Sentences with phrase «gases than any automobile»

Our giant empty homes require a staggering amount of energy and they produce far more greenhouse gases than any automobile on the road.

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The weaker dollar is helping sellers of goods other than oil and gas, especially the makers of automobiles and auto parts:
The transportation sector is «too big an opportunity not to work on,» he says, noting that the potential market for automobile fuels is greater than all the natural gas produced in North America today.
Tesla Motors was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers who set out to build an electric car that would be more powerful than a gas - powered automobile.
Consumers in the United States bought automobiles in the four months from May through August at the fastest clip in more than a decade, propelled by strong appetite for trucks, sport utility vehicles and crossover models and by low gas prices.
The awards, made to 48 projects in more than 20 states after a highly competitive application process, aim to reduce greenhouse gases and oil imports by spurring electrification of the automobile sector and boosting domestic manufacturing of «green» vehicles.
Raising animals for consumption in the U.S. contributes to the depletion of land resources, including the emission of more methane gas into the atmosphere than planes, trains and automobiles combined.
Vehicles Affected: Model - year 2014 - 18 Ram 2500 and 3500 pickup trucks, Ram 3500 (more than 10,000 pounds), 4500 and 5500 cab - chassis trucks; model - year 2014 - 19 Ram 1500 pickups;; and model - year 2016 - 18 Ram 3500 (less than 10,000 pounds) cab - chassis trucks are part of a recall affecting 4.8 million Fiat Chrysler Automobile vehicles; the recall is limited to vehicles with automatic transmissions and gas engines
Since the invasion, the price of a barrel of oil has more than doubled, and prices at the gas pump have increased about 30 cents per gallon, according to the American Automobile Association.
Florida gas prices barely budged in the past month, according to the American Automobile Association.The auto club's monthly survey showed that the average price for self - serve regular unleaded decreased only 0.1 cent from the January price of $ 1.292 per gallon.Prices remain about 18 cents higher than they were a year ago.
Those willing to make a large upfront expense to save on gas will begin to think about a home convenient to transit rather than a new automobile.
Bookbinder estimates that there could be regulation of at least the two biggest sources of greenhouse - gas emissions — coal - fired power plants and automobiles, which together account for more than half of all emissions — by early 2010.
-- Muller believes humans are changing climate with CO2 emissions — humans have been responsible for «most» of a 0.4 C warming since 1957, almost none of the warming before then — IPCC is in trouble due to sloppy science, exaggerated predictions; chairman will have to resign — the «Climategate» mails were not «hacked» — they were «leaked» by an insider — due to «hide the decline» deception, Muller will not read any future papers by Michael Mann — there has been no increase in hurricanes or tornadoes due to global warming — automobiles are insignificant in overall picture — China is the major CO2 producer, considerably more than USA today — # 1 priority for China is growth of economy — global warming is not considered important — China CO2 efficiency (GDP per ton CO2) is around one - fourth of USA today, has much room for improvement — China growth will make per capita CO2 emissions at same level as USA today by year 2040 — if it is «not profitable» it is «not sustainable» — US energy future depends on shale gas for automobiles; hydrogen will not be a factor — nor will electric cars, due to high cost — Muller is upbeat on nuclear (this was recorded pre-Fukushima)-- there has been no warming in the USA — Muller was not convinced of Hansen's GISS temperature record; hopes BEST will provide a better record.
Worse than what I have said above, the combination of significantly more fuel efficient automobiles plus the combination of cheap gas in the United States, has promoted the expansion of our suburbs so that Americans have been enticed into commuting huge distances so they can afford large homes in the suburbs.
According to some estimates, deforestation is responsible for as much as one - fifth of all global greenhouse gas emissions — more than all of the world's planes, trains, and automobiles combined.
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