Sentences with phrase «carbon flourine»

The car has a nice mix of carbon fiber and aluminum, so it feels agile and responsive.

But at a time when humanity should be doing everything in our power to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the optics aren't great.

By contrast, China's annual consumption of low - carbon (i.e. renewable and nuclear) energy will rise, on average, by the equivalent of 600 million tons of oil.

Though yet to be confirmed, the production X7 will likely feature the carbon fiber - infused version of BMW's CLAR modular platform which right now is only found in the 7 - Series.

It advised the public to disregard faster headline inflation, which has been pushed higher by new carbon taxes in Ontario and British Columbia.

But the whole point of the supercar is to tuck you down in a low tub made of carbon fiber or magnesium, swaddle you in firm, bolstered, racing - derived seats, and scare the bejeezus out of you as soon as you put the pedal down.

In turning the soil, they were releasing carbon into the atmosphere — an unintended consequence that countered their goal of creating a more sustainable product.

The latest report from the International Panel on Climate Change, an intergovernmental group charged with researching the effects of carbon emissions, said at the end of September that climate change is unequivocal and that going forward, sea levels will rise at a faster rate than they have over the past 40 years.

West Perth - based clean energy company Cool Energy Ltd has joined forces with one of Australia's premier geological storage companies to provide what it claims is a total service solution for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide.

CB: Would it make it easier for you folks if Canada implemented a price on carbon, even without the Americans?

Right now, Saildrone has 20 drone boats conducting specific tasks, like measuring carbon dioxide and counting fish.

The company is also at the forefront of efforts to change the oilsands» poor environmental image, investing in the $ 1.35 - billion Quest project, which captures carbon emissions from oilsands operations and buries them beneath the surface.

These projects are so efficient in their conservation of heat in the steam that they have a similar life - cycle carbon output to the average of crudes sold in North America, and thus would almost certainly meet the standards to be unveiled by the California Air Resources Board next year, the company told The Calgary Herald recently.

Since 2010, Gates has been an advocate for doubling or trebling the amount of clean energy R&D to meet both the challenges of providing energy access to over 1 billion people, and to reduce carbon emissions over the long term.

Rates of carbon emission in cities like Bangkok and Mexico City are surging, and the possibility of getting those developing economies to slow down their use of resources is a serious challenge, she said.

Meanwhile the carbon footprint on conventional oil — especially when shipped from farther afield and refined from ever - heavier crudes — is increasing.

Under its current wording, it would ascribe all oil produced from Canada's oilsands a greenhouse gas rating of 107 grams of carbon dioxide per megajoule and thus force its importers to pay for carbon offsets.

It's a great example of efforts to reduce carbon emissions from oilsands.

Canadians may care in a vague way about reducing carbon emissions, but persuading them to let someone mount a newfangled grey box in their homes — one that is likely to lower a house's temperature during the winter — has been tougher.

«Years ago there was this huge hype about carbon nanotubes, a very similar material, and then nothing happened to them,» she says.

Cross says that as the oceans absorb more carbon dioxide, the more acidic the water becomes, which hurts marine life and makes it harder for organisms to grow skeletons and build shells.

Obama had introduced a raft of regulations intended to slash emissions of carbon dioxide blamed for climate change, a policy course that accelerated the retirement of older coal - fired power plants and bolstered the nascent solar and wind sectors, which depend heavily on weather conditions for their power output.

MO: We're very conscious of the fact that the world is likely moving to a place of regulating carbon in some respect.

that, back in 2007, brought attention to California's low - carbon fuel standard that effectively blocks oilsands exports to that state — despite the fact that California's own exempted heavy - oil industry has been shown to be more carbon intensive than the oilsands average.

With the abolishment of the carbon tax, Transperth fares will be reduced by 1.5 per cent from November 1 while a free day of travel has been arranged for November 3 to compensate for fares already charged.

The idea for Saildrone's design, a hard carbon - fiber sail that looks and acts like an aircraft wing, came from Jenkins's past as a land - yacht racer.

In 2010, for example, he worked with Senators John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman on a climate change bill that would have reined in carbon emissions by businesses.

That would give the company an even more dominant position in the pits north of Fort McMurray, which even some Calgary financiers consider a sunset industry in light of low oil prices and international pressure to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

I know it's not a good carbon footprint to fly in your English muffins but...»

The U.K. - based bank, whose operations are increasingly concentrated in Asia, said it will make up to $ 100 billion available for financing low - carbon projects, while stopping the financing of mines that produce coal for power generation.

It was Canadian Business that, back in 2007, brought attention to California's low - carbon fuel standard that effectively blocks oilsands exports to that state — despite the fact that California's own exempted heavy - oil industry has been shown to be more carbon intensive than the oilsands average.

What's important to us, and what our primary push has been with governments, is ensuring that as these regulations come into play, that they're market - based systems to allow carbon regulation to happen at the lowest possible cost.

«Livestock production is a major contributor to carbon emissions,» DiCaprio said in a statement.

Lastly, the carbon footprint of our products was just 10 percent of the footprint of food sold in the typical glass jar.

During the appointment — which the BoE said was likely to last six to nine months — Van Steenis will help BoE staff study new financial technology, emerging market capital flows and the transition to a low - carbon economy.

The intention behind this project, of course, falls in line with the rest of Elon Musk's grandeur vision: to help lesson the carbon footprint of the world.

Daniel Klier, HSBC's head of strategy, told the FT that HSBC would «disclose [its] carbon footprint and stress test [its] lending book against carbon pricing.»

Attackers find a vulnerable WPA2 network, then make a carbon copy of it and impersonate the MAC address, then change the Wi - Fi channel.

Its carbon emissions are just 49 grams per kilometre (a VW Golf TDI emits 119 g).

But as demonstrated by the massive die - offs at the largest reef system in the planet, these sorts of efforts won't be enough to save the world's reefs without dealing with the larger carbon emissions problem.

«Today, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher than at any time in the last 650,000 years.

If they want it to be fair trade, and vegan, and a carbon - neutral company,» Green said.

Turns out I'm not the only one to notice that in the debate over the best mechanism to combat global warming, the pols seem to prefer cap - and - trade systems to a carbon tax.

The Wraith B120, with its carbon fiber and aircraft - grade aluminum chassis and oversize girder - shaped fork, clocks a top speed of 150 miles per hour.

Plus, this comes on a carbon - fiber body that weighs less than 3,600 pounds, with 507 pound - feet of torque.

The question is less about how long the resources will last and more about how long we will continue to use them in a carbon - constrained future.

Toohey says black carbon released there lingers far longer than it does in the troposphere where airplanes fly — years rather than days.

Indeed, the company claims the carbon footprint of one of its suborbital flights will be less than that of a one - way flight from London to New York.

«Breathing the air in this parking garage can expose you to chemicals including carbon monoxide and gasoline or diesel engine exhaust,» California says on its parking lot warning.

The warming impact could be 100,000 times greater than the carbon dioxide emitted by the same spacecraft.