G20 export credit agencies provided considerably higher levels of support to fossil
fuel production between 2013 and 2015 ($ 38.3 billion annually) relative to all other sources of G20 bilateral public finance for fossil fuels between 2013 and 2015 ($ 24.7 billion annually).
He divided the required tasks of
fuel production between two specialist organisms, allowing him to do all the work in a single bioreactor.
Not exact matches
«This is certainly true for fossil
fuel - related approvals, where there is a clear causal connection
between each phase of the fossil
fuel supply chain (
production, transportation, processing, and end - use) and the emissions from these activities can be estimated with existing tools and data.»
Dr Degirmenci said when considering greenhouse gas emissions it was important to acknowledge the difference
between on - road emissions only taking into account the
fuel used, and well - to - wheel emissions including all emissions related to
fuel production, processing, distribution and use.
Competition
between food and
fuel crops means that large scale bioethanol
production is therefore controversial.
All engines in the next - generation Silverado and Sierra pickups — which are expected to go into
production in the third quarter — feature GM's Active
Fuel Management system that can operate in two different cylinder modes or its new Dynamic
Fuel Management technology that continuously adjusts the number of cylinders firing — down to two —
between 17 modes based on performance needs.
The new concept, described as being «halfway
between a competition prototype and a
production supercar,» is powered by two race - specification electric motors, fed by a lightweight hydrogen
fuel cell.
The design and purpose of the 2010 Honda Insight should fall somewhere
between the original car and recently introduced FCX Clarity — a low -
production, hydrogen - powered
fuel cell vehicle.
The relationship
between site, story and mobility
fuels a wide range of Poitras Santos» research and
production, often as a means to create community.
At that point,
between the need to cut CO2 emissions and the fact that we are peaking in fossil
fuel energy
production (peak oil theory is looking pretty solid right now!)
But the price of oil never rose as was predicted, so the solar plant never became competitive with fossil
fuel - based energy
production (Carrizo sold its electricity to the local utility for
between three and four cents a kilowatt - hour, while a minimum price of eight to ten cents a kilowatt - hour would be necessary in order for Carrizo to make a profit).»
The state government, which is committed to a 50 - 50 split
between renewable energy and fossil
fuel energy
production by 2030, has endorsed the project, with Energy Minister Anthony Lynham turning the first sod.
A report published in September by Climate Action Network Europe and ODI identified 87 subsidies and support measures and estimated the total support to fossil
fuel production, including through fiscal support and public finance, was nearly EUR 36 billion a year
between 2014 and 2016.
Conservative think tanks in the United States are a sort of «ground zero» for the
production of doubt about the links
between fossil
fuel burning and dangerous climate change.
Expanding U.S. biofuel
production will require tradeoffs
between ambitious
fuel production targets and other societal goals, including protection of the water we need for drinking, growing food, preserving aquatic habitats, and producing electricity.
Not only have shifts
between fuels and transport modes to be taken into account, but the relation
between transport and the
production structure also needs to be analysed.
Although natural - gas generation fell
between 2016 and 2017 from 35 percent to 32 percent of total national electricity
production, it remained the primary
fuel for power generation for the second year in a row, surpassing coal (around 30 percent) in 2016.
Between 1978 and 2000, the federal government spent about $ 1.5 billion on oil and gas
production research, much of it on extracting
fuel from shale, according to a 2001 report by the National Academy of Sciences.
And in a world where the
production of
fuel is limited to what «nature» can provide on a moment - by - moment basis — such are the limits and demands of environmentalism — so the potential for conflict
between tyrannies might escalate.
The European Commission today proposed new standards for transport
fuels that, among other measures, require suppliers to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the
production, transport and use of their
fuels by 10 %
between 2011 and 2020.
Given the close linkages
between energy policy, natural resources and national interests, it should not be surprising that the climate talks have avoided directly addressing fossil
fuel consumption and
production.
The Marrakech talks may not have tackled the gap
between global climate goals and fossil
fuel production, but governments can show leadership now.
This would help hold the Obama administration accountable for the current contradictions
between its climate change rhetoric and its policy on promoting fossil
fuel production.
(For fossil
fuels, tax assessed preferably at the mine or well, to reduce paperwork and make enforcement efficient (as opposed to the exhaust pipe)-- but then a compensating credit for fossil C used in materials unlikely to be oxidized, etc, with compensating tariff / subsidy for trade
between nations with differing policies; attempt at least approximate CO2eq tax for other sources so as to not distort the market (don't encourage too much deforestation for biofuels, don't forget about cement
production, don't forget about cows, etc.)-RRB-.
The project will be a joint affair
between Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park, and Qatar Petroleum: Based on feasibility studies on biomass - to - liquid jet
fuel (think: second - generation biofuels) done by Seattle's Verno Systems, the trio have established the Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform which will be active in the following areas developing: 1) an engineering and implementation plan for «economically viable and sustainable biofuel
production»; 2) a biofuel investment strategy; 3) an advanced technology development program; 4) ongoing market and strategic analysis.
Since 1950, the share of world energy
production provided by fossil
fuels has varied only slightly
between 85 and 93 per cent.
World fossil
fuel production per capita will thus begin an irreversible decline
between 2020 and 2030.
In theory, there is no reason whatsoever for a conflict
between food and
fuel production.
The usual approach is to find some connection (even an imagined one)
between any researcher who raises the smallest doubts about AGW theory and an oil or power company and then declare that the research is tainted by the bias of these companies that have a strong economic reliance on fossil
fuel combustion (and thus the
production of CO2).