Sentences with phrase «alternative to oil»

It all seems to be part of a broader push to use advanced science to find alternatives to oil in the natural world.

Those searching for alternatives to oil and natural gas often have trouble acknowledging the relative physical limitations of other sources, particularly biofuels like ethanol.

Despite fossil fuel subsidies, wind, solar and hydrogen power have become a viable alternative to oil.

There are some subtle changes of emphasis in text on alternatives to oil.

While shipping is slowly moving away from fuel oil towards substitutes such as natural gas, there's no obvious alternative to oil in sight for commercial aviation.

Natural gas is a possible alternative to oil in the event of an oil disruption, particularly in the power sector.

The conclusion of the documentary could be that hemp may prove to be a valid alternative to both oil and wood in the future.

When developed from the right sources, biofuels offer huge potential as a clean - burning alternative to oil.

I expect, however, that there will be three first - order effects that will be very similar to those that followed the BP spill: 1) increased public consciousness of the dangers inherent in transporting oil and oil products and more aversion to having these products moved nearby; 2) increased calls for alternatives to oil rather than alternative means of transporting oil; and 3) decreased trust in regulators» and firms» abilities to sufficiently mitigate risks from transporting oil.

The risk of catastrophic danger to the environment, the health of New York State residents and adverse economic impacts that result from hydraulic fracturing far outweigh the potential for job creation and promotion of a natural gas alternative to oil.

We will always need some level of hydrocarbon in our energy mix, but until we find alternatives to Oil we will be hostages to the big producers with the result of unstable geo - politics, conflicts, authoritarian regiemes and human suffering.

And how can we engineer new biological organisms to serve as a cheap fuel alternative to oil?

Fueling this shift are newly affordable alternatives to oil and gas — notably solar power, wind power, and batteries.

The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and his Oyo State counterpart, Senator Abiola Ajimobi have implored Nigerians to place premium on agriculture as a better alternative to oil in the resuscitation of the country's ailing economy.

In your look at alternatives to oil (19 May, p 34), the statement that «as electricity generation becomes cleaner, the...

Who is going to provide enconomic alternatives to the oil companies?

Global oil demand continues to grow until 2040, mostly because of the lack of easy alternatives to oil in road freight, aviation and petrochemicals, according to WEO - 2016.

His solutions, such as «increase federal funding for research and rollout of fossil - fuel substitutes such as hydrogen, cellulosic ethanol (produced from grasses and agricultural waste) and plug - in electric engines,» reflect a touching faith in the ability of the federal government to pick winners among all the potential alternatives to oil out there.

They want to push their radical agenda on the public,» Rick Santorum said at a campaign event last week, accusing Democrats of pushing alternatives to oil.

In an effort to push the «drill more» agenda, overwhelmingly we're seeing folks bypassing the real solution — utilizing alternatives to oil that we all know exist and can be integrated economically.

It has long been suspected that Big Oil and the major automakers have spent millions on strategic suppression and misinformation campaigns regarding alternatives to oil and the internal combustion engine.

True, as the great video from Huguenot Street Farm showed, compost can be made without animals, and a solar powered tractor is a great fossil - fuel free alternative to oil.

I expect, however, that there will be three first - order effects that will be very similar to those that followed the BP spill: 1) increased public consciousness of the dangers inherent in transporting oil and oil products and more aversion to having these products moved nearby; 2) increased calls for alternatives to oil rather than alternative means of transporting oil; and 3) decreased trust in regulators» and firms» abilities to sufficiently mitigate risks from transporting oil.

He averred that the solid minerals sector is acknowledged as a viable alternative to oil and gas for foreign exchange earnings, adding that the National Bureau of Statistics has made us to understand that the contribution of Solid Minerals to the IGR which stood at 1 % in 2014 has the potential of increasing to 10 % by 2020.

Why does «same as it ever was» keep coming to mind when examining the responses of America's elected «leaders» to durable challenges — whether confronting deficits and the debt, the glaring lack of alternatives to oil and the risks posed by unabated emissions of greenhouse gases.

«At this point, wise people must have an alternative to oil which part of it is your visit.

There are alternatives to oil, but there are no alternatives to water.»

Have you tried any alternatives to oil, do you prefer using them to oil?

It's like saying, in an example using oil, that I believe that even though oil becomes a rare resource in the long run, human workers will find an alternative to oil and will lead to better living standards for all of us.

Viable alternatives to oil will only emerge when real and actual necessity dictates it.

In the quest for alternatives to oil, our government has thrown around enough money subsidizing special interests and excusing failure.

So while it is becoming more profitable to invest in alternatives to oil (ie, nuclear, coal, biofuels) the tendency towards crisis will continue because exploitation (human relations) hasn't changed.

US has low - cost alternatives to oil; peak oil frenzy and human - induced climate change avoidable says Columbia University report US has low - cost alternatives to oil; peak oil frenzy and human - induced climate...

At the time of the Arab oil export embargo in the 1970s, the importing countries were beginning to ask themselves if there were alternatives to oil.

@nofreewind — There is certainly an alternative to oil and other fossil fuels in many — though not all — applications.

You mean there is an alternative to oil?

He imagines that were there simply an alternative to oil, it would entail world peace.

However, in that issue, highly worth reading is TIME Magazine's Michael Grunwald's «Seven Myths About Alternative Energy,: with the summary, «As the world looks around anxiously for an alternative to oil, energy sources such as biofuels, solar, and nuclear seem like they could be the magic ticket.

And half wrong — the alternative to oil and gas from the Middle East was not renewable energy but oil and gas from Western countries.