CalCars» mission is to narrow the cost gap through incentives, subsidies and rebates while making the case for paying extra to gain access to car - pool lanes, spend less time at gas stations, get home backup power, lower maintenance costs, and, most importantly, benefit society by
reducing oil imports, greenhouse gases and pollution.
Reducing oil imports with this EV project will also free up finances that can be used elsewhere.
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He then offered a strategy aimed at, among other things,
reducing oil imports by one - third by 2025, partly by increasing domestic production but largely by producing more efficient vehicles and by moving advanced biofuels from the laboratory to commercial production.
Lester R. Brown, «Creating New Jobs, Cutting Carbon Emissions, and
Reducing Oil Imports by Investing in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency,» Plan B Update, 11 December 2008.
The Current Account deficits for a number of countries create risks ranging from major world economic disruption to deepening poverty, and could be substantially reduced by
reducing oil imports.
At the end of the day, supporting breakthrough technologies holds more promise for drastically reducing emissions,
reducing oil imports, and potentially boosting economic growth than does just efficiency standards, but the budget debate fails to reflect this reality.
Last week we made the point that America's ongoing energy revolution is the main reason the United States is the world's leading producer of oil and natural gas — a renaissance that is
reducing oil imports and benefiting consumers in the form of lower prices at the pump.
It would mean that DOE has given up on addressing the challenge of climate change and instead is just focused on the near term goal of
reducing oil imports and modestly reducing the expansion the coal fired power plants.
It will continue to focus on the action points to align with the government objectives of
reducing oil imports and minimizing pollution, said Shekar Viswanathan, vice-chairman & whole - time director, Toyota Kirloskar Motor.
Cleaner air and
reduced oil imports can be won by redesigning conventional internal - combustion - powered vehicles
He vowed to sharply
reduce oil imports.
«Fueling trucks and buses with natural gas may help local air quality and
reduce oil imports, but it is not likely to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
First, 8 billion gallons of ethanol will do almost nothing to
reduce our oil imports.
But the ethanol boosters are ignoring some unpleasant facts: Ethanol won't significantly
reduce our oil imports; adding more ethanol to our gas tanks adds further complexity to our motor - fuel supply chain, which will lead to further price hikes at the pump; and, most important (and most astonishing), it may take more energy to produce a gallon of ethanol than it actually contains.
Transport vehicles, machinery, HVAC + increased industrial electrification, regardless of what many naysayers pretend, may be the best long lasting strategy to
reduce oil imports and trade deficits.
Even if we could manage only 70 billion gallons of biofuel, that would
reduce our oil imports more than 20 % or enough to stop importing middle eastern oil.
Present efforts to keep fuel prices low while simultaneously trying to significantly
reduce oil imports and greenhouse gas emissions are inconsistent.
As the president has stated, his goal is to
reduce oil imports by a third by 2025 and produce 80 percent of America's electricity from alternative and renewable sources by 2035.
A briefing from Economics for Equity and Environment (E3) states, as its first point, that «
Reduced oil imports would create jobs.»
Not exact matches
While U.S. exports are soaring, its
imports are falling -
reducing its economic and political dependence on
oil - producing nations in the Middle East and elsewhere.
«While the increase in U.S. production of crude
oil and the
reduced U.S. demand for transportation fuels will likely
reduce the demand for total U.S. crude
oil imports, it is unlikely to
reduce demand for heavy sour crude at Gulf Coast refineries.»
BYD's green vehicles may strike a chord with China authorities eager to promote alternative - fuel platforms to
reduce the nation's growing dependence on
imported oil.
Since the publication of the QTR the Department of Energy is working seriously on
reducing oil demand, other entities are working hard to increase domestic supply, the combination of both leaves us with an incredible scenario in which one the US is predicting to
import 2 mbd less from OPEC countries by 2035 and 1 mbd more from Canada.
With Asia's rapidly growing need for energy
imports in the early 2000s, Canada hoped to
reduce its almost 100 % reliance on the United States as an export market for
oil and natural gas by expanding to Asia.
Based on my interactions with subject - matter - experts, key stakeholders that work in the energy sector, and the Asian Development Bank, there is a strong push to
reduce the region's dependence on
imported oil, develop and grow its clean - tech sector, and diversify its energy mix.
To
reduce dependence on
oil imports and curtail pollution, the Chinese government is promoting what it considers a strategic industry by subsidizing both companies and consumers.
President - elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo further pledged to
reduce the tax burden on the private sector through lower corporate tax and the removal of
import duties and VAT from some items while relying on revenue measures such as improving tax compliance, improving the quality of public finance administration and higher
oil and gas production to finance these tax cuts.
During his 2013 State of the State address, Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out his ChargeNY plan to invest $ 50 million over five years in electric vehicle infrastructure to
reduce air pollution, lower the cost of government and
reduce dependence on
imported oil.
North Dakota has helped
reduce U.S.
oil imports but must grapple with millions of gallons of wastewater
China has set an ambitious target of putting 5 million electric or plug - in hybrid vehicles on the country's roads by 2020, part of Beijing's efforts to fight pollution and
reduce reliance on
oil imports.
The issue is not whether the U.S. can significantly
reduce its reliance on
oil imports with domestic, offshore
oil, say both Kaufman and Nathan, but whether there is enough that is recoverable to significantly lower the price of a barrel of
oil on the global market.
Obama's version is called the all of the above strategy: more domestic
oil production to
reduce imports.
The awards, made to 48 projects in more than 20 states after a highly competitive application process, aim to
reduce greenhouse gases and
oil imports by spurring electrification of the automobile sector and boosting domestic manufacturing of «green» vehicles.
Those electric cars — combined with improvements in the fuel efficiency of existing internal combustion engines, new hybrid power trains and even fuel - cell vehicles — could begin to
reduce the roughly $ 1 billion a day the U.S. spends on
imported oil.
Advancements in batteries and energy storage technology are essential for continued efforts to develop a fundamentally new energy economy with decisively
reduced dependence on
imported oil.
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These challenges include increasing our nation's energy capacity;
reducing dependence on
imported oil; and detecting, mitigating and preventing the environmental impacts of legacy waste and energy generation and use.
«As global energy demand grows over this century, there is an urgent need to
reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and
imported oil and curtail greenhouse gas emissions,» said Secretary of Energy Steven Chu.
Because it is produced from crops, it is a renewable fuel and
reduces dependence on
imported oil
Following the direction set by President Obama on May 21, 2010, NHTSA and EPA have issued joint Final Rules for Corporate Average Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas emissions regulations for model years 2017 and beyond, that will help address our country's dependence on
imported oil, save consumers money at the pump, and
reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.
«Our concept enhances U.S. energy and material security by
reducing dependence on
imported oil.
American submarines cut off
oil imports to Japan as the War in the Pacific progressed, and Japan was
reduced to manufacturing jet fuel from pine trees; the Germans from coal liquifaction.
The
oil shocks of the 1970s were followed by low prices, and away went almost all the research and efficiency initiatives that might have
reduced American dependence on
imported oil (and CO2 emissions).
As
oil exporting nations experience both declining
oil production and increased domestic
oil consumption, they will
reduce oil exports to the U.S. Because the U.S. is highly dependent on
imported oil for transportation, food production, industry, and residential heating, the nation will experience the impacts of declining
oil supplies sooner and more severely than much of the world.
But these same friends embrace ideas like U.S. energy independence,
reducing foreign
oil imports, promoting economic growth, protecting our families from harm and improving the U.S. balance of trade.
And the disaster in the Gulf only underscores that even as we pursue domestic production to
reduce our reliance on
imported oil, our long - term security depends on the development of alternative sources of fuel and new transportation technologies.
For example, an «energy security fee» of $ 3.50 per barrel of
imported oil would raise approximately $ 15 billion annually;
reduced fossil fuel subsidies as proposed by the administration could generate upwards of $ 35 billion over ten years; a utilities electricity fee could raise at least $ 2 billion annually, as included in the Kerry - Lieberman American Power Act; and royalties on new offshore continental shelf drilling could raise more than $ 100 billion over twenty years.
But the new energy options could pay off in the long run by greatly
reducing the country's reliance on
imported oil, the report concluded.
Walking and biking on greenways instead of driving cars will also
reduce use of
imported oil, which is draining American economic resources.