Sentences with phrase «gas as an alternative fuel»

Provider of natural gas as an alternative fuel for vehicle fleets in the United States and Canada, based on the number of stations operated and the amount of gasoline gallon equivalents of CNG and LNG delivered.

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While shipping is slowly moving away from fuel oil towards substitutes such as natural gas, there's no obvious alternative to oil in sight for commercial aviation.

He said government will next week go to Parliament to seek approval for a Liquid Natural Gas contract as an alternative fuel for the country's plants, particularly those within the Tema enclave.

The agreement provides further opportunities for SNG to promote gas as a more reliable, cleaner and cost - effective alternative to liquid fuels in Nigeria.

As an alternative automotive fuel, natural gas, or methane, doesn't get a lot of attention.

Biofuel producers use the sugars in crops such as corn to create alternative fuel that is more climate friendly than gas or coal.

Through their control over transport and logistics operations, companies have the power to make deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, but business leaders are being wary as they select from a wide array of alternative fuels and technologies.

However, as the UK has shifted focus from coal - and oil - fired electricity generation to being more reliant on natural gas as the fuel of choice (irrespective of wind, solar, nuclear and other alternatives), this makes the electricity grid somewhat vulnerable to accidental and incidental problems with the flow of data and to malicious manipulation for the sake of sabotage, criminal or online military / terrorist action.

The alternative pathway, which the world seems to be on now, is continued extraction of all fossil fuels, including development of unconventional fossil fuels such as tar sands, tar shale, hydrofracking to extract oil and gas, and exploitation of methane hydrates.

A clean, renewable alternative to fossil - fuel based natural gas, Bullfrog's green natural gas is produced in Canada from biogas facilities that have met strict environmental criteria as defined by ICF International.

The Civic GX (Natural Gas) becomes the first and only fully assembly - line - produced CNG passenger car to run on a very low - emission alternative fuel, helping reduce our dependency on oil as well as fuel costs.

It does not involve «flexible - fuel» vehicles, which can run on alternative fuels such as ethanol or natural gas, or those made after September 1999.

10 years ago no one ever thought of making an alternative fuel vehicle because gas prices and the cost to change a car's engine keep the overall cost of acceptance too high, but now, as oil and gas prices skyrocket, they're beginning to seep into the awareness of the general public..

Burning any fuel will make CO2, so looking at gas as an alternative is foolish.

Similarly, the Energy Commission's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) is providing approximately $ 36 million in cost - share support for projects that receive awards through DOE solicitations covering alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) is providing approximately $ 36 million in cost - share support for projects that receive awards through DOE solicitations covering alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development activitFuel and Vehicle Technology Program created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) is providing approximately $ 36 million in cost - share support for projects that receive awards through DOE solicitations covering alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development activitfuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development activities.

The intent of this solicitation is to encourage production of alternative and renewable transportation fuels such as biomethane, renewable gasoline and diesel substitutes in California that can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and petroleum fuel demand, and stimulate economic development in the state.

As mentioned, gas prices are going down, refineries are cleaning up, and people are buying alternative fuel vehicles before LCFS goes into effect.

The use of compressed natural gas (CNG) as an alternative fuel reduces vehicle emissions substantially.

Hydraulic fracturing or fracking for shale gas is the new wild frontier of the fossil - fuel industry, one they're keen to promote as a low - carbon alternative to high - polluting coal and oil.

Given that natural gas is seen as an alternative to more carbon - intensive fuels, people's fears about climate sometimes work to the advantage of the natural gas industry.)

And after Macfarlane spoke, Steve Sawyer, the secretary - general of the Global Wind Energy Council, was outlining how wind energy was a cheaper alternative to fossil fuels in places such as Brazil, the US (compared to coal), and in parts of Europe (compared to gas).

«Every year, indoor air pollution is responsible for the death of 1.6 million people — that's one death every 20 seconds... In sub-Saharan Africa, the reliance on biomass fuels appears to be growing as a result of population growth and the unavailability of, or increases in the price of, alternatives such as kerosene and liquid petroleum gas.»

Railways are working on a transition away from diesel - powered locomotives to alternative fuel sources such as liquefied natural gas (LNG), but the pace is slow.

But, there are also, of course, other options, there's energy efficiency, there are alternative sources of supply, such as solar and wind, and there are even switches to other sources of fuel, such as natural gas.

The fossil fuels sector is promoting «alternative» fuels like coal seam gas and tar sands oil as the next bonanza.

Hydrogen produced from SOEC can be stored and used for grid - power, hydrogen fueling stations or for industrial purposes as an alternative to natural gas reforming.

It drives home the basic notion that while natural gas emits half as much carbon as coal, it still produces twice as much as alternative fuel sources.

«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 alternative pathway, which the world seems to be on now, is continued extraction of all fossil fuels, including development of unconventional fossil fuels such as tar sands, tar shale, hydrofracking to extract oil and gas, and exploitation of methane hydrates.

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Natural gas is the preferred fuel for autoproducers, but there have been natural gas shortages in the late 1990s that have forced some of these small cogeneration power plants to turn to alternative fuels — not a preferred solution, since most alternative fuels are more expensive than natural gas (on a heat content basis, including deliver costs to the plant site) and some alternate fuels (such as heavy oils) have a high sulfur content.

Natural gas is a fossil fuel whose emissions contribute to global warming, making it a far less attractive climate solution than lower - and zero - carbon alternatives such as energy efficiency and renewable energy.

We need a carbon tax, collected and returned to US citizens, to force the big fossil fuel producers to get serious about alternative energy sources and move away from coal, oil and gas as quickly as possible.

Methane is also the principal constituent of natural gas and, therefore, when captured, this waste product can be put to a productive use as fuel for the generation of electrical energy as an alternative fuel to natural gas, fuel oil, or coal.

Wind energy, as an alternative to fossil fuels, is plentiful, renewable, widely distributed, clean, and produces no greenhouse gas emissions during operation.

Projects working to preserve the forest by increasing the use of alternative fuels — such as methane gas produced from organic waste — for heat also help relieve women of the burden of gathering firewood from many miles away.

One possible buyer will the federal government themselves, as they are trialling three Prius» at the moment, with the intention of moving the whole 4,000 + vehicle fleet to a fuel efficient alternatives for the current six cylinder gas guzzler.

Natural gas has been used as an alternative fuel for the transportation sector since the 1930's.

In the short term this would mean more people driving in rural areas since they have more money in their pockets to spend on the now more expensive gas, but in the long term, as alternative fuels become cheaper than gas, the effect of such a tax rebate should be minimal.

The primary fuels include gasoline, diesel, and emerging alternative fuels such as ethanol, compressed natural gas, and biodiesel.

They resort to alternative transportation such as car pooling and using public transportation, as well as using such transportation as bicycles, while industries are looking to design their cars to run on less gas or, better yet, cheaper alternative fuel.