Sentences with phrase «fuel transportation»

The American energy revolution has done more than just provide record amounts of oil and natural gas to fuel our transportation needs or generate electricity and heat our homes, schools and businesses.

More than half of the world's oil fuels transportation like cars, trucks, and planes.

I accept a level of hypocrisy because to engage with every injustice all the time is not only to open ourselves up to way too much suffering but can lead to a form of self - disarmament (consider for example the committed climate activist who won't use fossil fuel transportation on principle and therefore can't get to the action to shut down the coal plant — who comes out losing?)

Securing fuel supplies onsite could help mitigate for fuel transportation interruptions, but would do little to help the grid respond to other outages, Orvis said.

• Remarkable mathematical skills • Rudimentary knowledge of motor vehicle engine • Familiarity with fuel transportation safety guidelines and policies • Knowledge of safe disposal of empty fuel tins for recycling

The NAC - LWT is the workhorse for U. S. commercial spent nuclear fuel transportation casks and is currently used for shipment of research reactor spent fuel, nuclear power plant spent fuel assemblies and fuel rods, and other irradiated materials.

Another nutty idea of his was a global «glucose economy» to create a «low - carbon economy» by shipping glucose from tropical plants would replace oil, the energy source that fuels transportation worldwide and serves a multitude of other uses.

Wont help as much on the liquid fuels transportation front.

With nearly 20 fossil fuel transportation proposals in the region, all proposals, if approved, equal more volume of freight than is currently on Washington's rails.

Petroleum products fuel transportation, electricity generation, and industry in Puerto Rico, supplying three - fourths 75 % of the energy consumed in the commonwealth.

I love my EV and knowing that the infrastructure for charging it is growing so rapidly makes me feel even better about my decision to drive one and the forward progress of EVs and alternative fuel transportation!

Our commitment to a green future is evident everywhere on our 1,400 acres: from reducing our carbon footprint, to advocating recycling and using recycled materials whenever possible, to promoting alternatively fueled transportation.

I am totally into alternative sources of fuel, but when we're resorting to the use of cows, the blubber from barnyard fowl, and corn to fuel our transportation needs, it's always good to point out that we need to balance reducing our dependency on fuel with looking for alternative sources.

Jarco and its people are leaders in providing customized trucks and technical services to the fuel transportation industry.

No technology push is needed to implement programs to reduce the environmental impact of coal - fired electricity and petroleum - fueled transportation.

The only real reason seems to be financial — fossil fuel interests and global fossil - fueled transportation & electricity interests don't want to face lawsuits over the costs of these extreme weather events, and they also don't want to see their markets for fossil fuels shrink.

Cities need to be revamped for sustainable, independent food supplies, for decreased our reliance on fossil - fueled transportation and increased walk - and bike - friendliness, and for energy efficiency.

Apart from the local air quality benefits, the reduction in fuel use means the community is less susceptible to diesel fuel price rises and less reliant on fuel transportation.

However, the climate benefits of shifting from fossil - fueled transportation to electric cars, trucks, buses and trains only pencil out if our electricity itself is clean — that it's produced through carbon - free resources such as solar, wind, and hydroelectric, rather than fossil fuels such as coal, oil or fracked gas.

· Mining & Transportation: Harvesting the wind preserves our resources because there no need for destructive resource mining or fuel transportation to a processing facility.

«Its rules are evolving, as Mr. Beavan will tell you, but to date include eating only food (organically) grown within a 250 - mile radius of Manhattan; (mostly) no shopping for anything except said food; producing no trash (except compost); using no paper; and, most intriguingly, using no carbon - fueled transportation.»

We advise on technical diligence relating to power purchases and sales, regulatory compliance, fuel supply, and fuel transportation.