Word: fossilizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...around the globe about the mechanical wear and tear that occurs - inside nuclear plants as they age. Such concerns could hobble the government in its drive to double the number of nuclear reactors to 80 during the next 20 years, in order to reduce Japan's dependence on imported fossil fuels...
...younger generation's feelings about the environment have not escaped the notice of corporate America. Many companies, including fossil fuel-burning utilities and the manufacturers of nonbiodegradable plastics, have begun looking for ways to present a better face to their future clientele. Recycle This, a professional theater production touring U.S. high schools and featuring rock-'n'-roll and rap songs about landfills and solid waste, is sponsored by Dow Chemical, a major producer of polystyrene...
...come from the heart, and that using incentives to promote conservation will only teach students to follow their pocketbooks. Back when I was a kid, my parents told me to shut doors and turn off lights. Never once did they lecture me on the abstract virtues of preserving scarce fossil fuels or cutting down on air pollution. They simply asked me if I thought they could afford to heat the whole outdoors...
Alternative fuels such as natural gas and ethanol are ideal replacements for fossil fuels, said C. Boyden Gray '64, legal counsel to Bush since...
...idea, so long as it is accompanied by some sort of a rebate plan for the poor to counteract the regressive nature of such a tax. Already, American consumers pay absurdly low gasoline prices by global standards. Taxing gasoline heavily makes good economic sense, because fossil fuel consumption carries with it heavy, unpaid social costs--notably environmental destruction...