Sentences with phrase «far less gas»

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Those factors partly help explain why Exxon is now seen by Wall Street as a less - desirable investment than Chevron, which has several large oil and gas projects coming online by the end of the decade, offering far - stronger growth potential than Exxon.

As far as a vehicle goes, I can get a reliable gas - electric hybrid (a plug - in hybrid, even) for far less than $ 35,000.

Since retirement I drive far less so gas consumption is less, but so is the actual cost of mileage and I expect my car, tires etc will last longer.

As well as explaining that the production of meat — on its journey from farm to fork — is responsible for 15 per cent of the planet's harmful greenhouse gas emissions, it underlines that raising equivalent amounts of grain or vegetables for human consumption uses far less land, water and resources.

Such so - called in situ production requires less water but far more energy to get the bitumen flowing, resulting in greenhouse gas emissions some 2.5 times higher than those from mining.

Because a soy field contains far less carbon than a rainforest, the greenhouse gas benefit of the original ethanol is wiped out.

Pound for pound, insect farming emits 1 per cent of the greenhouse gases that raising ruminants like cows and sheep does — and it requires far less water.

Such disks have lost all of their gas and are far less dense than the ones around younger stars.

Current climate change models indicate temperatures will increase as long as humans continue to emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but the projections of future precipitation are far less certain.

«We found that bio-methane produced through anaerobic digestion emits far less than its fossil natural gas equivalent,» says Sharath Ankathi, the paper's lead author and a PhD student at Michigan Tech.

When matter turns from its gas phase back into its liquid phase, the molecules take up much less space and exert far less pressure.

The molecules in these miniscule droplets of water are grouped far more closely together than when they were in their gas phase, and exert less pressure — a fact that has some pretty cool physical implications.

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.

It's a staggering amount of carbon, but so far less than the greenhouse gases emitted by countries like the United States or China.

Farther from the black hole, other, less dense gas clouds show evidence of less - rapid motion.

Guillochon co-wrote a paper a couple of years ago about G2, a gas cloud falling into the galactic center in 2014 that produced far less activity than expected.

Further, lithium has the special property of absorbing particles that hit it so that much less cold gas enters the plasma.

The model found that long - term, less easily reversed behavioral changes, such as insulating homes or purchasing hybrid cars, had by far the most impact in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and thus reducing climate change, versus more short - term adjustments, such as adjusting thermostats or driving fewer miles.

While military sonar systems and seismic airguns used in oil / gas exploration and scientific research have received considerable attention in the overall issue of noise impacts on marine life, less intense but far more widespread and chronically - present noise sources, particularly large commercial ships, have only recently begun to be specifically considered.

This means we'll be far less likely to suffer from lethargy, gas, stomach bloat, heart burn, acid reflux, indigestion, or even suffering from more serious conditions such as stomach or bowel (colorectal) cancer.

I spend less on food monthly than what it costs to have a car payment, insurance, gas and repairs — and my body is a far more precious vehicle than any car!

I eat far less food, I feel more satisfied with it, and the bloating, gas, and cramps that accompany a high - carb diet, and the daily aches and pains that come with being very overweight, have mostly been eliminated.

A study of greenhouse gas - emissions by the Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of California at Irvine shows fuel - cell vehicles running on hydrogen derived from natural gas ultimately create far less GHG emissions than BEVs running off the U.S. grid, which is powered mostly by coal and natural gas.

This specific vehicle is great for those wanting to drive far and stop less for gas.

Small gas tank and far less than advertised mileage keeps you in the gas station way too much.

The 2017 Toyota Camry Hybrid is affordable at all trim levels, and since it helps you save so much on gas month after month, the overall ownership cost is far less than most conventional midsize sedans.

My Volt, which doesn't get the gas MPG of any Prius, goes far enough on battery that I use less fuel than any car in the Prius lineup, despite the Prius» higher gas MPG rating.

As far as cons go, the gas mileage is still less than stellar at 21 mpg.

According to Ford, recycled aluminum cuts out up to 95 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions that come with primary aluminum production, using far less energy — and water.

It seems to me that, as far as I can determine, you're best off if you time your expenses such that as much as possible of that initial $ 6,500 is non - grocery / drug / gas, because the difference in rebate is less on «other» purchases -LRB-.5 % vs 1 %) than on g / g / d (1 % vs 5 %).

Naysayers will point out that charging stations are still sparse and the travel distance on a full battery is far less than a tank of gas, but these people pooh - poohed hybrid vehicles and there's now more than nine million of them on the road.So, for early adopters who may be pondering an electric car purchase, our experts size up five of the current offerings that could wean you off the gas pumps for good.

In 2005, the artist opened lesser new york in her Williamsburg loft, which was a response to Greater New York (2005) but it was lesser; it was a greater response to the lesser limits of the art world that she saw reflected in PS1's concurrent survey; this lesser exhibit / installation was organized under the auspices of a «fia backström production,» a lesser production of curated ephemera such as press releases, invites, posters, and so on culled from found materials and the work of a greater local network of friends and peers; the lesser aesthetics of dejecta, pasted directly onto the walls, reflects a greater decorative pattern, not unlike Rorschach images of a lesser art industry itself within a critique of a greater institutional relationship to art production; as such, the lesser display of curated ephemera (from nonartists and artists alike) not only comments on the greater vortex of art and capital, but also serves as a lesser gesture toward something like a memorial wall, not unlike a collection of posters on the greater Berlin Wall, or a lesser improvisational 9 - 11 wall, or, more recently, a greater Facebook wall, or the lesser construction wall surrounding the Second Avenue gas explosion in the East Village, all pointing to a lesser memorial for the greater commodified institution of art consumption; whereas in Backström's lesser new york each move repels consumption by both the lesser value of the pasted paper and its repetition, which dispels the greater value of precious originals; so the act of reinstalling lesser new yorkten years later at Greater New York — the very institution that rejected her a decade earlier — speaks to the nefarious long arm of Capitalism that can morph into an owner of its own critique; so that lesser new york is greater than its initial critique, greater than a work of institutional critique: it is a continuous institutional relationship, a lesser critique that keeps on giving in its new contexts; the collective spirit of artists working together playfully is lesser, whereas the critique of how artists can imagine working alongside the institution is greater, or vice versa; the lesser gesture of a curated mixed - media installation in one's home with no clear identification and no commercial validity becomes untethered when it is greater, and this particular lesser becomes greater in the Greater New York (2015) context; still, the instabilities of the organizing systems by Backström continue to put pressure on both the defining features of art production in both the lesser context and the decade - later greater one; further, the greater question of what constitutes an art as a lesser art becomes a dizzying conundrum when the greater art institution frames the lesser to be greater, when the lesser is invested in its lesser relationship to the greater.

The eruption of El Chichon for example was significantly less explosive than Mount St. Helens a couple years earlier, but the former caused a lot more cooling because it emitted far greater quantities of SO2 gas, whereas Mount St. Helens was largely fine ash that settled out.

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

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.

It turned out things were far more nuanced (as he later said, «The Earth system may be less responsive in the warm times than it was in the cold times»), but in a field that had long mainly foreseen smooth curves for planetary change with rising greenhouse gas levels, the result was a vital focus on the risks of abrupt climate change.

Raising insects for human consumption uses far less water, land, and food than livestock, and insects emit almost no greenhouse gases.

While solar is a far less polluting energy source than coal or natural gas, many panel makers are nevertheless grappling with a hazardous waste problem.

Those who study energy patterns say we are in a gradual transition from oil and coal to natural gas, a fuel that emits far less carbon but still contributes to global warming.

A new 1,000 - page Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report appears to ignore both nuclear power and shale gas — even though both these energy sources emit far less CO2 than does coal.

Backers of plug - in hybrids acknowledge that the electricity to boost their cars generally comes from fossil fuels that create greenhouse gases, but they say that process still produces far less pollution than oil.

http://www.liquidair.org.uk/about-liquid-air It piggybacks on the industrial gas business so needs far less new technology and infrastructure.

When Slide 4 is taken to the logical conclusion Lindzen seemingly wants the honourable members to draw, namely that if greenhouse gases continue on their current rise we can expect a further rise of only 0.8 C over the next 150 years, he's simply using the same linear - trend argument that Girma and Arfur Bryant love trotting out, obfuscated to make it less obvious.

As you say Giles, Macfarlane sees wave and geothermal as far less a near term threat to coal and gas, so his strategy is to back them with a few meagre tax payer funded handouts while we let the carbon giants continue to pollute our otherwise wonderful nation for free!

Indeed, some private sector analysts think there will be further coal - to - gas switch in power generation in 2013, though much less than occurred in 2012.

In the short term gas - fired power stations could be used to «fill the gaps» when renewable energy was not available (gas has about half the greenhouse emissions of coal, and produces far less other air pollution); in the longer term Australia could change to 100 % renewables - generated electricity.

It also costs a lot less to charge an EV than it does to buy gas or diesel, and if you consider powering your EV with a home solar installation, you can even bring the costs down further — you can use Solar - Estimate's tools to learn more about that and work out the rates of return you would get from installing solar panels given your electricity usage and location.

Although this concentration is far less than that of CO2, methane is 30 times as potent a greenhouse gas and so may now be responsible for 15 — 20 % of the predicted global warming.»

Further, the probabilistic approach reveals a picture startling to even most global - warming pessimists: If we're to avoid precipitating what that U.N. Framework Convention genteelly calls «dangerous anthropogenic interference,» we're going to have to aim at an atmospheric greenhouse - gas concentration target that, by current trends, we'll reach in less than two decades.