Sentences with phrase «fuel production rate»

A constant fossil fuel production rate requires increasing energy input, but also use of more land, water, and diluents, with the production of more waste [142].

A constant fossil fuel production rate requires increasing energy input, but also use of more land, water, and diluents, with the production of more waste [142].

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Industrial production and merchandise exports are still expanding rapidly, fuelled by depreciations in real exchange rates, a resurgent world economy and ongoing strength in China, which has boosted intra-Asian trade (Graph 8).

Important near - term influences on prices will be the significant increases in production costs that have occurred recently, arising from higher fuel prices, increases in a range of other commodity prices and the effect of the lower exchange rate on prices of imported inputs.

Jennifer Metzger, co-founder of Rosendale - based Citizens for Local Power (CLP), says it has vociferously opposed the NCZ not only because it raises rates but also because it incentivizes fossil fuel production, in direct opposition to the NYSERDA programs.

Ford, the second largest U.S. automaker, showed off its Fusion Energi plug - in hybrid and promised to start production of a new Focus EV that it expects to be «the first five - passenger, all - electric car to achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel efficiency rating.»

To improve fuel production titer, rate, and yield (TRY), we study the producing host and fuel biosynthesis pathway intensively using various functional genomics tools such as targeted proteomics, metabolomics, and transcriptomics, and engineer the metabolic pathway in the producing host using synthetic biology tools and systems biology.

The rapid rate of climate change since the Industrial Revolution has resulted from changes in atmospheric chemistry, specifically increases in greenhouse gases due to increased combustion of fossil fuels, land - use change (e.g., deforestation), and fertilizer production (Forster et al. 2007).

In spite of current energy trends moving towards green and renewable options, Alberta is planning on double its production of fossil fuels by 2030, meaning that higher supply will generate lower market rates, presenting a more affordable alternative to the American market.

The 2015 Sonata Eco is expected to deliver a class - leading 32 mpg combined fuel economy rating, will start at $ 23,275, excluding $ 810 freight charge, and go into production at the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama plant later this summer.

Production and sales dropped due to a 67 - day corporate - wide strike at GM that coincided with the introduction of the 1971 models in late September 1970, along with a continued declining interest in the ponycar market fueled by skyrocketing insurance rates for high - performance cars.

The first mass production PHEV available in the U.S. market, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, with an EPA rated all - electric range of 35 miles (56 km), and an additional gasoline - only extended range of 344 miles (554 km) has an EPA combined city / highway fuel economy of 93 MPG - e in all - electric mode, and 37 mpg ‑ US (6.4 L / 100 km; 44 mpg ‑ imp) in gasoline - only mode, for an overall combined gas - electric fuel economy rating of 60 mpg ‑ US (3.9 L / 100 km; 72 mpg ‑ imp) equivalent (MPG - e).

8A / 12A switchable Level 1 charging cable CHAdeMO DC quick charge port Battery warming system MiEV remote system (pre-activated air conditioning, heater and timer battery charging) Approaching Vehicle Audio System (AVAS) for alerting pedestrians Charging Times: 3 22 hours for 8amp 14 hours for 12 amp 7 hours with 240V / 15A Level 2 charging system Less than 30 minutes to 80 % full with CHAdeMO Level 3 DC Quick Charger Driving Modes: «D» — allows maximum performance as it generates 100 % torque in direct response to accelerator input «ECO» — helps maximize energy usage («fuel economy») by slightly reducing overall power output to reduce the rate of battery consumption «B» — increases regenerative brake biasing to augment energy recycling (with 100 % of power production available)

But with combined city / highway fuel economy of more than 63 mpg (U.S.) and a CO2 emission rating of just 159 grams per mile, it will be among the company's most frugal production cars.

My belief is that «hitting the brakes hard» should mean an interim global cap at the present rate of fossil fuel production, as soon after conclusion of the December Copenhagen conference that national ratifications can be secured.

The idea that you could ever replace the rate of utilization of energy from fossil fuels, which has been estimated as consuming 400 years worth of photosynthesis per year, with a fraction of the annual photosynthetic harvest that does not impinge on food production is part of today's magical thinking, along with reducing deficits by cutting taxes while continuing to increase spending.

It restores degraded soils, enhances biomass production, purifies surface and ground waters, and reduces the rate of enrichment of atmospheric CO2 by offsetting emissions due to fossil fuel.

Over the course of the past three years, overall CO2 emissions from the production of fossil fuels have remained flat while the economy has grown, on average, at a rate of 3.1 percent.

Human activity — particularly the production of greenhouse gasses from fossil fuel emissions — is reshaping our planet, effecting rapid environmental change at a rate never seen before.

Greenhouse gas production rates, consumption of fossil fuels, and the number of road injuries would be greatly reduced;

Also, given the rate of production and absorption, do you have a link to support the assertion that CO2 will ever get to 2000 ppm before we run out of fossil fuels or are forced to scale down?

I am imagining a future agreement that is more successful in reducing the rate of fossil - fuel consumption than the present Kyoto Agreement, but that does not change the total remaining production.

With liquid fuels production growing at a rate of 1 percent per year over the projection period while demand grows more slowly at 0.2 percent per year, supply can overtake demand, EIA figures (Table A21) show — provided trade flows remain open.

A recent paper led by Berkeley Lab researchers at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis leverages fundamental science to show how optimizing each component of an entire system can accomplish the goal of solar - powered fuel production with impressive rates of energy efficiency.

Yet there is a significant proportion of Australians who believe it is not happening or it is not caused by mankind, and while our government does recognise ACC it is steadfastly supporting the fossil fuel industry, not supporting renewable energy and doing very little to reduce Australia's exceptionally high rate of greenhouse gas production.

Algae - derived organic matter has been found to fuel higher rates of CH4 production than land - based «terrestrial» carbon (West et al. 2012), and may even stimulate the enhanced incorporation of recalcitrant terrestrial carbon into bacterial biomass (i.e., priming effect; Guillemette et al. 2015).

The cost / benefit analysis of actions taken to limit CO2 levels depends on the discount rate used and allowances made, if any, for the positive future positive economic effects of CO2 production on agriculture and of fossil fuel based energy production.

«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.

The U.S. government is providing extensive support for fossil fuel production on public lands and waters offshore, through a combination of direct subsidies, enforcement loopholes, lax royalty collection, stagnant lease rates, and other advantages to the industry, a new report released today finds.

Going back an additional 150 years, this graph shows the annual growth rate (AGR, i.e. CAGR exclusively for one - year intervals, no need for compounding) in CO2 emissions from the same types of fossil fuel (including oil field and refinery flares and cement production), for every year from 1850 to 2008.

The list is long and worth many billions (sorry for caps); — GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT PROGM (Carbon capture)-- NON-RECOVERY OF PUBLIC AGENCY COSTS — PETROLEUM EXPLORATION TAX CONCESSIONS — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE — DIRECT SUBSIDIES TO FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS — DIESEL FUEL REBATE SCHEME — EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELS Ethanol production which is an energy sink)-- CONCESSIONAL RATE OF EXCISE FOR FUEL OIL, — HEATING OIL AND KEROSENE — CONCESSIONAL RATE OF EXCISE FOR AVIATION FUEL — EXCISE FREE STATUS FOR CONDENSATE — SUBSIDISED SUPPLY OF COAL - FIRED ELECTRICITY TO — ALUMINIUM SMELTERS — STATE ENERGY SUPPLY CONCESSIONS — ELECTRICITY PRICING STRUCTURES — SUBSIDIES FOR CENTRALISED GENERATION

From 1999 to 2005, global emissions from fossil fuel and cement production increased at a rate of roughly 3 % yr — 1.

Burning fossil fuels is unsustainable because the rate of natural production of fossil fuels is almost infinitely slower than the rate of use, resulting in a damaging build up of CO2 in the atmosphere and oceans.

Chapter 2 Data: Population Pressure: Land and Water (XLS PDF Highlights) World Grain Production and Consumption, 1960 - 2009 World Grain Consumption and Stocks, 1960 - 2009 Wheat - Oil Exchange Rate, 1950 - 2008 Wheat Production in Saudi Arabia, 1960 - 2009, with Projection to 2016 Grain Harvested Area Per Person in Selected Countries and the World in 1950 and 2000, with Projection to 2050 U.S. Corn Production and Use for Fuel Ethanol, 1980 - 2009 Countries Overpumping Aquifers in 2009 World Irrigated Area and Irrigated Area Per Thousand People, 1950 - 2007 World Population of Cattle, Sheep, and Goats, 1961 - 2007 Livestock and Human Populations in Africa, 1961 - 2007 Livestock and Human Populations in Nigeria, 1961 - 2007 Livestock and Human Populations in China, 1961 - 2007 World Total and Per Person Wild Fish Harvest, 1950 - 2007 Top of Page

The U.S. Energy Information Administration includes the following in U.S. primary energy production: coal production, waste coal supplied, and coal refuse recovery; crude oil and lease condensate production; natural gas plant liquids production; dry natural gas excluding supplemental gaseous fuels production; nuclear electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the nuclear plant heat rates); conventional hydroelectricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); geothermal electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and geothermal heat pump energy and geothermal direct use energy; solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and solar thermal direct use energy; wind electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); wood and wood - derived fuels consumption; biomass waste consumption; and biofuels feedstock.

At COP23, the International Energy Agency predicts U.S. oil production is expected to grow an an unparalleled rate in the coming years — even as the majority of scientists worldwide are saying countries need to cut down on fossil fuel extraction, not accelerate it.

The emissions calculater: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=bt2 «* Total emissions rate includes tailpipe emissions and the emissions associated with the production and distribution of fuel.

Presumably the lower royalty rate would be place to make oil shale production more financial attractive and more of the unconventional source of fuel could be produced.

He estimates algae has an «oil - per - acre production rate 100 - 300 times the amount of soybeans, and offers the highest yield feedstock for biodiesel and the most promising source for mass biodiesel production to replace transportation fuel in the United States.»

In the early twenty - first century, with its very high rates of fossil fuel production, the scale of depletion, particularly of oil and gas resources, creates a particular predicament here.

The primary forecasting problems are thus how much, at what rate and even whether fossil fuel production will continue to increase.

Cutting methane leakage rates from natural gas systems to less than 1 percent of total production would ensure that the climate impacts of natural gas are lower than coal or diesel fuel over any time horizon.

The oil sands, even in the worst case (assuming constant production rates of coal, gas and conventional oil, with accelerated bitumen production), will only contribute a small proportion, about 3 %, to fossil - fuel emissions over this century.

Second: allowing fossil fuel production to continue at current rates for a while longer, followed by a sudden and severe termination of the sector, with dire consequences for both jobs and economies.