Sentences with phrase «dirty fuel oil»
As for the air quality improvement claims, there is plenty of dirty fuel oil burned in New York City, it's true.
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Another approach would substitute fuels like hydrogen for the heavy, dirty fuel oil that is commonly used.
If KIUC could move some of it solar generation to later hours, it could decrease its reliance on dirty fuel oil, prevent solar curtailment at midday, and save customers money.
Since then, Israel has discovered more and bigger gas deposits, reportedly worth hundreds of billions of dollars and capable of supplying the country's energy needs for decades (instead of far dirtier fuel oil and coal).
Not exact matches
It was a modified steam - assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) technology that, instead of burning natural gas to create steam to inject into the oilsands layer and thus «melt» the bitumen (heavy oil) away from the sand (as some experts describe it, burning a clean fuel to create a dirty one), it would burn a bituminous byproduct of the upgrading process in a closed loop.
Boosted Fuel Efficiency Standards Coordinated International Response to Financial Crisis Passed Mini Stimuli Began Asia «Pivot Increased Support for Veterans Tightened Sanctions on Iran Created Conditions to Begin Closing Dirtiest Power Plants Passed Credit Card Reforms Eliminated Catch - 22 in Pay Equality Laws Improved Food Safety System Expanded National Service Expanded Wilderness and Watershed Protection Gave the FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco Pushed Federal Agencies to Be Green Leaders Let Space Shuttle Die and Killed Planned Moon Mission Improved School Nutrition Expanded Hate Crimes Protections Brokered Agreement for Speedy Compensation to Victims of Gulf Oil Spill Pushed Broadband Coverage Expanded Health Coverage for Children Helped South Sudan Declare Independence Killed the F - 22
Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.
A new analysis concludes that easily extracted oil peaked in 2005, suggesting that dirtier fossil fuels will be burned and energy prices will rise
So this system works really well and it gets that dirty fuel from the oil well, on to the tanker to the refinery, to your neighbor and into your car, and it's a system; and what that system allows is for ordinary people to do pretty extraordinary things; to get personal mobility at what for many years, was a very cheap price.
Under the program, residual fuel oil # 6, the dirtiest type, was banned in 2015.
But rather than searching for ways to stretch the oil we still have — like a modern Hanukkah — it makes more sense to accelerate development of clean alternatives such as electric cars or biofuels from algae — and avoid dirty ones like turning coal or tar sands to liquid fuels.
Read all about climate denial scientist Willie Soon's dirty money from petrochemical billionaire Charles Koch, coal utility Southern Company, oil giant ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel companies to deny the science of climate change!
One more fact is, dirty oil can not keep the car engine cool, hence, it may cause the car engine to smell like a burnt fuel while running.
Some Examples: Air filter clogged Exhaust leak plugged cat clogged fuel injector malfunctioning fuel pressure regulator clogged fuel filter malfunctioning fuel pump spark plugs, wires, cap, rotor, coil Vacuum leak dirty throttle body malfunctioning fast idle thermo valve (similar to vacuum leak) low oil (unless there is an oil level sensor) belts gaskets seals rings low compression bearing damage (rod knock) Broken cam rocker fell / broke off broken valve spring stuck valve critical engine damage (windowed the block) wiring, fuses, relays starting system - ignition switch, starter, relay Cooling system - clogs, leaks, flow (may throw a code if you overheat) transmission clutch (es) driveshaft, differential, axles brakes suspension tires hvac lights gauges
The poles being white reflect heat which is why its critical that we do nt melt the poles more or have black roads) this * is * causing more gloabal warming, white roads would be COOL literally helping to act like the poles... for those of you that understand this PLEASE help promote this idea and you can help now by coating your old tarmac drive with bonded white chippings, start a business doing it, easy cheap startup, loads of demand, you can make as much money doing this as you like, the demand is immense and will grow as the idea catches on) Going back to our oil scenario: These pipelines carry oil to fuel dirty inefficient engines machines that for their 15 year lifespan spew poison gases into our limited atmosphere.
Common signs of a faulty VVT solenoid include the Check Engine Light coming on, dirty engine oil, rough engine idle, and decreased fuel economy.
His teacher was Valero Energy, an independent oil refining company that had just developed a new «catalytic cracker» that could turn a dirty, sludge - like refinery by - product called residual fuel oil into pure gasoline.
Non-traditional fossil fuel promises to be much dirtier than conventional oil.
Even as our nation is pivoting toward a more sustainable energy future, America's oil and coal corporations are racing to position the country as the planet's dirty - energy dealer — supplying the developing world with cut - rate, high - polluting, climate - damaging fuels.
Most importantly, as long as we continue to depend on dirty fossil fuels like coal and oil to meet our energy needs, and dump 70 million tons of global warming pollution into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet, we move closer and closer to several dangerous tipping points which scientists have repeatedly warned — again just yesterday — will threaten to make it impossible for us to avoid irretrievable destruction of the conditions that make human civilization possible on this planet.
Perhaps the worst aspect of these technical «solutions» is that they give a de-facto green light to continue to put more CO2 into the atmosphere, Since oil production is expected to peak within decades if not sooner, nations will turn more and more to coal, which as Figen pointed out in an earlier post is a very dirty fuel.
Posted by The Sierra Club at 10:53:57 AM in Consequences, Dirty Fuels, International, Oil, Our Wild America, Tar Sands
Prior to that, Gatti directed the Get Off Oil program for Environment America, where he helped lead that organization's efforts to reduce oil consumption and oppose dirty fuels, including leading efforts to increase vehicle fuel efficiency and stop tar sands oil extraction, and helping to launch the Charge Ahead California campaign to increase access to clean caOil program for Environment America, where he helped lead that organization's efforts to reduce oil consumption and oppose dirty fuels, including leading efforts to increase vehicle fuel efficiency and stop tar sands oil extraction, and helping to launch the Charge Ahead California campaign to increase access to clean caoil consumption and oppose dirty fuels, including leading efforts to increase vehicle fuel efficiency and stop tar sands oil extraction, and helping to launch the Charge Ahead California campaign to increase access to clean caoil extraction, and helping to launch the Charge Ahead California campaign to increase access to clean cars.
Heavy fuel oil is a cheap and dirty fossil fuel that powers the majority of the world's shipping fleet and accounts for 75 percent of fuel carried in the Arctic.
June 04, 2014 in Dirty Fuels, Green Fleets, Green Transportation, Health, Oil, Tar Sands Permalink Comments (0) TrackBack (0)
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Like the airline bringing in a truck with a more powerful engine to tow that plane, the global economy is upping the ante from conventional sources of fossil fuels to even dirtier and more dangerous versions — bitumen from the Alberta tar sands, oil from deepwater drilling, gas from hydraulic fracturing (fracking), coal from detonated mountains, and so on.
As the refining of bitumen from tar sands mines creates particularly dirty fuel, Valero and the other oil companies crawling around northern Alberta aren't happy to see California's Global Warming Solutions Act survive Proposition 23.
February 06, 2014 in Dirty Fuels, Energy Solutions, Health, My Generation, Natural Gas, Oil, Politics, Video Permalink Comments (0) TrackBack (0)
Posted by Heather Moyer at 11:26:15 AM in Dirty Fuels, Dirty Money (oil), Energy Solutions, Green Transportation, Health, Oil, Politics, Vioil), Energy Solutions, Green Transportation, Health, Oil, Politics, ViOil, Politics, Video
Posted by Heather Moyer at 07:05:14 AM in Dirty Fuels, Energy Solutions, Green Transportation, Health, Oil, Tar Sands, Video
Same thing for imported oil that's shipped thousands of miles from foreign countries, burning dirty bunker fuel and diesel fuel, a major cause of black carbon soot.
November 12, 2012 in Consequences, Dirty Fuels, International, Oil, Our Wild America, Tar Sands Permalink Comments (2) TrackBack (0)
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As mentioned in the press release:» -LRB-...) these groups released a briefing titled «Dirty Dozen: How Public Finance Drives the Climate Crisis through Oil, Gas, and Coal Expansion», highlighting fossil fuel projects by the World Bank Group, other multilateral and national development banks and export credit agencies.
Exxon Mobil and other oil companies have destroyed boreal forests, water quality, and public health in order to mine and process this dirty fuel.
If President Obama chooses the dirty needle (approves the Keystone XL pipeline) it is game over (for the earth's climate) because it will confirm that Obama was just greenwashing, like the other well — oiled coal — fired politicians with no real intention of solving the addiction (of fossil fuels).
Companies with fleets of cars and trucks have a critical role to play ensuring that as America raises efficiency and embraces renewable fuels, we also turn away from the dirtiest, most carbon - intensive sources of oil — Canadian tar sands.
Trump is handing our country over to fossil fuel corporations, who will desecrate our public lands and defile our oceans for dirty oil and coal.
Friends of the Earth France continues to campaign against dirty fossil fuels — especially unconventional oil and gas.
We talk to people involved in three Friends of the Earth groups, on the potential for community - owned and managed renewables in Denmark, on the perfect plan for transitioning Estonia away from dirty oil shale, and on how local resistance and perseverance has turned a small Czech town into an example of the just transition we need to move away from dirty fossil fuels.
Tar sands oil is one of the dirtiest fuels on the planet.
Tar sands oil is one of the dirtiest fossil fuels in commercial production today and produces three to five times more climate changing emissions than conventional crude oil.
September 23, 2014 in Coal, Dirty Fuels, Energy Solutions, Health, Natural Gas, Oil, Our Wild America, Politics Permalink Comments (0) TrackBack (0)
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Posted by Heather Moyer at 11:45:02 AM in Dirty Fuels, Electric Vehicles, Energy Solutions, Green Fleets, Green Transportation, Health, Oil
He argued that using Canadian tar sands — which he called some of the «dirtiest oil on the planet» — would «make it much less likely for human civilization to succeed in meeting» that goal of leaving oil and other fossil fuels untapped.