It is 3 times more
efficient than oil or gas burners because of the second law of thermodynamics advantages of the Carnot refrigeration cycle.
Ethanol more energy -
efficient than oil, finds study: Using ethanol — alcohol produced from corn or other plants — instead of gasoline is more energy - efficient that oil say researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Natural gas is much more emissions
efficient than oil and coal.
Not exact matches
«Since it is, and will always be, a state
oil company, it is less transparent and less
efficient than Exxon Mobil and should, therefore, trade at 20 % to 30 % lower multiples,» the analysts wrote.
«Palm
oil is already widely used in food manufacture and for good reason;
oil palms are highly
efficient oil producers requiring ten times less land
than other
oil - producing crops.
Getting energy directly from this year's plant crop, in the form of biofuels, is cleaner and more
efficient than getting it from coal or
oil, but Dukes found that if we tried to supply current worldwide energy demand entirely from biofuels, it would consume at least 22 percent of the production of all land - based plants annually.
With the world's energy demands expected to increase more
than three-fold over the next century, ExxonMobil and Shell executives acknowledge the necessity (and difficulty) of unseating inexpensive and
efficient crude
oil and coal
Khew and others say Singapore's highly
efficient oil refining industry could help the world meet its demand for petroleum at a lower environmental cost
than elsewhere.
Ketones from MCT
Oil are the most
efficient source of energy for our brain (more so
than carbs or really... anything else).
The new AWD system is quieter and more
efficient than the old system because of a smaller aluminum transfer case housing, a finned rear differential underside, and a power takeoff unit using low - viscosity
oil.
It's a wet clutch unit, and VW claims that intelligent operation of the
oil pump and reducing internal friction make it more
efficient than the old «box.
In conjunction with a lighter, more powerful electric motor and a more
efficient six - speed automatic transmission with a new electric
oil pump, the Hybrid is good for a combined 193 hp, which is also slightly less
than the outgoing car's 199 combined hp.
These labels also represent another important mile - marker in the Obama Administration's mission to cut fuel costs for American families, reduce the nation's dependence on
oil, and give Americans the tools they need to take advantage of remarkable new technologies that make today's cars cleaner and more
efficient than ever before.
And if we pass a bill in the Senate, reconcile it with the House, that says we are going to invest in wind energy and solar energy and we're going to be the guys who are producing wind turbines, and we're going to be the folks who are producing solar panels on rooftops, and we're going to be the country that is retrofitting all its homes and businesses so that we are 30 percent more energy -
efficient than we are right now, that produces jobs that can't be exported; it reduces our dependence on foreign
oil; it is good economics; it will increase our exports — oh, and by the way, it also solves the climate problem.
One article I was recently reading stated that hemp seed
oil produces a cleaner buring fuel (nearly 90 % burn, with considerably less ash and CO2 production)
than any fossil fuel (33 % burn at the most
efficient)
One article I was recently reading stated that hemp seed
oil produces a cleaner buring fuel (nearly 90 % burn, with considerably less ash and CO2 production)
than any fossil fuel (33 % burn at the most
efficient) and was actually banned because the
oil industry (and the rope industry, as hemp weave made a stronger and less expensive rope
than current materials) decided to push their congresscritters to close it down because hemp could make Marijuana.
From what I've heard from people who convert them & read in books, even if the source of electricity is coal or
oil, EVs are still 1/4 to 1/3 more
efficient (even figuring in batteries & their manufacture)
than ICE vehicles.
Simpletons and Bush / Mcbush apologists also feel that ethanol which is LESS
efficient than ordinary gas, is a GREAT idea, even as it creates the world's largest dead zone in the Gulf, offshore drilling is THE answer despite anyone w / a brain stating that this capacity won't come online for 30 years and which will produce about three weeks» worth of
oil at our country's CURRENT rate of use, and that some silly gas tax reprieve, which will cost us in infrastructure improvements and lost jobs, is a good thing....
I'm all for finding a new source of energy rather
than fossil fuels (unfortunately our enemies have most of it, and what we have the environmental lobby blocks from being accessed) for security and economic reasons, but until the market proves that $ 100 + per barrel of
oil is not
efficient enough to switch, I'm not for the government putting a gun to our heads and forcing us to change.
The combination of plug - in hybrids and bio-deisel (a much more energy -
efficient fuel to make
than ethanol) could significantly reduce developed world demand for
oil for passenger transport.
This is 3 times more
efficient than burning
oil or gas for heat.
It baffles me that President Bush would rather go to Saudi Arabia twice in four months and beg the Saudi king for an
oil price break
than ask the American people to drive 55 miles an hour, buy more fuel -
efficient cars or accept a carbon tax or gasoline tax that might actually help free us from what he called our «addiction to
oil.»
However, if you assume the average shopper * puts over 800 km / year (500 miles) on their
efficient 6L / 100 (40mpg) car, at current
oil prices, the cart will pay itself back in less
than three years — not counting wear and tear these short trips wreak on your street machine.