Sentences with phrase «gas as a path»

He gets punished by the green left for supporting natural gas as a path off coal, but I'm with him on that.

He also described the important role China sees for imports of natural gas as a path to cut its reliance on coal, its view on nuclear power and more.

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The expansion continues as the gas seeks the path of least resistance, and with various embarrassing sounds, vents my body.»

Cheap gas makes coal uneconomical «The agency disingenuously refers to its rule as path forward for coal, when in fact it's a dead end,» Segal said in an interview.

DOE was to do a speedy analysis that could ease public concern and start the industry down a more sustainable path as it tries to develop the 800 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable gas in the shale.

It occurs whenever a supersonic stream of fluid, such as hot gas from a forming star, strikes an obstacle, such as older, slower - moving gas, in its path.

Photo illustration of NIST experiment using a pair of laser frequency combs (depicted as rainbow - colored cartoons) to detect the simultaneous signatures of several «greenhouse» gases along a 2 - kilometer path between a NIST laboratory roof and a nearby mesa.

Trump's energy plan reads like a wish list from the fossil fuel industry: it envisions unfettered oil, gas and coal development as a path to national prosperity and energy independence.

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303

If we continue along a business as usual path with greenhouse gases increasing faster and faster, then it's going to become impossible to avoid losing the Arctic, for example.

Despite its relocation, the ejected black hole will retain any hot gas trapped around it and continue to shine until all of the gas is consumed as it moves along its new path.

In what is being hailed as «a significant step on the path towards the detection of life outside our Solar System,» astronomers have detected an atmosphere around the exoplanet GJ 1132b, which makes it the most Earth - like world around which such a layer of gasses has ever been found.

To derive the climate projections for this assessment, we employed 20 general circulation models to consider two scenarios of global carbon emissions: one where atmospheric greenhouse gases are stabilized by the end of the century and the other where it grows on its current path (the stabilization [RCP4.5] and business - as - usual [RCP8.5] emission scenarios, respectively).

Clearly these two have chosen the grieve alone path, Sarah often wandering around Times Square late at night, not necessarily searching so much as distracting herself, and Phil parking outside the gas station where their son disappeared as though he may wander back in the dead of night.

With intake and exhaust gases now taking a slightly longer, more convoluted path, throttle response isn't quite as sharp as usual, so exploratory blips of the pedal take a little longer to elicit movements on the rev - counter.

There are also environmental events that can be triggered such as the destruction of a wall, the closing of a particular path, or the one - off triggering of a trap like falling logs or an exploding gas station.

Wearing my academic hat, I'm currently helping * the new Center for Energy Governance and Security at Korea's Hanyang University develop partnerships here to examine how to foster responsible development of shale gas in China as a near - term path away from coal.

The whole problem of how much warming will occur convolves lots of questions involving how the climate reacts to greenhouse gases, the carbon cycle, and our future path as societies in terms of our energy use (and other emissions).

He discusses the merits and limits of energy efficiency as a path to lower greenhouse gas emissions:

I am optimistic that China and the U.S. are going to see the light within the next few years and get on a new greenhouse - gas emission path that will move emissions onto a path well below business as usual, in which case that estimate is excessive.

But Roberts» main interest is in harnessing empathy — for yet - unborn generations as well as today's vulnerable people — as a path to progress on greenhouse gases.

This is what counts as progress in the two - decadelong slow slog toward finding a common (but differentiated) worldwide path toward limiting emissions of greenhouse gases and limiting vulnerability to the impacts of human - driven climate change.

He echoes my view, which is that natural gas is clearly a vital step on the path toward supplying societies with ample energy without big environmental regrets; but it's clear, too, as I wrote this morning on Tumblr, that the explosive expansion of drilling got way out in front of both understanding and oversight.

But none of this, in my view, undercuts the importance of natural gas as a bridge fuel on the path to a lower - carbon, and more secure, energy menu as humanity sprints toward 9 billion people seeking decent lives.

This allows the market to find the optimal cost / benefit tradeoff for greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the path of optimum economic efficiency in reducing emissions to that point.

I believe there are many paths that we can / should follow to responsibly address AGW (I listed 7 areas, such as fast mitigation, natural gas use (LNG), high efficiency coal plants, Renewables, etc).

As such, I believe there are many paths that we can / should follow to responsibly address AGW (I listed 7 areas, such as fast mitigation, natural gas use (LNG), high efficiency coal plants, Renewables, etcAs such, I believe there are many paths that we can / should follow to responsibly address AGW (I listed 7 areas, such as fast mitigation, natural gas use (LNG), high efficiency coal plants, Renewables, etcas fast mitigation, natural gas use (LNG), high efficiency coal plants, Renewables, etc).

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303

Despite the Stern Review's presentation of France's nuclear switch as a greenhouse gas success story there are strong environmental reasons for not proceeding along this path.

In particular it emphasizes the necessity of building a strong network of technology centres as this is critical to enable developing countries to leapfrog to low greenhouse gas emission development paths.

Posted by Olive Heffernan on behalf of Paty Romero Lankao It does make sense to compare the per capita CO2 emissions of Mexico City and Los Angeles (see figure below) to illuminate the debate on shared but differentiated responsibilities on greenhouse gases emissions and show that just as urban centers register different levels and paths of economic development, cities do not contribute at the same level to global warming.

It does make sense to compare the per capita CO2 emissions of Mexico City and Los Angeles (see figure below) to illuminate the debate on shared but differentiated responsibilities on greenhouse gases emissions and show that just as urban centers register different levels and paths of economic development, cities do not contribute at the same level to global warming.

One study claimed the country could do more with the Prius technology and natural gas as compared to the long and expensive path of battery car.

Furthermore, the limit that this paper studies is one where the characteristic height associated with gravitational energy,, is not (as it usually is) orders of magnitude larger than e.g. the mean free path of molecules in the gas.

Meanwhile he has pursued a reckless path of continued oil and gas development in order to continue making as much money as possible for himself and his company, regardless of the consequences.

Using the ARM Aerial Facility's (AAF) Gulfstream - 159 (G - 1) research aircraft, the team will fly three possible flight paths between Prudhoe Bay, Oliktok Point, Barrow, Atqasuk, Ivotuk, and Toolik Lake measuring carbon dioxide, methane, and carbon monoxide — also known as trace gases — using two different types of gas analyzers and collecting air samples of trace gases with a 12 - flask sampler.

These would include a «national offshore test site» to assess the potential role of offshore wind energy in the energy transition, and said» living labs «to test new technologies, such as power - to - gas and power - to - liquid, and to help them on their path from research through demonstration to market uptake.

As part of its five specific recommendations for action, the Military Advisory Board stated that «the path to mitigating the worst security consequences of climate change involves reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.»

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Yesterday was a big day for renewable energy and climate change, as the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases paved the path of cooperation with regard to scaling renewable power.

As the White House noted in its May report, «The All - Of - The - Above Energy Strategy as a Path to Sustainable Economic Growth,» dramatic increases in domestic oil and natural gas production have brought jobs, energy security and economic growtAs the White House noted in its May report, «The All - Of - The - Above Energy Strategy as a Path to Sustainable Economic Growth,» dramatic increases in domestic oil and natural gas production have brought jobs, energy security and economic growtas a Path to Sustainable Economic Growth,» dramatic increases in domestic oil and natural gas production have brought jobs, energy security and economic growth.

The upcoming decisions at the Paris negotiations present an opportunity to put our global community on the right path, providing appropriate short - term signals for investors and innovators, as well as a strong long - term signal that guides the phase - out of greenhouse gas pollution.

The difficulties faced in increasing CBM output have led China to increase its development of shale gas resources, taking a similar path toward shale development as it did with CBM.

Calculating it does take some work and a pre-requisite is a database of all the spectroscopic values for each molecule — as well as knowing the total amount of each gas in the path we want to calculate.

Absorption, as we have just seen, is a function of the total amount of each gas (in a path) as well as the properties of each gas.

The upcoming decisions at COP21 present an opportunity to put our global community on the right path, providing appropriate short - term signals for investors and innovators as well as a strong long - term signal that guides the phase out of greenhouse gas pollution.

For instance, certain greenhouse - gas stabilisation strategies can affect economies whose development paths are dependent on abundant local fossil - fuel resources, including economic sectors involved in mining and fuel supply as well as fuel use.

Industrial & Systems Engineer with experience in oil and gas Project Engineering and CAD design seeking to continue career path as part of a successful team with potential for long term growth.