Sentences with phrase «global diesel use»

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.

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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.
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