Sentences with phrase «fuel use by»

These vehicles are intended to cut down on fossil fuel use by using electricity and / or hydrogen gas.

Of course, the great promise of driverless cars is that the networked vehicles will eventually make driving safer and more efficient — both in terms of fuel use by optimizing performance on the fly and time by reducing congestion.

TO reduce fuel use by 50 %, you have to do 100 % more MPG.

«Farewell, My Subaru» answers that question by saying actually, you can probably keep all of your amenities, all of your comforts, at least most of them, and reduce your fossil fuel use by 80 %.

By 2030, it proposes to slash fossil fuel use by 88 % and CO2 emissions by 95 %.

The company estimates it will cut its diesel fuel use by 3.2 million gallons a year and its carbon dioxide emissions by 72 million pounds.

Laying a road map for states, liberal senators introduce bill to end U.S. fossil fuel use by 2050 (Washington Post, April 27, 2017)

Modern cookstoves emit less greenhouse gases and also reduce fuel use by 30 - 60 % and black carbon emissions by 50 - 90 %.

If the international community aims to combat climate change and remain within carbon budget, then strong commitments to phase out fossil fuel use by mid-century must be made by politicians around the world.

If the international community aims to combat climate change and remain within carbon budget, then strong commitments to phase out fossil fuel use by

Ellie Johnston: «Under a scenario where emissions continue at the current pace, most of the pollution growth comes from the anticipated increase in fossil fuel use by developing nations.»

Thus, building gas - electric hybrids using the new advanced polymer composites, which are being introduced by Boeing in its new 787 Dreamliner jumbo jet, can cut the remaining 20 percent of fuel use by another half, for a total reduction of 90 percent.

An Islamic climate change declaration calls for the end of fossil fuel use by 2050.

(maybe in 150 years a mean temp increase of about 1.25 K, and probable increase in the rate of the hydrological cycle) Where is «the science» that dramatic reductions in fossil fuel use by humans will make a difference?

He is now the Chief Technology Officer at XL Hybrids, a company that converts gasoline - powered trucks into hybrid - electric trucks — cutting the trucks» fuel use by 20 percent.

The fact is that if we can't greatly reduce fossil fuel use by the 2030 - 2040 range, by 2075 be will see a global average temperature rise of 3.5 to 4.0 degrees Celsius, which is also just about the time frame for world phosphate supplies to enter critical shortages that will eventually cut crop yields in half and require twice as much land and water to grow the same yield as previously.

4) A new UN climate treaty would limit fossil fuel use by developed countries, place no binding limits or timetables on developing nations, and redistribute hundreds of billions of dollars to poor countries that claim they have been harmed by emissions and warming due to rich country hydrocarbon use.

Finally, low gasoline prices also have short - term effects in the form of more driving and fuel use by the existing fleet of motor vehicles, which is bad news in terms of emissions (and congestion).

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.

As an example, the University of California system has committed to eliminating fossil fuel use by 2025 — a major task given our transportation footprint.

So with that in mind, it's bad news that the EPA - who should be defending the environment - has come out with a new mandate that requires an increase in the total volume of renewable fuel use by the end of 2016 to 18.11 billion gallons, an 11 % increase from 2014.

1) Reduce fossil fuel use by replacing energy needs with as many feasible renewables as current technology allows.

Arguing about a 0.1 C difference in SSTs during 1945 is totally irrelevant and only leads to a false optimism that the main problem of cutting fossil fuel use by 90 % can be left for the next generation.

If it takes 100 plus years to double the concentration of CO2, and if the equilibrium response is a 2C increase (Pierrehumbert, «Principles of Planetary Climate», p 623), and if the increased CO2 produces increased vegetation and crop growth, then the present rate of development of non-fossil fuel power and fuel generation is more appropriate than an Apollo type project or attempt to get rid of all fossil fuel use by 2050 starting now as fast as can be done.

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Indeed, ECO PRO mode gives the car the potential to cut fuel use by as much as 20 per cent.

With fuel consumption rated at 8.5 l / 100 km the 2 - litre four cylinder TSI reduces fuel use by a very respectable 21 per cent.

Use of ECO PRO mode gives the potential to cut fuel use by as much as 20 percent.

In total, the retrofitted vans have reduced fuel use by 150,000 gallons.

One fact that Loewen pointed out that enabled greater fuel use by the PRISM (or any fast spectrum reactor) is that all neutron cross-sections are one Barn.

Similar strategies in the 787, which is 50 percent carbon fiber, reduce fuel use by 20 percent compared to competing designs.

Then I noticed the Sunoco fuel used by NASCAR teams is an E-15 blend... and long story short, in my effort to become more socially responsible, I have become an ethanol proponent.

And then there's the fuel used by farm equipment.

The military's use of biofuels originally sparked the ire of some GOP members of congress and the senate after it was widely reported that the military pays up to $ 26 a gallon for some «advanced» biofuels, which can be used as direct replacements for petroleum fuels used by ships and aircraft.

Has the Earth warmed since the 1850's because of increased CO2 release due to fossil fuels use by man, the actual number of scientist who agree plummet well into the LOW 30 %.

Sugar is the very fuel used by tumor cells.

The Land Rover fuel filter is responsible for ensuring that the fuel used by your engine is as clean and free of contaminants as possible.

(Bicycles were more affordable than horses, and they reduced the need for fuel used by motorized vehicles.)

Due to the relatively dirty fuels used by shipping, there is an enormous increase in sulphates following these ships and this can often result in visible cloud trails — however, the circumstances under which this occurs, and the net effect when there are existing clouds are very difficult to ascertain.

Emissions within the transportation sector are primarily from fuel used by on - road vehicles, such as passenger cars and trucks.

Once the researchers thermochemically split the water and carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and hydrogen (syngas), they sent the syngas to Shell Global Solutions in Amsterdam, where the Fischer - Tropsch process was applied to refine it into kerosene, the jet fuel used by airplanes.

Scientists with the SOLAR - JET Project have demonstrated the first - ever entire process to make kerosene, the jet fuel used by commercial airlines, using a high - temperature thermal solar reactor to create syngas.

Scientists with the SOLAR - JET Project have demonstrated the first - ever entire process to make kerosene, the jet fuel used by commercial airlines, using a high - temperature thermal solar reactor -LSB-...]

This is because the industrial processes or the composition of fuels used by businesses may differ with time and by region.

The continent plans to require biofuels account for 10 percent of all fuel used by 2020.

-- The assessment shall contain an evaluation and analysis of electricity generation facilities that are constructed in accordance with different plant designs (including different cooling technologies such as water, air, and hybrid systems, and technologies designed to minimize carbon dioxide releases) based on the fuel used by the facility, including --

By then, electricity from solar will be much more competitive against electricity from conventional sources, and biofuel will be a non-negligible fraction of the fuel used by the international airline industry (maybe), Iowa and Texas will have perhaps 3 times as many wind turbines as now — who knows, maybe there will be new watershed control projects completed or under construction in Thailand, the Mekong River, Queensland and upper.

Ethanol now constitutes roughly 10 % of the motor fuel used by U.S. passenger vehicles.

Wings would consume only a third of the fuel used by existing aircraft.

From Jan 1st, 2015, fuel used by ships operating in these areas can not exceed 0.1 percent sulfur (1,000 ppm).