Sentences with phrase «as aviation fuel»

While Art 14 (1) states that member states shall exempt from taxation energy products supplied for use as aviation fuel other than in private pleasure flying, Art 14 (2) gives member states the discretion to apply a refuelling tax for domestic purposes subject to the tax level being below that set by the Energy Products Directive.

He also emphasized the need to target other fossil - fuel sources of black carbon, such as aviation fuel and coking coal.

Importantly, the study found that for fuels not subject to the carbon tax, such as aviation fuel, there was no reduction in use.

The party's leftist, post-material and socially liberal stance is well - known, and emphasises policies such as opposition to economic austerity and to PFIs to fund public services; higher marginal rates of income tax for the wealthy; a «living wage» for all; and the replacement of VAT with «eco-taxes» such as aviation fuel tax.

Not exact matches

Members of the cluster specialize in environmental issues such as recycling old airplane parts, decreasing the weight of planes so that they require less fuel, and encouraging the military to adopt these «green» aviation practices.

As Calgary - based consultant Rick Erickson puts it, «If you cut his arm, I swear, aviation fuel would spill from his veins.»

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.

With an ultimate feedstock capacity of one million barrels a day and «near net zero» emissions, the refinery would produce high - margin products such as kerosene and aviation fuel for the Asian market.

The aviation fueling business is as old as the aviation industry itself.

The man of God had said in the 2014/15 edition of the WTN on page 104 that, «There will be scarcity of aviation fuel over a period time as some airlines will be grounded.»

Driven by security and environmental concerns as well as skyrocketing oil prices — United Airlines more than doubled its fuel surcharge per ticket to $ 50 on January 12 — the aviation industry continues to cut back on fuel burn as it searches for cleaner, cheaper alternatives.

Some of the more common soil contaminants are chlorinated hydrocarbons (CFH), heavy metals (such as chromium, cadmium — found in rechargeable batteries, and lead — found in lead paint, aviation fuel and still in some countries, gasoline), MTBE, zinc, arsenic and benzene.

Specifically, Doug Rodante, president of Green Flight International (a company in Florida that promotes alternative aviation fuels), and chief test pilot Carol Sugars, a senior pilot with the United Parcel Service (UPS), conducted extensive fuel tests on the ground, beginning with a 20 percent blend of biodiesel and normal jet fuel (kerosene known as Jet A) and progressing to 100 percent biodiesel (B100) as their confidence increased.

887 GtCO ₂ is the emissions from burning 285.6 Gt of kerosene (e.g., aviation fuel, home heating oil or the like, approximating that as C ₁₂ H ₂₆ and not dramatically different for diesel or petrol / gasoline).

The province plans to hike taxes for individuals earning more than $ 150,000 as well as levies on aviation fuel and tobacco, and create an Ontario pension plan that will require contributions from both employees and companies.

He said Garuda Indonesia's losses were mainly caused by the price hike in aviation turbine fuel (avtur) as spending on the fuel rose last year by 54 percent from $ 189.8 million to $ 292.3 million.

887 GtCO ₂ is the emissions from burning 285.6 Gt of kerosene (e.g., aviation fuel, home heating oil or the like, approximating that as C ₁₂ H ₂₆ and not dramatically different for diesel or petrol / gasoline).

Cathay Pacific Airways has made a strategic equity investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy — a pioneer in the development and commercialization of converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into sustainable aviation fuel (earlier post)-- as part of the airline's biofuel strategy and to help it achieve a target of carbon - neutral growth from 2020.

SOLAR - JET receives 1st aireg Award for producing the first solar kerosene that can easily be used as fuel for aviation!

Sectors such as shipping and aviation do not yet have viable alternatives to fossil fuels.

Friends of the Earth Europe insists that other measures are also required to tackle the growth in aviation's impact on climate change, such as a tax on aviation fuel [4].

Friends of the Earth insists that other measures are also required to tackle the growth in aviation's impact on climate change, such as a tax on aviation fuel [4].

A surge in electric vehicle sales and higher efficiency in internal combustion and jet engines are expected to slow demand growth for fuels such as gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel in the coming decades, potentially putting pressure on refining profits.

Rich countries and fossil fuel companies should not be as scared as they are about this, Richards advises, adding that airline tax for international flights, aviation and maritime fuel, and high volume financial transactions could all be potential sources of funds, instead of national budgets.

As it is, aviation fuel is completely untaxed internationally and governments almost everywhere have encouraged the proliferation of cheap flights, making air travel more popular and more environmentally damaging than ever.

Electrifying small motorized vehicles, shifting long haul vehicles to natural gas, using biofuels in aviation as much as possible, cleaner burning fuels in shipping, all can play a part.

With FIDO operational, Guy worked on a number of different projects, including research on the efficiency of fuel cells, research on German aviation fuel as inferred from the spectrographic analysis of aircraft exhaust, not to mention the design and testing of fuel baffles, experimental forest - clearing devices, and fuel propellant systems (including flamethrowers — an application the pacifically - minded Guy must have disliked.)

Its trees will absorb carbon dioxide, compensating for the tonnes that the star has been responsible for releasing into the atmosphere: burning aviation fuel as he jets around the world, using up petrol in his limousines and running air - conditioning in hotel rooms.

As a result, from 1 January 2004 the UK could legally impose a domestic tax on aviation fuel for UK registered flights when flying domestic routes.

The articles and annexes to the convention such as Art 24 (a) merely prevent a member of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) from taxing aviation fuel that is already onboard an aircraft when landing in another state.

Recommendation 8.4 of the South Australian Coronial Inquest called for the continuation of Avgas (aviation fuel) under the Comgas scheme as a successful harm minimisation strategy.