Sentences with phrase «gallons per ton»

The 100 gallons per ton goal, appear often in my reading of cellulose conversion.

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The company claims its service conserves one gallon of fuel per idling hour per truck, and with more than one million truckers on the road at any given time, the savings add up — so far, says Wilson, eight million gallons of fuel have been saved, 83,000 metric tons of emissions have been eliminated, and 150,000 road cowboys have plugged in.

Note: - Prices are a weighted average Price - per - Ton / Gallon figure; Listing Quantity was used as the weighting mechanism - Listings that contained pricing data but lacked a listed quantity were assigned 10 ton / 100 gallon assumption - Advertised prices not final - transacted Gallon figure; Listing Quantity was used as the weighting mechanism - Listings that contained pricing data but lacked a listed quantity were assigned 10 ton / 100 gallon assumption - Advertised prices not final - transacted gallon assumption - Advertised prices not final - transacted prices

Albany County's new Waste Heat / Co-generation facility in Menands will not only save money by creating renewable energy, it will also cut CO2 emissions by nearly 1,500 tons per year and will reuse 50,000 gallons of water per day to cool the high - efficiency system.

Boosting average fuel efficiency in 50 percent of cars from 20.8 miles per gallon to 30.7 mpg — and there are at least 26 vehicles available today that would do that, ranging from compact cars to sport utility vehicles — would save roughly 30 million metric tons.

Ultimately, this facility may be able to convert as much as 1,000 metric tons of biomass per day into liquid fuel; the goal is to build a commercial - scale facility that would churn out 50 million gallons (189.2 million liters) of transportation fuels per year.

Using greenhouse - gas figures for truck and rail from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (and assuming tractor trailers running at six miles per gallon of gasoline), we found that moving this monthly 174 - ton load kicks out 13.7 tons of CO2.

Beyond reducing greenhouse gases, recycling saves about 1,000 pounds of solid waste, some 10,000 gallons of water, and 17 million Btu of energy per ton of paper.

Crab, meanwhile, was among the least energy - intensive species to catch in the Dalhousie study, whereas the fuel needed to collect a ton of lobster swung wildly — ranging from 5.3 gallons (20 liters) per metric ton in Iceland to about 38 gallons (144 liters) in Maine to 271 gallons (1,025 liters) in Norway.

Wild U.S. or Canadian salmon take an average of just over six gallons (23 liters) of fuel per metric ton to catch, releasing about 133 pounds (60 kilograms) of carbon dioxide.

«We produce 70 gallons of ethanol per ton of waste,» says engineer Arnold Klann, BlueFire's president and CEO.

It takes 243 gallons (920 liters) of diesel fuel to trawl about 1.1 tons (one metric ton) of the shellfish, according to Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, making shrimp one of the most energy - intensive wild seafood harvests, with a footprint of 5,395 pounds (2,447 kilograms) of carbon dioxide per metric ton even before processing and transportation are taken into account.

If two billion automobiles getting 30 miles per gallon traveled only 5,000 miles a year instead of 10,000, that change would save another billion tons of carbon emissions.

The company can produce more than 100 gallons of fuel per ton based on lab experiments because bacteria make more ethanol: «We aren't producing butanol, propanol, hexanol, octanol, and all the other alcohols,» Bolsen says.

A state analysis last summer said that cap and trade would increase pump prices 10 to 12 cents per gallon, based on the current auction allowance price of $ 12 per carbon ton.

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

What's Included: • 40 Task Cards (4 per sheet size) • 40 Task Cards (low ink version) • Answer Document • Answer Document Key • Bonus: «I Can...» statement poster • Bonus: 2 editable Google slideshows to introduce the skill • Bonus: Worksheet for student notes This set of task cards helps students practice customary measurement skills in mass (ounces, pounds, and tons) and volume (cups, pints, quarts, and gallons.)

Let's be clear: the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid is nearly 17 feet long, weighs more than three tons and gets an EPA fuel economy rating in the low 20 miles per gallon.

In terms of practicality, it gets up to 36 miles per gallon on the highway to save you a ton of money.

But this is a performance car, and luckily, for those willing to dish out the extra 30 cents per gallon, you'll be rewarded with a ton more responsiveness and urgency in return.

This would lead to a saving of 326,000 gallons of fuel per year which in turn will lead to greenhouse gas emissions lessened by 3,208 metric tons a year.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), about 54 million Americans mow their lawns each weekend, using 800 million gallons of gas per year and producing tons of air pollutants.

If their goal of getting renewable power to 118,000 stations is reached, they will save as much as 6.6 million gallons of diesel fuel per year, and avoid as much as 6.3 million tons of CO2.

The claimed flow was 1.5 billion gallons per day and 44 billion tons per year of solids.

State - of - the - art Trucks Approach Rail's Efficiency Numbers State - of - the - art trucks can begin to approach the ton - miles per gallon of trains (350 + ton - miles for trucks vs. 400 to 450 ton - miles for rail).

For example, peer - reviewed research and companies like Wal - Mart have proved that trucks can easily achieve 260 ton - miles per gallon.

And reaching 300 + ton - miles per gallon is not much harder, especially when a truck carries two or three trailers.

At RMI we agree that any serious freight strategy needs to have a big picture, integrative perspective that includes smart land - use and development as well as efficient rail, truck, and shipping transport.Compared to trucking, rail transit does sport higher efficiency numbers - today's average train has an efficiency of 400 ton - miles per gallon whereas trucks currently hover around 130 ton - miles per gallon.

Edeniq can produce 70 gallons of cellulosic advanced ethanol per ton of biomass.

Each weekend, about 54 million Americans mow their lawns, using 800 million gallons of gas per year and producing tons of air pollutants.

If gasoline taxes in Europe, which were designed to generate revenue and to discourage excessive dependence on imported oil, were thought of as a carbon tax, the $ 4.40 per gallon would translate into a carbon tax of $ 1,815 per ton.

e360: If you've started at $ 20 per ton of CO2, what would that work out to per gallon of gas?

The process is able to yield more than 100 gallons of ethanol per ton of dry biomass.

By 2012, Coskata envisions commercial production of 50 — 60 million gallons of ethanol per year, made by gasification of approximately 1,500 dry tons of biomass per day.

We can make close to 100 billion gallons of biofuel per year from 1 billion tons of biomass.

Those vehicle rules, which require a fleetwide fuel - economy average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, are projected by EPA to cut 580 million metric tons of greenhouse gases by 2030.

A $ 20 per ton carbon tax would increase pump prices by about 18 - cents per gallon, estimate Roberton Williams and Casey Wichman of the University of Maryland, not a large burden in this day of $ 1.75 gasoline.

To get an idea of the end effect, a cost of $ 15 per ton of CO2 would raise gas prices by 10 - 15 cents per gallon.

As a group, their estimates of appropriate carbon taxes, mostly starting 2010 - 2015, mostly are in the $ 10 - $ 20 range per ton CO2, i.e., $.10 - $.20 / gallon gas.

For example, a $ 100 per ton of CO2 allowance price would increase the average cost of electricity generation from coal - fired power plants by about 400 %, the average cost of electricity generation from natural gas plants by about 100 %, and gasoline prices by about $ 1.00 per gallon.

Burn 1,000 gallons of fuel oil for heat releases 22.4 pounds of carbon dioxide per gallon according to the EIA or 10.15 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year.

A plan to help get to three tons is not simply to buy electric cars, but also to improve public transportation, bike sharing, installing electric vehicle charging infrastructure and car to home interconnection for millions of EVs to also help provide power into the electric grid, mandate phasing in of electric vehicles whose operating «fuel» cost is equivalent to less than $ 1.00 per gallon.

* Diamond Wedding Offset Package includes 1/2 metric ton of carbon offsets per person, 1,000 gallons of water restoration certificates per person, and 2 metric tons of carbon offsets for international vacation destination.

In 2015, U.S. freight railroads moved a ton of freight an average of 473 miles per gallon of fuel — up from 235 miles in 1980.

May reduce 5,000 gallons of diesel and 67 tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually per hydraulic hybrid excavator.

A car that gets 20 miles per gallon will emit about 50 tons of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.

Early studies by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimated that a carbon tax of up to $ 80 per metric ton of emissions — a tax that might raise gasoline prices by 70 cents a gallon — would eventually result in climate stability.

The $ 15 per ton of CO2 «starter tax» mentioned earlier, equating to around 14 cents a gallon of gasoline, fits the lower end of that range.

Moylan in his article suggests a $ 20 per ton fee, in exchange for dropping CAFE standards and EPA regulation, with the funds raised going towards decreasing corporate taxes.An increase of $.20 per gallon is a price signal?That increase yearly, times twenty years, would be a signal.You can then choose whatever combination of taxes to eliminate or decrease.I don't care which but you'll have to choose a combination that will get enough buyin from the pickup truck and SUV constituencies.

The plant would have produced 720,000 metric tons of methanol and 100 million gallons of 87 - octane gasoline per year using coal from CONSOL's Shoemaker Mine, with additional coal brought in from the McElroy and Loveridge mines, which also are owned by CONSOL.