Sentences with phrase «fuel burning by»

A new way of globally working together could actually significantly increase the total energy obtained from fossil fuel burning by most rapidly shutting down the highest impacting activities per unit of final user obtained energy (including all impacts, not just the production of excess CO2).

Leading off a June 12, 2012 Senate Finance Committee hearing on energy taxation, Dr. Jorgenson proposed internalizing the health and environmental costs of fossil fuel burning by eliminating fossil fuel «tax expenditures» (i.e., indirect subsidies) and taxing emissions of the six Clean Air Act «criteria» pollutants.

The new climate goal might be to end most fossil fuel burning by 2050, reducing climate - changing impacts that year by as much as 95 percent compared with 2010.

It shows a definite increase in the emission of carbon in the last 200 years of a 1000 year time span from fossil fuel burning by humans in the northern hemisphere.

1) If we accept that the radiative forcing equations are correct and that a doubling of CO2 will cause an increase of 3.7 W / m2 and that will cause an increase in 1C we have to figure out what is the equation for normalizing this doubling of CO2 so as to get rid of the reference point Ex: doubling of CO2 from 1ppm to 2 ppm will not increase the temperature by 1C 2) Since 1980 mankind has increased fossil fuel burning by 75 % but CO2 in atmosphere has only increased 21 %.

Are you assuming that to be identical with «fossil fuel burning by humans had nothing to do with it»?

The greenhouse gas increases, CO2 in particular, are also clearly demonstrated to be the result of fossil fuel burning by humans.

Fossil fuel burning by humans emits tiny particles in addition to releasing CO2 in the atmosphere.

They found that tow - steered composites can reduce the structural weight of an aircraft by 10 percent when compared to conventional composite designs while reducing the fuel burn by 0.4 percent.

However, don't try to compensate by rolling down the windows, as the fuel burned by the increased drag this creates will outweigh any savings generated by turning off the A / C.

From the Clarke Belt, if active station - keeping is disabled (or if the satellites run out of the hydrazine fuel burned by their thrusters), the birds tend to drift to the «low» point in their orbit, a stable resting point over the Indian ocean.

The remaining 10 percent of energy - related emissions come from a variety of minor uses, including fuels burned by sea - going ships.

Not exact matches

Tens of thousands of Americans die every year from old - fashioned air pollution, generated by electric power plants that burn fossil fuels.

This curiosity about the unknown leads to constant learning, fueled by an ever - burning desire to discover the unknown.

Carbon dioxide is mainly emitted by burning fossil fuels.

The first is climate change, exacerbated by the greenhouse gases we encourage by burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests, and farming the way we do (particularly for meat production).

Startups, in general, are facing it tougher to raise Series A funding as investors turn cautious and focus on profitability instead of quick expansion fueled by high cash burn.

China's natural gas demand has been boosted by price cuts aimed at switching users from coal to the cleaner - burning fuel, according to one of the country's biggest gas distributors.

The boom in unconventional fuels — such as bitumen extracted from Alberta's tar sands and oil extracted from North Dakota's Bakken shale formation by hydraulic fracturing («fracking»)-- has swelled global reserves even as climate scientists issue ever - sterner warnings that burning more than a small fraction of these reserves would be suicidal.

The answer to that question would be a book in its own right, but he built his wealth by turning gasoline into fuel while his competitors treated gasoline as a waste product to pour into the Cuyahoga River and watch it burn.

The marine fuel market burns four million barrels a day — and he hopes to make this cleaner with the low - sulphur fuels developed by Field Upgrading.

These hydrocarbons, which are also burned for heating and cooking and blended into vehicle fuel, are extracted from the natural gas production stream or produced as a by - product of refined oil.

The will to overlook accelerated climate change caused by the extraction of tar sands oil, the destruction of the carbon sink that is / was the boreal forest, and the continued burning of fossil fuels to power trips to the corner store for a creamy, etc..

For example, who really notices that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by 25 per cent since the middle of the nineteenth century (as a result of the burning of fossil fuels, along with destruction of rainforests)?

Isaiah's notable passage announcing the coming of the «Prince of Peace» is preceded by a picture of war's end — «All the armor of the armed man in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, shall be for burning, for fuel of fire» (Isaiah 9:5 - 6.)

Poor nations are at present relatively minor contributors to the carbon dioxide generated by burning fossil fuels.

Industrialized countries with less than a quarter of the world's population are responsible for about three - quarters of the carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels.

But the largest contribution to restoring the carbon balance will be a reduction in world population since every person who lives makes a contribution to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by his or her use of the products of industry or by burning wood for fuel.

Coconut oil is a Medium Chain Triglyceride (fat) that is rapidly absorbed by the body and is quickly metabolized (burned) as fuel unlike long chain fats.

When we clear forests, we're not only knocking out our best ally in capturing the staggering amount of GHGs we humans create (which we do primarily by burning fossil fuels at energy facilities, and of course, in cars, planes, and trains).

MCTs provide energy, support the metabolism and are burned by the body for energy and fuel.

Protein in excess of this is burned as fuel or excreted by the kidneys.

By stoking the skill set of their children at the earliest possible age, they are adding fuel to a fire they hope to burn in perpetuity.

It also organised a protest in the city of Port Harcourt against the federal government's inability to address the burning perennial fuel scarcity, zero megawatts and total lack of electricity amidst increased tariff and economic hardship unleashed on Nigerians by the Buhari administration.

In her first major environmental proposal, Nixon called on New York State to commit to 100 percent renewable energy sources by 2050 — a benchmark that has been something of a Holy Grail for activists concerned about the warming of the planet as a result of the burning of fossil fuels.

By the end of the week jerry can sales were up 500 %, there were queues and fights at petrol stations and a woman had suffered 40 % burns after trying to decant fuel in her kitchen.

Howie Hawkins, the recent Green Party candidate for Governor, called today upon Governor Cuomo to acknowledge the climate change is being caused by human activity, starting with the burning of fossil fuels.

However, at least two of the state's nuclear reactors are in danger of closing within the next few years and would significantly increase air pollution because they would be replaced by fossil - fuel burning power plants in the near future.

The government mandated filter mufflers for diesel trucks on state jobs then exempted themselves it seems the mufflers reduced power by at least a third and made the trucks burn twice the fuel.

Ghana's forests, which once covered a third of its 24 - million - hectare landmass, have been degraded at an alarming rate by excessive and often illegal logging, slash - and - burn agriculture, mining and quarrying, and fuel wood collection.

Reducing carbon pollution 80 percent by 2050 means that in just 34 years there will be no more fossil fuels burned in New York.

Reducing carbon pollution 80 percent by 2050 means that in just 34 years there will be no more fossil fuels burned in New York,» stated Bambrick.

Indeed, four conventional power plants burning fossil fuels are due to come online in the Hudson Valley, at least two of which are possibly being lured by the promise of higher profits due to the Zone configuration.

By then the shuttle was already traveling about 1,000 miles per hour and had burned through more than a million and a half pounds of fuel.

«He also refused to embrace the scientific view that climate change is now overwhelmingly driven by the burning of fossil fuels and failed to answer legitimate questions about Exxon's support for climate denial groups during his tenure.»

It can help improve fuel economy by encouraging more efficient fuel burning, and the trapezoid shape of the ground electrode provides improved flame reproduction.

According to previous studies, that amount — between 44 million and 146 million metric tons of CO2 — offsets a tiny fraction of the estimated 35.3 billion metric tons of CO2 generated by the burning of fossil fuels and other industrial activity in 2013.

We have done that in spades by burning fossil fuels, raising atmospheric levels from a pre-industrial 280 parts per million to the current 387 ppm.

As people burn fuels — in cars, power plants and factories — nitrogen is released into the atmosphere and absorbed by plants.

Now a group of researchers led by Steven Kuznicki at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, and Anthony Ku at General Electric think they can be used to screen out the carbon dioxide produced when processing or burning fossil fuels.