Sentences with phrase «fuel standard mean»

But what does the Clean Fuel Standard mean for jobs, the economy and Canadian households?

With healthier communities and a growing economy, a Clean Fuels Standard means a better life for thousands of families across the state.

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That means setting standards that encourage the new technologies, such as a promised renewable fuels standard, aimed at encouraging ways to ensure fuel consumers like cars and furnaces produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed the new energy standard last year as a means of reducing the state's reliance on fossil fuels and focusing on renewable energies such as wind and solar as well as subsidize nuclear power.

This standard will mean that 95 % of the 2.3 million households in fuel poverty in England will have homes that are significantly cheaper to heat.

Plug - ins use about a third of the fuel that a standard hybrid does, which means that the cars themselves emit less carbon dioxide and other pollutants.

The second is that someone will ask the candidate whether he or she supports the Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS: the federal program that, among other things, requires all gasoline sold in this country to contain a minimum amount of «renewable biofuel» — which in Iowa, of course, means corn - based ethanol.

At least one calls for CAFE standards to rise dramatically, meaning that automakers would have to produce very fuel - efficient cars in order to avoid stiff fines.

But that means there's no impact on fuel economy or road tax if you choose a Crossback over a standard DS 4, and it's not that much more expensive to buy, either.

As for fuel economy, the Polo GTI averages 5.9 l / 100 km according to the NEDC standard, which means it's 0.4 l / 100 km more economical than the Golf GTI.

That means that they not only meet the ultra-stringent California Super Low Emission Vehicles (SULEV) standard but also have zero evaporative emissions from the fuel system and come with an extended (15 years or 150,000 miles) warranty on emission - control components.

Standard Active Fuel Management technology means that when you aren't hustling the Corvette it should deliver up to 21 mpg in combined driving.

In many cases, this will mean a rise of over # 60 a year for a typical household on a standard variable rate (SVR) dual fuel (gas and electricity) tariff.

I am willing to guess that the imposition of the new standards plus modest increases in the real price of gasoline could mean that 2030 fuel use for U.S. cars and light trucks will be at about its 2007 level despite a hefty increase in both income and population.

A reduction in fossil fuel usage means a decline in standards of living (though not, necessarily, quality of life).

In the standards for middle school, for example, one of the core ideas is that «human activities, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are major factors in the current rise in Earth's mean surface temperature («global warming»).»

However, the U.S. has pledged to reduce emissions by 26 - 28 % from 2005 levels by 2025 in its internationally determined contribution (INDC) to the UN process, meaning that the US must make more than an additional 16 % reduction from fuel efficiency standards, energy efficiency programs, non-CO2 greenhouse gas (e.g. methane, hydrofluorocarbons) reductions, and other components of Obama's climate action plan in order to meet its INDC.

If they are not the same thing, then the only inferences we can make relate to DIRECTLY UNMEASURABLE statistical qualities of the sample — the mean, standard deviation etc etc, such as «our fleet average fuel consumption is x MPG», or — digging further — «On average, California drivers in our fleet consume 15 % more fuel per mile than Texas drivers».

For the AeroCom results, the fossil fuel BC RF ranges from +0.08 to +0.18 W mâ $ «2 with a mean of +0.13 W mâ $ «2 and a standard deviation of 0.03 W mâ $ «2.

The mean and median of the direct RF for fossil fuel BC from grouping all these studies together are +0.19 and +0.16 W mâ $ «2, respectively, with a standard deviation of nearly 0.10 W mâ $ «2.

The EPA argued that didn't matter because the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is meant to be «technology forcing.»

Recent increases in fuel economy standards and recurring run - ups in the price of gasoline mean manufacturers and consumers are more focused on fuel economy today than they have been for decades.

At the same time, living standards are increasing, creating demand for ever more power; and coal remains subsidized, meaning that consumers don't see the fuel's true cost in their heating prices.

For the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), that means aligning ethanol volume requirements with market realities.

For example, the high sulphur content of bunker fuel means it's under pressure to find alternatives; and customers like Walmart and Ikea are pushing for better sustainability standards in their supply chain.

By all means add incentives for fuel efficiency, but support very ambitious fuel efficiency CAFE standards sooner rather than later.

To me that means more green pork, more industrial policy, more tax breaks, and incremental progress on things like fuel - efficiency and green - building standards.

A squared 2X2 change - off standard surveillance operation coupled with the above high - tech imagery means that we can simply follow the suspect vehicle until it requires fuel and when it pulls in for gas, swoop.