Sentences with phrase «early emissions technology»

Given that the 928's engine was choked down by early emissions technology to a mere 219 hp and 245 lb - ft of torque, while the Panamera's sends a thundering 550 hp and 567 lb - ft of torque to all four of its wheels via a lightning - quick eight - speed dual - clutch automatic, the difference feels like it should be even greater.

Not exact matches

According to Governor Paterson's Climate Action Council, which issued an Interim Report earlier this month identifying strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050, the State over time will need to significantly increase deployment of solar technologies to address climate change.

The authors of the new study, Steven Smith and Andrew Mizrahi, both climate analysts at the Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, Maryland, argue that for one thing, the earlier work assumes that dramatic cuts in methane and soot emissions are feasible based on shifting technologies and changes in human behavior.

Earlier today, The Hill newspaper reported that the plan «would roll back funding for nuclear physics and advanced scientific computing research to 2008 levels, eliminate the Office of Electricity, eliminate the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and scrap the Office of Fossil Energy, which focuses on technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.»

«Since the transition away from fossil fuels is likely to take a very long time, we foresee a long - term need to deal with coal - based emissions and, therefore, the sooner we begin to develop [carbon capture and storage] technology, the better,» Austin - based energy policy specialist Scott Anderson of Environmental Defense told a Senate panel earlier this year during a hearing on CCS technology.

For its part, UPS was an early adopter of cleaner vehicles, and today operates upwards of 2,500 low - emission vehicles that run on alternative fuels and technologies.

The Civic utilized Honda's CVCC technology, later used in the Accord, to help Honda meet emission standards of the 1970s and early 1980s without the added expense of a catalytic converter.

And in the early and middle 1980s, Alfa Romeo incorporated this technology into their road cars to enhance their performance and to comply with stricter emission controls.

The new FWD hybrid technology concept is based on existing OGeco transmission architecture (earlier post) and can reduce component costs, offer a 40 % improvement in acceleration and reduce CO2 emissions by 25 % when compared to traditional technologies.

Like the S 560 e (combined fuel consumption 2.1 l / 100 km (112 mpg US), combined CO2 emissions 49 g / km)(earlier post), the C - and E-Class plug - in diesel hybrids will use third - generation hybrid technology.

Honda views fuel cells as the ultimate zero - emissions vehicle technology and the Clarity Fuel Cell offers green early adopters the latest technology to be on the forefront of «what's next.»

INFINITI will offer a mix of pure electric vehicles (EV) and e-POWER series hybrid vehicles (earlier post), demonstrating the full range of low - emission vehicle technology available to INFINITI as the premium brand of Nissan Motor Company.

Honda Clarity Fuel Cell Honda views fuel cells as the ultimate zero - emissions vehicle technology and the Clarity Fuel Cell offers green early adopters the latest technology to be on the forefront of «what's next.»

«As business leaders, it is our belief that the benefits of strong, early action on climate change outweigh the costs of not acting... a sufficiently ambitious, international and comprehensive legally - binding United Nations agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will provide business with the certainty it needs to scale up global investment in low - carbon technologies... the shift to a low - carbon economy will create significant business opportunities».

If the plants are retrofitted with carbon capture technology or retired early, emissions would fall, Davis said, although he thinks this is unlikely.

The earlier studies considered by the IPCC did not account for these future changes, thus overestimating indirect energy requirements and indirect greenhouse gas emissions of several low - carbon technologies.»

This unambiguous disclosure is in stark contrast to previous statements which confounded regulatory emissions (emissions net of credits granted for early action, contributions to technology funds, etc.) and actual emissions.

(D) give the highest priority to investments that promote technologies that will achieve the maximum greenhouse gas emission reductions within a reasonable period of time per dollar invested and the earliest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

Relying on negative emissions to «undo» earlier emissions may lock us into higher levels of warming if the expected technologies do not materialise or pose unacceptable social and ecological risk, «she said.

If negative emissions technologies can be scaled up later in the century, the reasoning goes, it gives us room to emit more earlier in the century.

(10/27/14) California must nearly eliminate emissions from electricity to meet ambitious climate goals for 2050, but each of the primary available technologies for generating emission - free technology has problems and any choice will require concerted planning and early strategic investments, according to a new technical paper by the California Council on Science and Ttechnology has problems and any choice will require concerted planning and early strategic investments, according to a new technical paper by the California Council on Science and TechnologyTechnology.

«The more ambitious early mitigation is, the less the world will have to rely on socially contested negative emissions technologies and high - cost emission reduction op ons in the future.»

The measure will provide $ 10 billion to the coal industry for «clean coal technology» that will capture emissions from coal - fired power plants, and it will provide an accelerated bonus for early deployment of this technology.

Alternative pathways of early deployment of negative emission technologies need to be considered to ensure that climate targets are reached safely and sustainably.

These are: Implement a «carbon tax» (or make polluters pay); impose really tough emission standards; create a secure global trade regime in low carbon fuels; develop ways of financing the transfer of the best available technology for creating and, more importantly, saving energy; and require governments to invest in research and early - stage innovation.

If the trends in technology identified earlier do continue, growth in baseline GHG emissions will continue to slow and in the longer term may even fall without any government mandates.

Moreover, low - carbon supply technologies can not deliver the necessary rate of emission reductions — they need to be complemented with rapid, deep and early reductions in energy consumption»