A carbon-constrained future is imminent, a fact that many businesses now realize. A further 17 percent expect this before This implies climate legislation will pass Congress even sooner. The question now is not whether legislation will pass, but about its timing and the form it will take. Companies that prepare for this future will be the winners, while the rest will be left playing catch up.
Action on emissions Manufacturing operations that are most likely to be affected by climate change regulations are those that result in significant direct greenhouse gas emissions GHG , such as cement, iron and steel production, as well as those that are highly energy intensive, such as paper and chemicals operations. Climate change rules are likely to result in upward pressure on energy prices, which means that operational efficiency improvements will have greater benefit than in the past as a basis for advantage.
When these chemicals combine in the presence of sunlight, they form ozone. See References 2. In an effort to reduce ozone-depleting substances, such as chlorofluorocarbons CFCs , many industrial facilities are substituting with high global warming potential GWP gases. These substitutes are critical to semiconductor, magnesium and aluminum production. In addition, the distribution and transmission of electricity relies on sulfur hexafluoride. See References 4 While emissions of these gases are less concentrated than their predecessors, they are potent, synthetic greenhouse gases see References 6.
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