Sentences with phrase «fuel produced compared»

Not exact matches

The trees use minimal amounts of water and fuel, especially compared to sugar cane production, and produce for about 20 years.

We estimate that compared to soybeans, lipidcane containing 5 percent oil could produce four times more jet fuel per acre of land.

Compared to two competing plant sources, soybeans and jatropha, lipidcane would produce about 15 and 13 times as much jet fuel per unit of land, respectively.

Compared to cleaner heating sources such as natural gas, these dirty fuels produce high levels of particulate matter, exposure to which is linked to asthma, obesity, developmental delays, and other health problems.

These rockets — powered by ionized xenon gas — produce very low thrust compared with their solid - or liquid - fueled cousins, but use so little propellant that they last much longer.

If this produces only one quarter of the CO2 per energy unit compared to fossil fuels, it would still be a huge win.

Growing coconut trees requires minimal amounts of water and fuel (especially compared to sugar cane production); and the trees produce sap for two to four decades.

The results presented in [3] and [7] showed that a spark plug with fine center and ground electrodes produced lower combustion variation with a reduction of approximately 3.1 % in COV and 2.4 % in the fuel consumption compared to regular spark plugs.

With new powertrains, including a flex - fuel - capable 164 - hp 2.5 - liter I - 4 and a 3.2 - liter diesel I - 5 producing 197 hp and 347 lb - ft of torque, the global Ranger features significant technical improvements compared to its counterpart in the U.S. Styling for the truck is contemporary, departing from the traditional look of past U.S. - market Rangers.

ENGINE, PERFORMANCE: The»91 Quad 442 is loaded with the W41 package, which includes an enhanced Quad 4 engine that produces 190 horsepower compared with 180 horses for the regular High - Output Quad 4, a special transaxle with a close - ratio fifth gear, anti-lock brakes and fuel system enhancements.

With 24 valves, double overhead camshafts and electronic fuel injection, this 181 - horsepower engine produces five more horsepower than did the Series III's 4.2 - liter iron engine and helps to bring the car in at 3,903 pounds, compared to the Series III's 4,066 pounds.

While the 2017 cylinder engine produces a 178 lb ft of torque, Every 2018 Camry driver will enjoy a boosted engine power along with a better fuel economy compared to the 2017 model.

The uplevel LT and LTZ variants used a turbocharged 1.4 - L DOHC four that also made 138 horsepower, but produced more torque — 148 lb - ft compared to the 1.8's 123 lb - ft Mercifully, it was a rare turbo that didn't require premium fuel.

Enter the 1985 Fiero GT — and more power to it, in the form of an electronically fuel - injected, 2.8 - liter, V - 6 engine that produces 140 horsepower compared to the 92 horsepower churned out by the four - cylinder motor.

Compared to a standard six - cylinder powertrain, the mHEV manages to drink one less liter of fuel for every 100 km traveled, while also producing 25 g / km (40 g / mile) less in CO2 emissions.

The EcoBoost technology produces a cooler, denser fuel - injection charge that generates more power per every drop of fuel compared with a standard port - injection engine.

As explained on auto manufacturer itself, the EcoBoost technology produce a cooler, denser fuel - injection charge that generates more power per every drop of fuel compared with a standard port - injection engine.

Compared to conventional port injection, direct injection produces a cooler, denser charge, delivering higher fuel economy and performance.

I - FORCE V8 Compared to its smaller V8 counterpart, the 2013 Tundra's optional i - Force 5.7 - liter V8 produces an additional 71 horsepower, yet exacts only a marginal penalty in fuel economy.

«Refuelling» the Audi metroproject quattro from power sockets alone, therefore, produces an unequivocal result: even allowing for the relatively high domestic electricity costs in Germany, it is still possible to achieve a saving of around $ 6.50 for every 100 km — or 70 percent — compared to the price of premium fuel.

According to Jaguar's point man in the development of the I - Pace EV SUV, the whole process of producing hydrogen and them compressing and cooling them for use in a fuel cell vehicle is a lot less efficient compared to outrightly using electric energy.

Although GDI vehicles offer the potential of improved fuel economy, less fuel pumping, and charge air cooling, they tend to produce higher particulate matter (PM) emissions when compared with the traditional port fuel injection engines.

The Annual Fuel UtilizationEfficiency rating tells you how much heat a furnace produces compared to the energy it uses to produce it.If an older furnace operates at 50 % AFUE, 50 cents of every dollar spent is, well, going up in smoke.

While thorium itself looks relatively benign compared with uranium, the fuel cycle produces a number of highly radioactive by - products.

They don't give the details of their system, so it is hard to analyze, but my guess is that one could drive 8 times farther on the electricity they use compared to the liquid fuel they produce.

Compared to petroleum diesel fuel, which is refined from crude oil, biodiesel combustion produces fewer air pollutants such as particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrocarbons, and air toxics.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, cellulosic biomass has the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 86 percent compared to petroleum - based fuels, if it can be produced on a large - scale basis.

This is one in a series of short videos where Carbon Tracker compares some of the key findings of its latest report» Expect the Unexpected — The Disruptive Power of Low - carbon Technology», produced in partnership with Grantham Institute at Imperial College London, with recent news form the fossil fuel and green energy industries.

Compared to the 1930's Great Depression, there was a huge increase in industrial activity in producing all the materials used in the war, as well as all the fuel burned in all the trucks, ships, airplanes, etc, and also the CO2 produced by all the burned cities.

This type of biodiesel produces far less toxic and global warming emissions compared to conventional diesel fuel, and is sourced, produced, and sold locally.

Comparing like for like, fossil fuels were considered to produce more carbon dioxide than biofuels, which has led to the assumption that fossil fuels cause more greenhouse warming than biofuels.

Biofuels are another clean fuels resource and, when produced under certain circumstances, can achieve up to a 90 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to gasoline.

Currently most liquid biofuels are produced from food crops and yield low economic and environmental benefits compared to fossil fuels.

Develop advanced oxygen production systems for use in gasification plants that will result in a significantly lower cost compared to conventional processes for applications to produce power with carbon capture or liquid fuels with carbon capture.

«Climate science» as it is used by warmists implies adherence to a set of beliefs: (1) Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations will warm the Earth's surface and atmosphere; (2) Human production of CO2 is producing significant increases in CO2 concentration; (3) The rate of rise of temperature in the 20th and 21st centuries is unprecedented compared to the rates of change of temperature in the previous two millennia and this can only be due to rising greenhouse gas concentrations; (4) The climate of the 19th century was ideal and may be taken as a standard to compare against any current climate; (5) global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industrializing.

Nuclear energy can power whole civilisations, and produce waste streams that are trivial compared to the waste produced by fossil fuel combustion.

Since most global warming concern (including that behind regulatory action) stems from the projections of climate models as to how the earth's temperature will evolve as we emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere (as a result of burning fossil fuels to produce energy), it is important to keep a tab on how the model projections are faring when compared with reality.

Both solar and wind will soon produce power at costs that are competitive with fossil fuels; indications are that twice as many solar installations were erected worldwide last year as compared to 2009.

Burning the fuel produces no sulfur, less carbon monoxide, and fewer nitrogen oxides, particulates, and other emissions, compared with petroleum diesel.

«According to the EPA's Renewable Fuel Standards Program Regulatory Impact Analysis, released in February 2010, biodiesel from soy oil results, on average, in a 57 % reduction in greenhouse gases compared to fossil diesel, and biodiesel produced from waste grease results in an 86 % reduction»

The simplest and most common way to compare the emissions of countries is to add up all the fossil fuels burned and cement produced in each nation and convert that into CO2.

In his latest book, «The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth Is Fighting Back — and How We Can Still Save Humanity» (Perseus, 2006), Dr. Lovelock says that any risks posed by nuclear power are small when compared with the «fever» of heat - trapping carbon dioxide produced by burning coal, oil and other fossil fuels.