The recent ITA report raises the specter of the energy crisis of the mid-1970s to indicate that "major long-term disruptions in fuel supplies can have serious economic implications, " because of the reliance of various regions on each other.
For many years my colleagues and I have seen business and non-profit leaders intentionally capture the spirit and energy of a short-term crisis and use it not only to achieve the immediate goal, but also to build more effective ways of working over time.
The energy crisis turned into a fund-raising opportunity for Ovshinsky.
In a video message to the High-level session, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called upon the scientific community to help make sense of the complex and interconnected challenges --including climate change, the financial crisis and food, water and energy insecurity -- that threaten human well-being and civilization as we know it.
In his video message during the high-level segment, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called upon the scientific community to help make sense of the complex and interconnected challenges --including climate change, the financial crisis and food, water and energy insecurity -- that threaten human well-being and civilization as we know it.
Interestingly, while Argentina faces an energy crisis, experts think that fuel-oil imported from Venezuela cannot resolve the Argentinean energy problem in the long run and scarcely in the short run.16 It seems Kirchner has become an ally of Hugo Chavez because he feels that he represents a new spirit in Latin America.
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Robinson also urged Congress to reject the Bush Administration's willingness to seize on the Middle East energy crisis as its latest pretext for providing extremely ill-considered assistance to the Soviet Union's energy sector.
But tackling the crisis head-on requires energy and luck, and many here lack both.
The global recession, the energy crisis, food insecurity, climate change -- all these have made development more difficult, yet more urgent.
"Last week, the president suggested his tax cut will solve energy crisis, " said Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut.
While there can be no doubt that manufactured climate crisis drives multi-billion dollar science and EPA energy regulatory industries, the U.N. has far more ambitious goals.
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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.
At the other end of the philosophical spectrum, a re-release of Confronting Collapse by Michael Rupert, presents a 25-point program for action to address the imminent energy crisis.
Although Nooyi stops short of accepting culpability for the obesity crisis she thinks sedentary life styles, not energy-dense processed foods, are the main culprit she agrees that PepsiCo has a responsibility to do something about the problem.
Only a few weeks ago, a New York Times report noted that GE, one of the largest U.S. corporations, paid no income taxes, sparking a public outcry. (Read Pre-Crisis Dynamic At GE As Financial Arm Overtakes Energy).
Beyond the present crisis, this collaboration which will simply enhance Soviet energy-related leverage against those aspiring to freedom not only in the Baltic States but possibly in Eastern Europe, as well is ill-conceived and potentially dangerous from a national security perspective.
The industry can even take heart from the response to the crisis by Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey, a long-time nuclear energy foe.
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Pakistan says the multi-billion dollar deal is crucial for addressing the country's energy crisis.
But it leaves out three major components that I feel strongly about - one is jobs, one is energy and one is this mortgage crisis.
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But it is not clear whether the move will help to address the country's worsening energy crisis, since it faces a daily shortfall of around 2, 000 megawatts of electricity - or about one-third of its total requirement.
Solar-energy cell sales also fell due to weak demand in Europe amid its financial crisis.
Washington - a major donor to Pakistan - has also argued that there are other ways to ease Pakistan's energy crisis.
As the nuclear energy and uranium businesses recover from the crisis that was the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan, Cameco posted second-quarter earnings that reveal big drops in revenue and profit.
Not long after the California energy crisis brought deregulation screeching to a halt in 2000, utilities began predicting that legislation putting a cap on greenhouse-gas emissions would be the catalyst for change.
In California alone (as part of a settlement with the State over issues occurring suring the CA energy crisis over a decade ago) NRG has agreed to build and operate infrastructure for at least 200 fast-charging (480 volt) stations, and a minimum 10, 000 level 2 (240 volt) stations in businesses and multi-unit dwellings.
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