It also accounts for about half of
global diesel use, a third of all transport - related carbon emissions and a fifth of NOx emissions, a key air pollutant.
Not exact matches
After all, aren't
diesels the green cars, the ones that
use less fuel than petrol - run cars and therefore conserve natural resources and reduce
global warming?
With methane released at that rate, the drawbacks of its
use may outweigh its
global warming benefits compared with other transportation fuels, such as gasoline or
diesel.
The
global - market Ranger Raptor
uses a 2.0 - litre twin - turbo
diesel engine, making 369 lb - ft of torque, and
uses the same ten - speed transmission as the full - size F1 - 50 Raptor.
Volvo decided to
use a gasoline - based electric hybrid rather than a
diesel - electric hybrid because «petrol is simply the most
global fuel.»
We're convinced that Jaguar's
Global Brand Director Adrian Hallmark revealed the Jaguar XF will get a 2.2
diesel engine this year at Jaguar's Geneva Press Conference We've been discussing the likelihood of Jaguar putting the 2.2
diesel lump JLR currently
use in the Freelander (and not just JLR in the Freelander — it's rather ubiquitous -LSB-...]
A standardized unit of measure, the
global warming index (GWI) namely the grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule of fuel delivered to the vehicle (gCO2e / MJ) is to be reported, adjusted, of course, for differences in the in -
use energy efficiency of different fuels (e.g., gasoline versus
diesel, versus natural gas or hydrogen).
This endless supply of new oil can be
used for many products such as
diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, plastics and solvents without the
global warming effects of petroleum.
They compared estimated emissions for shale gas, conventional gas, coal (surface - mined and deep - mined) and
diesel oil, taking into account direct emissions of CO2 during combustion, indirect emissions of CO2 necessary to develop and
use the energy source and methane emissions, which were converted to equivalent value of CO2 for
global warming potential.
«Our study suggests that farmers in Europe who are growing rapeseed for biodiesel might combat
global warming in a more effective way, namely by converting those fields into forests and
using conventional
diesel for fuel,» Johnson told mongabay.com.
Already sourcing over 80 % of its
global electricity consumption from renewable sources, the company aims to reach 100 % by investing in solar and wind energy and converting
diesel generators into lithium storage batteries for maximising its
use of renewable power.