate the environmental impact of energy use while fueling economic growth.
This has increased the efficiency of its use of raw materials.
Boosting energy-efficiency and the use of renewables not only helps secure energy supplies and cuts local pollution, but also helps keep carbon emissions in check too.
The world is less dependent on oil than it was, thanks to improved efficiency in the use of energy and to a shift away from heavy industry.
But legit players in the file-sharing biz quietly use Bittorrent for its network efficiency, while introducing new distribution and revenue opportunities for creators, and offering new media discovery sites for consumers.
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To adjust to the post-crisis financial environment, banks must adapt their capital management and capital planning programs not only to comply with regulations, but to improve the efficiency of their use of capital.
If productivity, the efficiency of the use of labour, in China was the same as it was in the US then Chinese wages would be the same as they are in the US. Running it backwards, we can look at wages in China.
Mr Heaton said the huge increase would be achieved through efficiency savings and better use of police property.
Tony Blair was willing to use market mechanisms to improve the efficiency of the health service, and there is evidence that they were working.
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Although the amount of gas used to generate electricity rose 82% between 1997 and 2010, increasing efficiency in appliances that use natural gas has led to declining consumption of gas per customer over time.
To stop that from happening, we need to increase conservation, increase energy efficiency, increase the use of alternative and renewable fuels, increase our use of nuclear power, and increase drilling for oil and gas here at home.
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Of the six sectors needing transformation to increase efficiency and reduce oil use -- cars, trucks, planes, fuels, finance and military -- three or four are near or past their tipping point and starting to get easier.
He said the process will be expensive, time-consuming and involve terrabytes of data as regulators try to determine whether Google is providing efficiency and ease of use to consumers or hurting competition by serving up biased search results.
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