I love my EV and knowing that the infrastructure for charging it is growing so rapidly makes me feel even better about my decision to drive one and the forward progress of EVs and
alternative fuel transportation!
Not exact matches
«Oil is used primarily for
transportation, and
alternatives for
transportation fuel needs to be found,» according to one CEO.
Speaking at an energy conference in Tel Aviv, Energy Minister Steinitz said the country's manufacturing and
transportation industries will be
fueled entirely by natural gas, electricity and
alternative fuels within the next 12 years.
Potential uses include
alternative forms of building materials, low - carbon
transportation fuels and entirely new products.
«When we really looked at our dependence on fossil
fuels for practically everything needed to live comfortably in Maine — home heating,
transportation to work and school, even getting Hannaford's shelves restocked every 5 days — an ecologically - minded cohousing community seemed like one viable and attractive
alternative.
And it continues to pursue research into
alternative fuels and technologies that can further reduce the carbon intensity of energy applications across a variety of sectors, including electricity production and
transportation.
Third, we want
alternatives for liquid
transportation fuels: glucose, agricultural waste products, lumber waste products.
The only likely exception to the rule against biofuels in
transportation is the urgent need to decarbonise air transport, where low - carbon
alternatives to liquid hydrocarbon
fuels remain a distant prospect.
Efficient designs,
alternative fuels and rational
transportation systems can help solve the problem
Stakeholders have just begun designing the rules, but undoubtedly a debate will emerge over how different
alternative fuels and technologies are incentivized, said Therese Langer,
transportation program director at the American Council for an Energy - Efficient Economy (ACEEE).
In that case, we do nothing and suffer the consequences of dealing with a burgeoning demand for liquid
transportation fuels globally without offering any
alternatives to petroleum.
There are some
transportation needs that simply must have a low - carbon liquid
fuel alternative.
«
Alternative fuels need more than hype to drive
transportation market.»
Thirty years of
alternative fuel hype have failed to deliver sales; Public attention has jumped from one
alternative fuel to the next since the 1980s; To decarbonize
transportation, policymakers need better ways to assess technologies.
It is commonly accepted that there is an urgent need for sustainable
alternatives to fossil
fuels for
transportation to replace diesel and petrol.
Prior to joining the State Department, Gunderson was an American Chemical Society - sponsored AAAS Congressional Fellow (2012 - 13) with the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources under Chairman Ron Wyden (D - Oregon), with a legislative portfolio focused on basic energy - science research and development, low - carbon
transportation fuels,
alternative fuel vehicles, and critical minerals / elements.
(5) reduction in
transportation sector emissions through increased
transportation system and vehicle efficiency or use of
transportation fuels that have lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are substantially lower than those attributable to fossil
fuel - based
alternatives;
Through our Vehicle, Bioenergy, and
Fuel Cell Technologies Offices, EERE advances the development of next - generation technologies to improve plug - in electric and other alternative - fuel vehicles, advanced combustion engine and vehicle efficiency, and produce low - carbon domestic transportation fu
Fuel Cell Technologies Offices, EERE advances the development of next - generation technologies to improve plug - in electric and other
alternative -
fuel vehicles, advanced combustion engine and vehicle efficiency, and produce low - carbon domestic transportation fu
fuel vehicles, advanced combustion engine and vehicle efficiency, and produce low - carbon domestic
transportation fuels.
Alternative Transportation Fuel Standards: Economic Effects and Climate Benefits, X Chen, H Huang, M Khanna, H Önal, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference, doi: 2011.
«There is a pressing need for a game - changing approach to produce
alternative, drop - in, liquid
transportation fuels by sustainable, technologically viable and environmentally acceptable emissions processes from abundant, low - cost, renewable materials.
The Environment team provides support and policy advice on all matters and initiatives related to energy and
transportation, including energy conservation, energy efficiency,
alternative fuels, and energy security.
The AFDC holds more than 3,000 documents, interactive tools that help fleets and consumers make
transportation decisions, and a wealth of information to educate the public on
alternative fuels and advanced vehicles.
The AFDC focuses not only on
alternative fuels, but all advanced
transportation fuels, vehicles, and technologies.
exploration, mining, extraction, refining of oil and gas and the
transportation of
alternative fuels like biodiesel.
MLP investment opportunities tend to be in the energy sector because 90 % of the income generated by an MLP must come from exploration, mining, extraction, refining of oil and gas and the
transportation of
alternative fuels like biodiesel.
The Center for Excellence in Energy Innovation at Northeast Campus focuses on
alternative energy, with instruction in wind energy, solar energy, biodiesel
fuels, electric
transportation, and home energy audits.
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alternative transportation bike commuting EcoChallenge fossil
fuels sustainability
The challenge is looking for ways to make things like «
alternative cement, concrete, and other building materials; chemicals used to manufacture a variety of industrial and consumer goods; low - carbon
transportation fuels, and possibly new products altogether.»
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.
If
fuel prices stay the way they've been (that is, expensive and becoming more so), we can expect to see more funding for magnificent developments in
alternative fuels (sadly, one of which is coal) as they supplant oil as an industrial, commercial and
transportation energy source.
The full Presidential Climate Action Plan (as opposed to summaries) contains a comprehensive set of ideas to reduce
transportation emissions, covering not only improvements in vehicle efficiency and
alternative fuels, but also changes in national policy to promote high - speed rail for intercity travel, mass transit and telecommuting, and smart growth in urban development.
Similarly, the Energy Commission's
Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) is providing approximately $ 36 million in cost - share support for projects that receive awards through DOE solicitations covering alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development
Alternative and Renewable
Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) is providing approximately $ 36 million in cost - share support for projects that receive awards through DOE solicitations covering alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development activit
Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) is providing approximately $ 36 million in cost - share support for projects that receive awards through DOE solicitations covering
alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development
alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development activit
fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development activities.
Biofuels are often cast as a climate - friendly
alternative to fossil
fuels used for
transportation.
Policymakers are not oblivious to the oil challenge and have been seeking petroleum substitutes, but
alternative transportation fuels such as biofuels and
fuels derived from the liquefaction of coal also face serious limitations.
Such policies should promote the use of non-combustion renewable energy, low carbon
fuels (measured on a lifecycle basis), expanded transmission and smart grid technologies,
alternative forms of
transportation, and energy storage.
The statute, subsequently amended by AB 109, authorizes the Energy Commission to develop and deploy
alternative and renewable
fuels and advanced
transportation technologies to help attain the state's climate change policies.
The intent of this solicitation is to encourage production of
alternative and renewable
transportation fuels such as biomethane, renewable gasoline and diesel substitutes in California that can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and petroleum
fuel demand, and stimulate economic development in the state.
No holistic
transportation program would be complete without exploring options for GHG reductions within
alternative fuels.
For too long, oil companies have reaped massive profits through a monopoly over our
transportation options, leaving people with few
alternatives to fossil
fuels —
fuels which are by far Washington's largest source of climate and air pollution.
By raising the cost of fossil
fuels, the tax is intended to provide an incentive to find less carbon - intensive energy and
transportation alternatives.
Wood pellets have become an increasingly popular
alternative source of
fuel, and are even more environmentally friendly compared to coal, when factoring harvesting and
transportation.
The realistic opportunities for increasing supply of
transportation fuel soon suggest that government policies should encourage the commercialization of
alternative fuels that can be used in the existing infrastructure: cellulosic ethanol and biodiesel / renewable diesel.
Earlier this year the European Union agreed to binding targets: By 2020, ten percent of its
transportation industry's annual 300 million ton
fuel consumption must come from
alternatives such as biodiesel.
We are conducting our own research efforts into
alternative energy, such as through sponsorship of the Global Climate and Energy Project at Stanford University and research into liquid products from algae and biomass that can be further converted to
transportation fuels.
Compare that to oil, which at 29 % of global fossil
fuel reserves, adjusted for energy content, still has no full - scale, mass - market
alternative in its primary market of
transportation energy.
Encourage the commercialization of
alternative transportation fuels that can be available soon, are compatible with existing infrastructure, and can be derived from waste or otherwise produced cheaply.
Bullfrog Power's green
fuel is an earth - friendly, renewable
alternative to liquid fossil
fuel, allowing climate - conscious Canadians to reduce the environmental impact of their
transportation.
The goal of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 was to replace 30 percent of U.S.
transportation - related petroleum consumption with
alternative -
fuel vehicles by 2010, and the Act requires that at least 75 percent of vehicles purchased annually by federal agencies in major metropolitan areas be
alternative -
fuel vehicles.
«California has been a world leader in reducing air pollution from vehicles, and now we need to lead on diversifying our
transportation fuels and using cleaner
alternative fuels.»
As of now, there is no viable large scale
alternative energy (especially
transportation fuels) source, and the Chinese and Indians show no sign of getting on board.