Sentences with phrase «deliver much fuel»

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Will governments, investors and green - minded consumers, who put their faith in the sun's power to help wean us off our fossil - fuel addiction, back away from another technology that promised too much — in jobs and profits as much as in renewable energy — and failed to deliver?

This relates to the whole area of development for people talking about biofuels, which is this idea of trying to develop replacements for the conventional sorts of fossil fuels that we have to at least — if we are going to be burning some sort of hydrocarbons of some kind — to try to get them [so] that they are being derived from a different source, and potentially or ideally, ones that would actually burn without delivering as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere too; that's great if you can get that.

Rock to Liquid Jet aircraft today typically burn kerosene, an energy - dense hydrocarbon fuel that delivers as much as 48 megajoules per kilogram (20,700 British thermal units per pound), allowing for long - distance travel.

Unlike most other brands that harvest MCT's from palm oil, (a much cheaper and environmentally taxing source), by using pure coconut oil we also deliver approximately 30 % Lauric Acid, an important form of MCT that acts as a slower burning fuel source.

Moreover, the turbocharged four - cylinder engine delivers excellent power without sacrificing much fuel efficiency.

From behind the wheel of our test unit (an F - 350 SRW King Ranch 4 × 4), the most obvious difference is inside the gauge cluster, where a four - inch information center delivers instant and long - term fuel economy data, engine temperatures, sensor readouts, four - wheel drive activity, and much more.

So it seems fuel injectors are VERY reliable on how much fuel they deliver at every pulse.

For buyers in other parts of the world, this unit can deliver 150 horsepower and much better fuel economy than petrol unit returns.

Mass Airflow Sensor: The mass airflow sensor measures how much air is entering the engine and relays this information to the vehicle's computer so that the right amount of fuel can be delivered from the fuel injectors.

This new suspension is the Quadra - Lift Air Suspension which offers you five separate height settings that can deliver as much as 10.6 inches of ground clearance or hunker down to make the Grand Cherokee deals an SUV with better aerodynamics and improved fuel mileage for the drive.

We certainly can't complain about an engine that delivers as much torque as the 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI, and we definitely can't complain about it when it can reach highway fuel economy ratings as high as 43 MPG (for the manual option — the automatic is rated at a respectable 40 MPG).

Some common causes of too much fuel being delivered in a situation like that you describe are: a faulty coolant temperature sensor (the temperature signal is a part determinant of injector pulse width); leaking fuel injector (s) allowing too much fuel...

With the ability to tow up to 3,500 pounds, the V6 - equipped Terrain is much more versatile than the base model, and it delivers impressive acceleration with decent fuel economy.

For a $ 2,750 USD premium the new 1.5 - liter turbo delivers its peak power at lower revs and peak torque across a much broader range than the naturally aspirated one, delivering noticeably better drivability, performance, and fuel economy.

Though not as fuel - efficient as some compacts, the SX4 delivers much more in the areas of versatility and price.

It delivers power equivalent to a 3.5 - liter engine but with much better city and highway fuel economy.

Both transmissions promise an EPA - estimated fuel economy of 26 mpg city and 35 mpg highway for the 1.8 L engine, but when equipped with the 1.4 L engine and manual transmission Chevrolet estimates that the Sonic could deliver as much as 40 mpg highway.

Thanks to the Ridgeline's lightweight construction, it's able to deliver much better fuel economy than most of the trucks on this list.

With this transition, the 5 Series lost some weight (as much as 137 pounds) and came complete with some updated engine options that deliver better fuel economy and performance.

The controlled - output vane - type pump that supplies the system makes its contribution to fuel efficiency by delivering only as much oil as is actually needed.

Our test car came with GM's much - improved 2.4 - liter, Twin Cam, four - cylinder engine, a motor that delivers respectable performance and good fuel economy.

Nissan's recipe for the Pulsar is pretty much simple and includes an instantly recognizable design with styling cues borrowed from the Qashqai, small, turbocharged engine that deliver decent power and return attractive fuel economy, and a price tag that's likely to put the hatchback below most of its competitors.

Much like most companies, Lexus has taken the «V -8-level power without sacrificing fuel economy» route and claims that 415 - horsepower and 442 - pound - foot V - 6 will deliver significantly more mpg.

While it delivers more power and torque than the Lexus LS 460's V8, it's about a mile - per - gallon less fuel efficient than both that and the Mercedes - Benz S550's much more torquey V8.

Audi says the powertrains will deliver up to 17 per cent more performance while consuming as much as 22 per cent less fuel.

We know truck buyers don't care as much about fuel economy as they do sheer brute force, which is why the Silverado delivers performance at or near the top of its class in almost every category, including a maximum tow rating of 10,700 pounds when properly equipped.

The standard HEMI gas V8 delivers outstanding power and torque, but despite the efficiency - enhancing Multiple - Displacement System, which disables four cylinders under light loads, don't expect much in the way of fuel economy in a truck this massive.

It competes in looks and style with entry level compact luxury cars while beating their fuel economy, and it is sportier than the Prius while delivering much of what's made it the world's top - selling hybrid.

So the new Altima is comfortable, roomy, doesn't pack much of a visual punch and has a fuel efficient drivetrain that delivers adequate performance.

It is expected to deliver a fuel economy improvement of as much as six percent compared with a conventional four - speed automatic transaxle.

The subcompact Honda Fit can swallow up to 53 cubic feet of gear - almost as much as the Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen - and it delivers respectable fuel mileage of 41 - mph on the highway when ordered with its optional continuously - variable automatic transmission.

The 2.0 - liter engine's low - inertia turbo, electronic wastegate and VTEC ® valvetrain work in concert with the new Sequential SportShift 10 - speed transmission, featuring a 68 percent wider ratio range and available 4 - gear direct downshifts, to deliver smooth, linear and virtually lag - free power while still receiving superior EPA fuel economy ratings, improved by as much as 11 percent versus the previous model.

This 2.4 - liter four - cylinder may not sound like much, but it moved the car along adroitly while delivering an average fuel economy of 23.6 mpg for our mixed city and freeway driving.

The task of simply substituting for fossil fuels on a 1:1 energy replacement basis will be much too difficult, e.g. not enough roof area for solar panels at current electricity demand, but delivering a set of services that require lower energy makes a solar building practical.

The thorium fuel cycle is so efficient and safe that thorium could have delivered much of what fusion power promised.

Of course, since the grid is ubiquitous, creating a charging infrastructure for EVs and for PHEVs for those who don't have such access, or who want to charge at work, is a much smaller challenge than to deliver a new alternative fuel type.

But if you use the argument that nuclear is too expensive because it is 12 % higher cost than fossil fuels, can you tell me how much more expensive is the synthetic biology fuel you are advocating than current fuel prices (delivered to the consumer)?

• Kyoto Protocol • EU ETS • Australian CO2 tax and ETS • Mandating and heavily subsidising ($ / TWh delivered) renewable energy • Masses of inappropriate regulations that have inhibited the development of nuclear power, made it perhaps five times more expensive now than it should be, slowed its development, slowed its roll out, caused global CO2 emissions to be 10 % to 20 % higher now than they would otherwise have been, meaning we are on a much slower trajectory to reduce emissions than we would be and, most importantly, we are locked in to fossil fuel electricity generation that causes 10 to 100 times more fatalities per TWh than would be the case if we allowed nuclear to develop (or perhaps 1000 times according to this: http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-source.html • Making building regulations that effectively prevent people from selling, refurbishing or updating their houses if they are close to sea level (the damage to property values and to property owners» life savings is enormous as many examples in Australia are already demonstrating.

It's odd that Allen has so much confidence in the ability of the market to deliver vast amounts of cheap CCS, once we insist that the fossil fuel producers do so, but has so little faith in other parts of the market to contribute cheap abatement solutions as well.

It determines how much of the radiation delivered to land goes into warming the near - surface atmosphere compared with how much is released as latent heat fuelling precipitation at higher levels.

Earlier this week, documents revealed by the Guardian and New York Times provide irefutable evidence that climate denier Willie Soon and the Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophyics received more than $ 1 million in funding from fossil fuel companies to deliver scientific reports that called into question the scientific conclusion that climate change is the result of burning too much oil, coal and other carbon - emitting fuel sources.

A recently released analysis found that we could achieve the same greenhouse gas reductions as electrifying buildings at a much lower cost by replacing just a fraction of the natural gas we deliver through our pipelines with this renewable fuel.