Sentences with phrase «electricity as a transportation»

Our complete technology solution also provides electric utility companies a means to control the load that plug - in vehicles put on the grid and a means to compute and implement taxes on electricity as a transportation fuel.»

Less than 2 % of U.S. electricity is generated from oil, so using electricity as a transportation fuel would greatly reduce dependence on imported petroleum, thus contributing to our national security.»

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The locals saw us doing this and started coming to us with all kinds of electricity issues, work issues, transportation issues — I spent the majority of my first deployment acting essentially as the mayor of a small town.

It described a scenario whereby gas begins to replace coal and oil as a transportation and electricity - generating fuel and satisfies a dominant share of new demand.

Jeremy works to advance our electricity, transportation, and carbon objectives within British Columbia and serves as our in - house technical and research lead.

Just as social media upended communications, the transition to clean energy is rapidly undoing century - old expectations around electricity, transportation and oil — and it's happening in market - shifting, often surprising ways.

However, after decades of war, it has suffered from a lack of such services as transportation and electricity.

One is that replacing utility power is one thing, but [a] lot of the total energy in the country goes in transportation, so another big assumption is that you'd largely have to convert the U.S. passenger fleet to hybrid plug - in cars and trucks, all that, so that essentially you are fueling vehicles with electricity as well.

Patients on dialysis are very vulnerable during emergencies or disasters due to their dependence on technology and infrastructure such as transportation, electricity and water to sustain their lives.

In the United States, transportation has surpassed the electricity sector as the top source of greenhouse gas emissions, at around 30 percent.

«Globally, twice as many emissions come from generating electricity than from all forms of transportation — planes, trains, cars and others,» says Carol Battershell, vice president for strategy and policy at the company's subsidiary, BP Alternative Energy.

Freeman is a strong advocate for plug - in hybrid cars, so that electricity from renewable energy could replace petroleum as the transportation fuel.

Nuclear power is not «too cheap to meter,» and in fact, despite hundreds of billions of dollars in government subsidies and in ratepayer charges, nuclear power greatly trails other fuels as a source of electricity and is useless in providing for the world's other major energy needs, including transportation.

I Guess the Bush Administration Doesn't Think Highly of Pickens» or Gore's Proposals The fact that this proposal is announced just days after Al Gore calls for all U.S. electricity be generated renewably within 10 years, and two weeks after T. Boone Pickens unveiled his plan to radically increase U.S. wind power and use natural gas to offset petroleum in transportation, shows how mired in business - as - usual thinking regarding energy and environmental policy the current administration is.

Providing public transportation, as well as housing, electricity, water and sanitation for a densely settled urban population is typically cheaper and less environmentally damaging than providing a similar level of services to a dispersed rural population.

And, of course, if your electricity is wind - generated (which is available in many states for a bit more, or even less, as in Texas), then GHGs for transportation go way way down.

But, as the Keeling Curve shows, these processes are not capable of keeping up with fossil fuel emissions from the electricity generation and transportation sectors.

The visionary Paul MacCready, who designed both human - and solar - powered aircraft, as well as the prototype that became the General Motors electric car, is sanguine about plug - in hybrids «with enough electricity built in to provide all your transportation for maybe a 60 - to 100 - mile range.

We hope that WeCanSolveIt will take the next step and urge citizens to join the campaign to fuel most transportation miles from electricity as soon as possible and use car batteries to store intermittent renewable electricity.

The responsibilities of local governments give them large influence over energy use in their communities through land use and zoning, building requirements, property taxes and transfers, transportation investment decisions, economic and workforce development, and, in many cases, the provision of services such as water and electricity.

A low - cost emissions - free source of electricity generation, wind energy will be essential if the province is to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent in 2050 as clean electricity will be needed to substitute for fossil fuels in transportation, industries and buildings.

In the near — next 20 - 30 years, it is almost certainly a better option to pursue PHEVs aggressively, to shift as much of the transportation network as possible to an electricity based mode (this goes for all land transport — cars and rail) and away from fossil fuels.

He notes they don't compete much with oil, used mostly as a transportation fuel, but they do compete with natural gas, often used to power plants that produce electricity.

By contrast, the proposed carbon price in Washington, DC would apply to natural gas and oil consumed in the District as well as carbon - intensive electricity and emissions linked to transportation (exempting public transit).

The proposed policy would apply to natural gas and oil consumed in the District as well as carbon - intensive electricity and emissions linked to transportation (exempting public transit).

A new study shows that burning crops such as corn and switchgrass to create electricity to power electric vehicles would actually yield more transportation miles than turning those crops into ethanol.

Worldwide CO2 levels will almost undoubtedly continue to rise for several decades regardless of US actions as 3 billion people worldwide currently without electricity or personal transportation will gain access to these items in the coming decades.

The carbon fee would apply to natural gas and oil consumed in the city as well as carbon - intensive electricity and emissions linked to transportation — exempting public transportation.

As renewable energy displaces high - carbon fossil fuel generation, cleaner electricity can replace petroleum and natural gas in transportation and heating by fueling electric vehicles and heat pumps.

The analysis finds that, although a massive shift to CNG vehicles would also lower oil consumption and emissions dramatically, it wouldn't be nearly as effective as simply electrifying a gigantic portion of our transportation sector and then using our abundant natural gas to provide the electricity.

Emissions of greenhouse gases, as suggested above, are far from restricted to transportation and electricity generation.

Most of Washington's emissions come from transportation and electricity, not EITEs, but complex questions remain around who should qualify as an EITE and how to ensure these industries still pull their carbon weight.

As thousands of electric vehicles charge off Oregon's electricity grid — half of which comes from hydropower and renewable resources — Oregon's transportation - related carbon footprint continues to shrink.

One of the things in the EIA report that was kind of buried but to me is really significant is that transportation for the first time exceeded electricity generation as the major source of greenhouse gas emissions here in the US.

Increase the use of clean fuels, such as biofuels and electricity, to reduce oil use and the carbon emissions associated with transportation fuels.

Here's the thing: If a state shifts a bunch of transportation and building heat over to electricity, overall consumption of electricity could rise and average electricity - sector efficiency could fall, at least temporarily, even as economy - wide carbon emissions decline.

However, the climate benefits of shifting from fossil - fueled transportation to electric cars, trucks, buses and trains only pencil out if our electricity itself is clean — that it's produced through carbon - free resources such as solar, wind, and hydroelectric, rather than fossil fuels such as coal, oil or fracked gas.

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(ii) the total distance (measured in miles) that may be traveled as a result of the consumption of transportation fuels, or electricity.

However, it can also be used as a transportation fuel to displace petrochemicals and, with proper refinement, to displace any current use for natural gas, such as at existing electricity generation facilities.

As part of this coordinated state effort, NYPA, the State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Thruway Authority, and the State Department of Transportation, recently submitted a request for the PSC to timely modify electric rates for electricity customers that install fast chargers for electric vehicle recharging.

The report described hybrids as a game - changing technology that will significantly reduce oil demand by making electricity the primary energy source for transportation.

The products made from organics are necessities: soil products for the production of healthy food, fiber, and landscapes, as well as fuel and energy products for transportation, heat, food preparation, and electricity.

Focus on electricity is out of proportion with other areas of the economy in need of closer scrutiny, such as transportation — Michael Trebilcock

The focus on electricity is out of proportion with the areas of the economy that are most in need of closer scrutiny, such as transportation.

The electricity sector's share of greenhouse gas emissions in Ontario in 2012 was only about 9 percent of total emissions, compared to the transportation sector with 34 percent and the industrial sector with 30 percent (Ontario, Auditor General 2015), meaning that further environmental gains in the electricity sector are inherently limited.4 In any event, this impact needs to be compared to other alternatives, such as further enhancing transmission connections and expanding power purchase agreements with neighbouring jurisdictions, in particular Quebec and Manitoba, which have substantial clean hydroelectric resources.

In the absence of a clear and coherent government policy for incorporating plug - ins (and biofuel) into America's transportation system, there could be more frequent oil price gyrations as traders face the new uncertainty of trying to predict how much gasoline Americans are going to consume in their cars and trucks versus how much electricity and how much cellulose and grains.

Going forward, we must continue and extend this momentum as we strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80 per cent, moving away from the use of carbon fuels in transportation, building heating and cooling, and industrial processes and replacing them with clean electricity.

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering making the state's electricity entirely fossil - free by 2035, and then phasing out fossil fuels from other sectors such as transportation by 2050.

Other state legislation governs specific areas such as transportation, electricity, and fuels.