The same country that has made headlines for measuring Gross National Happiness (there are some legitimate questions for how GNH is calculated) and aiming for 100 % organic agriculture recently announcing a partnership with Nissan to supply electric vehicles (EVs) to government and taxi fleets, as well as electric vehicle chargers, as part of a broad scale effort to cut fossil
fuel imports by a whopping 70 %, eventually aiming to become a zero emissions nation.
Not exact matches
For a long time, electric car buyers were spared the 180 percent
import tax that Denmark applies to vehicles
fueled by an internal combustion engine.
By fueling Russian production, this may begin the process of replacing
imports with domestic output.
OTTAWA — The United States announced Tuesday that it would impose duties on
imports of a new jet made
by the Canadian jet maker Bombardier, a decision likely to
fuel trade tensions between the United States and Canada just as the two countries face off over the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Last year, the company
imported 5.4 million litres of wine, a stunning jump from 2015's 1.7 million litres, thanks to its aggressive overseas winery acquisitions in France, Spain and most recently in Chile,
fuelled by domestic consumers» demand for
imported wines.
The shortage, exacerbated
by the big LNG export plants off Gladstone in Queensland that have been set up during the past few years, has
fuelled plans for two rival LNG
import projects for the eastern seaboard of Australia,
by AGL Energy in Victoria and the Andrew Forrest - backed Australian Industrial Energy in NSW.
(Repeating story from earlier Monday) * Prices of lean beef trimmings soar * Meat processors race to find LFTB replacement * Loss of «pink slime»
fuels imports of lean beef trimmings
By Michael Hirtzer and P.J. Huffstutter WESTERN SPRINGS, Illinois, May 14 (Reuters)- Behind the glass meat counter at Casey's Market in a Chicago suburb, the butchers pick up their blades and carry on a generations - old tradition.
The government that they say was trying to get it right
by saying only the NNPC to
import fuel but the government irresponsibly has allowed itself to be blackmailed
by this same private operators.
The remainder is then supposed to be
imported by private
fuel distributors.
The fiber and
fuel derived from hemp would be carbon neutral and as such wouldn't contribute to global warming — and in fact could help mitigate rising temperatures
by replacing chemical - intensive crops like cotton and
imported fossil
fuels like oil and gas.
Papua New Guinea has pledged to become carbon - neutral
by 2050, Nauru and the Cook Islands have steep renewable energy targets, and most others have plans for reducing the
import of petroleum and other fossil
fuels.
Shocks to ratepayers In fact, Japan's electricity prices are now among the highest in Asia, a condition created partly
by high - priced renewables, but also
by its heavy reliance on
imported energy
fuels following the closure of its nuclear plants, which provided 26 percent of the country's power before 2011.
Here's how it might work: Next year and in each year thereafter, Congress would set an overall cap on fossil
fuels extracted
by upstream energy producers, which David A. Weisbach of the University of Chicago Law School identifies as «fewer than 3,000 entities» — petroleum refiners, coal mines and domestic natural gas processors — «plus
imports at a few locations.»
-- For a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(C), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of fossil
fuel - based carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or any other fluorinated gas that is a greenhouse gas (except for nitrogen trifluoride), or any combination thereof, produced or
imported by such covered entity during the previous calendar year for sale or distribution in interstate commerce.
The
fuel - flexibility enabled
by this new technology will reduce dependency on
imported coal and create cost savings, since cheaper options, including waste coal, can be used for
fuel, VTT says.
Following the direction set
by President Obama on May 21, 2010, NHTSA and EPA have issued joint Final Rules for Corporate Average
Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas emissions regulations for model years 2017 and beyond, that will help address our country's dependence on
imported oil, save consumers money at the pump, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.
By pressing a button on the steering wheel, you can alternate between displaying audio source information, turn - by - turn directions, trip computer and fuel economy information, and even customizable photo wallpaper that can be imported via US
By pressing a button on the steering wheel, you can alternate between displaying audio source information, turn -
by - turn directions, trip computer and fuel economy information, and even customizable photo wallpaper that can be imported via US
by - turn directions, trip computer and
fuel economy information, and even customizable photo wallpaper that can be
imported via USB.
These include intelligent route planning, complete with refueling stops at a charging station or
fueling station (Send my Routes to Car), sharing of the current trip status
by text message and live link (Share Live Trip Status), personalised display of the relevant in - vehicle information (BMW Onboard), seamless transfer of route guidance to a smartphone or smartwatch once the car has been parked (Navigate Door - to - Door) and linking of contact details and addresses so they can be
imported directly into the navigation system (My Destinations).
As it is, the surpluses in the government's hands
fuel a bloated financial system and inflation, which could be partially solved
by importing more goods for their citizens to buy.
You could also extend it to tariffs on
imported manufactured goods and agricultural produce,
by calculating the fossil
fuel used in each case.
Electric power was generated
by using
imported fuel, so it was also used very carefully.
For example, an «energy security fee» of $ 3.50 per barrel of
imported oil would raise approximately $ 15 billion annually; reduced fossil
fuel subsidies as proposed
by the administration could generate upwards of $ 35 billion over ten years; a utilities electricity fee could raise at least $ 2 billion annually, as included in the Kerry - Lieberman American Power Act; and royalties on new offshore continental shelf drilling could raise more than $ 100 billion over twenty years.
But any benefits these policies might produce are threatened
by skyrocketing
imports of a
fuel more polluting than coal or diesel.
[3] A recent report
by the U.S. - based Natural Resources Defense Council shows that if Europe does not act, its
imports of tar sands, one of the dirtiest fossil
fuels, would likely skyrocket from about 4,000 barrels per day in 2012 to over 700,000 bpd in 2020.
Many economies, Indonesia for example, rely extensively on domestically produced
fuels, but supplement domestic supply
by importing the remainder.
Like other analysts, BCG hasn't understood that within a decade, the choices for these nations with soaring vehicle populations will not be electricity from coal vs.
imported gasoline but rather electricity from a evolving power grid vs.
fuel made
by liquefying domestic coal, with 2 - 3x the CO2 of coal -
fueled plug - ins.)
Setting strong standards that build on existing standards could cut
fuel use
by 1.4 million barrels per day - roughly equivalent to our oil
imports from Venezuela and Iraq in 2011 combined.
Moreover, they drive climate change
by encouraging the consumption of polluting
fuels while tilting the playing field against renewable power and energy efficiency: Fossil -
fuel subsidies are five times greater than renewable energy subsidies, and they inflate domestic demand and discourage energy efficiency through artificially low energy prices, undermining the energy security of fossil -
fuel importing countries.
It discriminates both on its face, and as applied, against transportation
fuels and
fuel feedstocks
imported from outside of California with the intended effect of (i) promoting in - state production of transportation
fuels, and (ii) «keep [ing] consumer dollars local
by reducing the need to make
fuel purchases from beyond [California's] borders.»
As tar sands oil has a much larger carbon footprint than conventional oil, climate change legislation targeted
by Prop 23 would limit California's
imports of high - carbon
fuels —
fuels that would likely include toxic tar sands oil from Alberta.
By way of calibration, this would essentially eliminate the need for oil
imports for passenger vehicle
fuel and would require only the amount of land now in the soil bank (the Conservation Reserve Program («CRP») on which such soil - restoring crops as switchgrass are already being grown.
As a recent report
by the Carbon Tracker Initiative highlights, grid costs become prohibitive for coal in rural areas when the investment needed to build a thermal power plant is combined with the cost of building electricity grid extensions and
importing fuel.
UBS analysts say utilities in Europe need to shut down 30 % of their gas, coal, and oil - fed power capacity
by 2017, not to fight global warming, cut pollution, or cut
fuel imports, but because renewable energy is pushing fossil
fuels off the grid.
If all of these cars were also flexible
fuel vehicles, U.S. oil
imports would drop
by as much as 12 mbd.
These
imports would undermine the
Fuel Quality Directive's aim to reduce
fuels emissions
by 6 %.
The boom has eliminated a regional price premium, redirected pipeline flows and left the nation poised to export the
fuel overseas after cutting
imports by 44 percent since 2007.
«
Imports of liquid
fuels as a share of total U.S. liquid
fuel consumption are projected to decline to 34 percent
by 2019, increasing our energy security and limiting our vulnerability to politically unstable oil regimes halfway around the world.
When mitigating anthropogenic global warming is projected to require greater than 80 % lower fossil energy use, how do we provide the transport
fuel and energy for rapid growth
by developing countries while sustaining OECD economic growth when the Available Net Exports of crude oil — after China and India's
imports — have already declined 13 % since 2005, and Saudi Arabia may need to
import oil
by 2030?
As such, the country is promoting efforts to decommission fossil
fuel based power plants and break its dependence on energy
imports by building ever more PV systems and not strangling the market.
Because India's
imports of coal grew
by 31 % this year... And just to cheer you all up, «India's coal
imports are likely to touch a whopping 185 million tonnes (MT)
by 2017, almost 20 % of the international dry -
fuel trade amid widening demand - supply deficit, according to Planning Commission.»
The cost of backfilling hundreds of «missing» wind megawatts,
by importing coal - fired power from Victoria, running gas - fired OCGTs, reciprocating diesel engined generators and Jay Weatherill's 276 MW diesel -
fuelled Open Cycle Turbines (that chew up 80,000 litres of diesel every hour) is staggering: Wind «Powered» South Australia Pays $ 14,000 per MWh for Power that Coal - Fired Plants Can Deliver for $ 50
This change is induced primarily
by concerns over high fossil
fuel prices, greenhouse gas emissions and fossil
fuel import dependence.
Plugging the nuclear shortfall with
imports of fossil
fuels, could raise local electricity fares up to five-fold
by 2030, according to local media.
The study found that the U.S. climate commitments alone would create 470,000 additional jobs
by 2030 and save $ 160 billion per year due to reduced fossil
fuel imports.
Japan, which now has 11 million square meters of rooftop solar collectors heating water but which
imports almost all its fossil
fuels, could easily reach 80 million square meters
by 2020.
Renergie looks forward to working closely with the Obama - Biden administration to: (a) reduce U.S. dependency on
imported oil; (b) repeal the ethanol
import tariff; (c) maximize the environmental benefits of ethanol - blended transportation
fuels; and (d) create jobs in rural areas of the United States
by growing ethanol demand, specifically hydrous ethanol demand, beyond the 10 % blend market.
Organized
by «Operation Free» — a veterans» group designed specifically to move America away from fossil
fuels — the event focused on America's dependence on foreign oil
imports and fears that an unpredictable climate could lead to more international humanitarian and military operations in the future.
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Improving energy efficiency across the economy could strengthen energy security
by decreasing the country's reliance on fossil -
fuel imports, reduce pressure on public budgets that have historically shouldered billions of euros a year in energy subsidies (although some energy subsidies are now being phased out), reduce costs to consumers and improve the comfort and health of its residents.
If that doesn't sound like advantage enough, consider this:
By exchanging a single - source (oil) transportation system for a multisource system that makes greater use of the nation's domestically obtainable
fuel sources, America automatically enhances its national security, which in turn reduces the financial burden of having to defend America's sources of
imported oil, which in turn frees up billions of tax dollars for more worthy endeavors.