Sentences with phrase «effect on fuel consumption»

The gain in performance is achieved without any dramatic effect on fuel consumption, which Audi puts at 27.6 mpg for the coupe and 27.4 mpg for the roadster.

These return around 54 and 47mpg respectively (the more powerful 2.0 - litre diesel is only available with four - wheel drive, which has a detrimental effect on fuel consumption and emissions).

This not only means that electricity can be generated with little or no effect on fuel consumption, it also grants the sports wagon livelier acceleration.

Despite a significant increase in overall length, the car's weight has been reduced by up to 62 kg which has a direct effect on fuel consumption.

Of course, driving with a leaden foot rather than tiptoes has a negative effect on fuel consumption, and we struggled to maintain 20mpg in general driving.

I understand that the A / C compressor runs with the engine belt, so it will always uses some HP when engaged, therefore it will have some effect on fuel consumption.

I think all of this components runs on electricity, and since (I think) the battery is always being recharged every time the engine is running, I don't believe they have an effect on fuel consumption, but I wanted to be sure anyway.

But the effect on fuel consumption is almost zero.

Further evaluation of our current wind units and their effects on fuel consumption and emissions should be done before increasing the penetration of renewable energy to the 20 and 30 percent levels currently mandated by some state renewable portfolio standards, and before a national renewable portfolio standard is considered for enactment.

Not exact matches

The negative effects of lower oil prices hit the economy right away, and the various positives - more exports because of a stronger U.S. economy and a lower dollar, and more consumption spending as households spend less on fuel - will arrive only gradually, and are of uncertain size.

The LCA examined the effects of a 1 kilogram industry - average corrugated product manufactured in 2014 on seven environmental impact indicators: global warming potential (greenhouse gas emissions), eutrophication, acidification, smog, ozone depletion, respiratory effects, fossil fuel depletion; and four inventory indicators: water use, water consumption, renewable energy demand, and non-renewable energy demand.

Large amounts of barnacles on a ship will have a destructive effect on flow resistance and will lead to more fuel consumption.

Therefore, now I don't think they have an effect on fuel - consumption, right?

As long as you don't floor the car (sending the car into Wide Open Throttle / Open Loop mode), being «on boost» won't negatively effect fuel consumption.

In coasting mode, the engine in the new 7 Series freewheels on deceleration with no engine braking effect thereby reducing fuel consumption.

In contrast to the systems commonly used to date, this lift activates the nozzle needle directly, so that the fuel injection can be adjusted more precisely in line with the current load and engine - speed situation — for example by means of precise multiple injections, which have a favourable effect on emissions, fuel consumption and combustion noise.

However, this mode does have a detrimental effect on the vehicle fuel consumption, when compared to D mode.

Reducing aerodynamic drag not only helps lower fuel consumption, but also has a beneficial effect on noise levels.

It is impossible to reach the President's highly ambitious goals within the relatively short timeframes he desires unless the US Government puts a stiff price on carbon and unless it takes a series of coordinated actions which have the effect of directly or indirectly limiting the supply, availability, and consumption of all carbon fuels.

Based on a literature review of seven studies analyzing the GHG impacts of the carbon tax, they determined that «the effect of the tax was to reduce fuel consumption and GHG emissions 5 — 15 % in British Columbia.»

If there's one thing everybody knows about carbon pricing, it's that there's not much effect on consumption of transportation fuels.

In the latest in radical climate doomsaying, a new report warns that fossil fuel consumption will need to be reduced «below a quarter of primary energy supply by 2100» to avoid possibly disastrous effects on global temperatures.

A few studies have been done showing that the effect of wind integration on both fuel consumption and emission reductions can in fact be negative.

Despite stating that «the physical facts agree» that large effects of global climate change will be realized in 50 years and that a 2 % decrease in fossil fuel consumption would «considerably ease» the «immediate problem,» the committee still focuses on the «large probable error» of the data.

With air travel called into question due to issues including fuel consumption and the effect that airplane contrails have on the earth's

Tragically, the net effect on the global atmospheric commons will be negligible, because if enough consumers respond to non-price incentives to reduce their consumption, the direct price of fossil fuels will decline, making it economic for others to increase their consumption.

Which I consider unlikley, both from the effect on consumption of rising fossil fuel prices (eg, US c02 emissions are back to 1990 levels, down 17 % from 2007 peak) AND development of new technology during the next two generations.

Fueling such consumption with anything but renewable energy would have a devastating effect on the environment.

Fuelling such consumption with anything but renewable energy would have a devastating effect on the environment.