Sentences with phrase «greater gas efficiency»

When you drive with overdrive, your engine speed goes down, enabling for greater gas efficiency (it will also reduce engine wear!).

Not exact matches

Argon gas is blown into the vacuum chamber, where radio waves heat the gas to 1 million or 2 million kelvins — an advantage since higher temperatures lead to greater efficiency.

«Other provisions within the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 would push for greater energy efficiency, updates to the energy grid, and a grid storage program; ease the permitting of natural gas pipelines; and permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which provides money for habitat protection.

«It is great to have a technology which gives you gas without compromising efficiency.

The exhaust system has been optimised in order to channel the waste gases away from the engine with the greatest efficiency.

Pros: Tracks Mileage per Gallon / Fuel Efficiency, Great gas mileage, Controls on Steering wheel, Leather Seats, Automatic Driver's Seat, Comfortable, Spacious, Touch Screen, Bluetooth speakers, Can handle long drives very well.

Gas efficiency is great as well and I like the fact that the tank capacity is not too big.

Not only is the CVT expected to offer greater efficiency at the gas pump, but with a set of Sequential Shiftmatic paddle shifters behind the steering wheel, it also comes with a simulated 10 speeds to play with.

Car shoppers in Miami who are looking for a family - friendly van that delivers great fuel efficiency will love the gas consumption ratings for the Honda Odyssey — it achieves an impressive 28 MPG on the highway.

«Colorado's gas models already led the segment in fuel efficiency, and the new diesel — which no other non-GM competitor offers on a midsize truck — gives customers even greater freedom to go where they want with fewer fill - ups.»

The motor is part of a new global family of small - displacement Ecotec gas engines designed with greater power density to deliver confident performance with excellent efficiency.

Today, LATAM Airlines Group's fleet averages seven years old, one of the most modern in the industry, resulting in greater fuel use efficiencies and less greenhouse gas emissions.

However, there will always be uncertainties: lower economic growth, greater cost or other obstacles to unconventional gas production, higher achievements in energy efficiency, changes that improve the relative competitiveness of other fuels; but uncertainty can also work the other way.

No / Low Regrets Actions: (1) Fast Mitigation; (2) Renewables following sound engineering economics; (3) Increased use of Natural Gas internationally; (4) ABB's view on Energy Efficiency (supercritical coal); (5) Land / Agricultural Practices; (6) Win / Win Foreign Trade with Developing Countries; (7) Greater R&D.

There is evidence that the Midwest is steadily decarbonizing its electricity generation through a combination of new state - level policies (for example, energy efficiency and renewable energy standards) and will continue to do so in response to low natural gas prices, falling prices for renewable electricity (for example, wind and solar), greater market demand for lower - carbon energy from consumers, and new EPA regulations governing new power plants.

Although both energy use and greenhouse gas emissions increased in Canada between 1990 and 1999, the increase would have been much greater if not for improvements in energy efficiency.

While the idea of running U.S. vehicles on natural gas has lately received a great deal of attention, powering our cars with green electricity is a more sensible option on all fronts — national security, efficiency, climate stabilization, and economics.

He added: «Areas for improvement include a closer look at the cost of achieving national targets, a more pro-active climate change strategy, greater energy efficiency and further pursuit of competitive gas and electricity markets.»

While it does not necesarily follow from this, it is not illogical to assume that recent increases in oil and gas prices have had a greater effect on US than European demand, particularly since, with historically lower energy prices, the US has not made many of the lower - hanging efficiency investments that have already been made in Europe.

In response, China's leaders are engineering a serious shift toward wind and solar energy, greater energy efficiency, and development of shale gas, based on political and economic self - interest.

In addition, while the oil and gas industry provides needed employment in low economic, rural and minority community areas and also finances significant percentages of state funds such as education, responsible resource extraction is vital as society moves toward greater conservation, energy efficiency and renewable energy.

For example, Dr. Gattie states: «These are regions where advanced energy systems such as nuclear, high efficiency combined - cycle natural gas plants, CCS, and renewable energy can be implemented to meet complex and emerging economic and environmental needs and where carbon reduction can have the greatest climate impact (Gattie 2016b).»

Use by gas producers has also been flat for decades, though higher prices could drive greater efficiencies and lower consumption.

These are regions where advanced energy systems such as nuclear, high efficiency combined - cycle natural gas plants, CCS, and renewable energy can be implemented to meet complex and emerging economic and environmental needs and where carbon reduction can have the greatest climate impact (Gattie 2016b).

Aluminum never before has been incorporated into a mass produced vehicle on such a scale; Ford is using it in order to make the trucks lighter, and thereby achieve greater fuel efficiency / lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Building on the available economic data and the larger historical record, the ACEEE diagnostic review indicates a large opportunity for climate change legislation to open up an even greater potential for efficiency improvements that can power a small but net positive gain in the nation's economy while substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The Latin word «fortuna» means «luck» or «destiny,» and when officially commissioned on May 22 this year, Fortuna represented both the current technological apex of gas turbine development and pointed the way forward for how natural gas — powered plants can compete with and eventually potentially replace coal in Germany and in other locations around the world while continuing to drive down CO2 emissions (see sidebar «Never - ending Competition for Greater Efficiency»).

Scenario 3, the most ambitious case, assumes extensions of policies to implement emerging technologies, such as higher vehicle fuel efficiencies, greater amounts of biofuels, more zero - emission and natural gas vehicles, and a higher renewable portfolio standard.

The total efficiency of the GE J920 gas engines are greater than 90 % (electrical efficiency is 45 %).

«We stand ready to play our part,» Shell, BP, Total, Statoil, Eni and BG Group wrote, pointing to a number of actions they are already taking to limit emissions, from greater investment in lower - carbon natural gas and operational efficiency to supplying more renewable energy and exploring the use of carbon capture and storage.

The stated purpose of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 is «to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers, to increase the efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.»

Electric transmission efficiency losses are greater than gas pipe losses.

Plug - ins, which are not a new idea, may present a logical link between gas / electric hybrids and pure electric vehicles, offering greater efficiency and cleaner emissions than a hybrid, without the risk of running out of juice like a pure EV, or a need for an electric charging infrastructure.

She says that solutions include greater use of scrubbers, increased energy efficiency, and switching from coal to natural gas, nuclear power, and renewables.

They note that it is pretty hard sell cars with greater fuel efficiency to people who don't want them, so just raising the standards won't work unless gas prices make fuel efficient cars more attractive.

Those steps in the right direction of greater efficiency and more clean energy are being overwhelmed by growth and development powered by fossil fuels, by cheaper gas and oil.

This is because many Americans still drive oversized gas - guzzling vehicles, and therefore have a lot more ability to reduce their fuel consumption by greater efficiency (or smaller vehicles), while Europeans already drive smaller and more efficient vehicles (due to heavy motor fuel taxes), so would have extreme difficulty reducing consumption still further in response to the appeals of climate campaigners.

The potential benefits of greater energy efficiency in the household sector are large; a 2009 study by Thomas Dietz and colleagues found that annual greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector could be reduced by 20 % within 10 years by employing 17 types of behavioral interventions, such as weatherizing houses or properly maintaining vehicles and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment.

In the most in - depth economic modeling of the Clean Power Plan to date, the EIA found wind played a key role across more than a dozen scenarios that it analyzed, even with low gas prices, more energy efficiency, and greater use of nuclear energy.

Still, the savings can be great with geothermal operating costs running about half that of high - efficiency natural gas and return on your initial investment ranging between eight to 12 years.