Sentences with phrase «far less carbon dioxide»

Industrialized nations emit far less carbon dioxide than the Third World, according to latest evidence from Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Natural gas emits far less carbon dioxide than coal when it burns, and new reserves have driven down its price, greatly expanding its use in power plants, homes, and businesses.

Binns said there was strong interest in the new aircraft, which are far quieter and produce far less carbon dioxide than fixed - wing aircraft, but he declined to predict when the companies would be able to announce a launch customer.

Not exact matches

«When taking into account that production of the far smaller batteries of plug - in hybrids is associated with less carbon dioxide emissions than production of the larger batteries of electric vehicles, their carbon dioxide balance is even better,» says Patrick Jochem of KIT's Institute for Industrial Production.

But today their influence is far less than that of manufactured greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and the CFCs, according to two new studies of the link between solar activity and climate.

Furthermore, it is likely that Miller and Urey erred by simulating Earth's early atmosphere with gases containing hydrogen, which reacts easily, as opposed to carbon dioxide, a gas that is far less reactive but was probably far more plentiful at the time.

They now think it consisted largely of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, a far less reactive mixture than Dr. Miller used.

The carbon dioxide produced by the plant is a far less potent greenhouse gas than the methane produced by Kansas farmers.

To the extent that churning is closer to the surface, it will involve water that is already largely saturated with carbon dioxide, and thus will be far less effective in the absorbtion of carbon dioxide.

Researchers say the slow digestive system of cows makes them a producer of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that gets far less public attention than carbon dioxide in efforts to fight global warming.

Avoiding emissions now will be far less expensive than capturing carbon dioxide from air in the future.

They further question the claims that a pre-industrial or «below 350 ppm [carbon dioxide]» climate is necessarily more benign or less affected by extreme weather, and they warn that «unachievable» CO2 emissions reduction policies are at risk of being classified as «ill advised, ineffective, and disingenuous» if and / or when the public eventually recognizes how flimsy the evidence is upon which these policies are based.

The new techniques impact far less land surface, use and recycle brackish water, and emit fewer air pollutants and (plant - fertilizing) carbon dioxide every year.

Indeed, the FAR widened the likely range of temperature increase for a doubling of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from the previous assessment, indicating greater uncertainty, not less, about this issue.

If the food doesn't have to travel far, there's less carbon dioxide from the trucks that ship it [Related Story].

Although it is far less abundant than carbon dioxide and stays in the air for only a decade or so, molecule for molecule its warming effect (calculated over 100 years) is 25 times higher.

Preventing carbon dioxide levels from rising to potentially dangerous levels could cost less far less than originally projected — less 1 percent of gross world product as of 2050 — but a major shift in the way energy is found, transformed, transported and used will be necessary to prevent a severe energy crisis within the next century, say researchers from the The Earth Institute.

«If the proposal is approved by the state's Public Utilities Commission,» I wrote, «California's carbon dioxide emissions will either increase or decline far less than if Diablo Canyon's two reactors, which generated about 9 percent of the state's electricity last year, remained in operation.

According to Slate.com and a 2005 University of Chicago study, a lacto - ovo vegetarian emits far less greenhouse gas than an individual on a standard, meat - rich American diet — the difference is equivalent to around 1.5 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, assuming the same daily caloric intake.

Although less common than carbon dioxide and water vapor, each molecule is far more powerful and potentially as significant for global warming.

I propose some biocoal sequestration as far less risky and less expensive than sequestering carbon dioxide (which also affects the active carbon cycle).