Sentences with phrase «generates significant amounts of carbon»

One problem is that producing oil from shale or oil sands generates significant amounts of carbon dioxide — but a lot of that carbon dioxide comes from producing the hydrogen needed to process the raw materials.

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Take, for instance, large - scale bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), a geoengineering technology that generates power by growing significant amounts of biomass, burning it, and then storing the carbon underground.

By boosting the amount of renewable, domestic energy sources used to generate the country's electricity, the DOE may be aiming to accomplish two goals: (1) ensure that electric vehicles live up to their full, low - carbon potential, and (2) reduce net oil imports, which are significant.