Sentences with phrase «efficient than greenhouse gases»

On the other hand, scattering sulfate aerosols are less efficient than greenhouse gases in changing the surface temperature for a given forcing.

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Insects are even more efficient when it comes to water consumption, and they produce far fewer greenhouse gas emissions than livestock.

Incorporating a pricing mechanism into our climate policy would likely be more efficient at driving down greenhouse gas emissions at a lower cost than the current policy of regulating such emissions under the Clean Air Act.

Methane is an extremely efficient greenhouse gas which may contribute to enhanced global warming when free in the atmosphere, and such free methane, would then be considered a pollutant rather than a useful energy resource.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the greenhouse gas methane is highly efficient at trapping heat in the atmosphere and a significant contributor to global warming, over 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

Even with today's power plants emitting greenhouse gases, the overall levels would be reduced because the entire process of moving a car one mile is more efficient using electricity than producing gasoline and burning it in a car's engine.

«One of our take - home messages is that conservation programs are currently a cheaper and more efficient greenhouse gas policy for taxpayers than corn - ethanol production,» said study leader and Duke biologist Robert Jackson.

It determined that the «carbon legacy» of just one child can produce 20 times more greenhouse gas than a person will save by driving a high - mileage car, recycling, using energy - efficient appliances and light bulbs, etc. «Clearly, the potential savings from reduced reproduction are huge compared to the savings that can be achieved by changes in lifestyle,» wrote the authors.

The Australian Government's chief adviser on climate change told a conference in London that it might be more efficient to evacuate small island states subject to inundation rather than require industrialised countries like Australia to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.2

For these reasons, as governments enact policies to address the risks of climate change, we believe that market - based efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — like a revenue - neutral carbon tax — are more economically efficient policy options than regulations, mandates, or standards.

In terms of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, electric cars and trucks are often cleaner than even the most efficient conventional vehicles.

Reduces greenhouse gas emissions and other particulate matter associated with burning fossil fuels, as plug - in EVs are more than three times as fuel - efficient and produce no tailpipe emissions.

«A study by statisticians at Oregon State University concluded that in the United States, the carbon legacy and greenhouse gas impact of an extra child is almost 20 times more important than some of the other environmentally sensitive practices people might employ their entire lives — things like driving a high mileage car, recycling, or using energy - efficient appliances and light bulbs.»

A dry - cooled fossil - fueled power plant will generally emit more greenhouse gases than the same plant operating with a wet - cooling system, since water is a more efficient cooling fluid than air moved with fans.

Global warming is real, industrial emissions are the main cause, and warming imposes risk that warrant a policy response... [C] arbon taxes are a far more efficient means of controlling greenhouse gas emissions than command - and - control regulation.

Bio-Electricity Far More Efficient For Transportation Than Biofuels... Better Greenhouse Gas Reduction Too