Sentences with phrase «high carbon fuel»

Currently the Earth is in a warming trend, perhaps aided and abetted by man's profligate use of high carbon fuels.

These first tremors are amongst the clearest signs yet of a seismic shift in energy markets, as high carbon fuels are set to be increasingly outperformed by lower carbon alternatives.»

The implication for expensive, high risk and high carbon fuels such as Canadian tar sands is that over the long haul, in a world that is responding to climate change, neither price nor demand will support the rapid growth that is currently planned for by industry and the Canadian government.

Not exact matches

The main reason the US ranks so poorly on carbon dioxide emissions is because its per - person consumption rate of electricity is so high; all of that energy comes primarily from fossil fuels.

In the 1980s, Exxon lobbied to replace scarce oil with synthetic fossil fuels, but it glossed over the high carbon footprint associated with synfuels.

On the other hand, if higher fuel taxes work as intended and get drivers to burn less carbon, then those people will find themselves ahead.

``... to wean our economy off its overreliance on high - cost carbon fuels...» And how do you propose to do this with fossil fuels representing more than 80 % of the energy budget?

The next time the premiers huddle together they should start talking about how to wean our economy off its overreliance on high - cost carbon fuels that the rest of the world has little need for today and will need even less of tomorrow.

«We can in fact help other parts of the world reduce their greenhouse gas emissions dramatically by providing them with lower - carbon fuels in other parts of the world where they are using very high - carbon fuels like coal.»

To ensure the fund had a low - carbon footprint, NUBD excludes issuers in sectors having high levels of fossil - fuel reserve ownership — which includes metals miners and oil and gas producers.

«Through the Business for Social Responsibility Future of Fuels program, Coca - Cola and PepsiCo are researching the carbon intensity of their vehicle fuels, the ways that they can reduce reliance on high - carbon fuels, and opportunities for increasing the number of plug - in and hybrid vehicles in their fleets,» the two wFuels program, Coca - Cola and PepsiCo are researching the carbon intensity of their vehicle fuels, the ways that they can reduce reliance on high - carbon fuels, and opportunities for increasing the number of plug - in and hybrid vehicles in their fleets,» the two wfuels, the ways that they can reduce reliance on high - carbon fuels, and opportunities for increasing the number of plug - in and hybrid vehicles in their fleets,» the two wfuels, and opportunities for increasing the number of plug - in and hybrid vehicles in their fleets,» the two wrote.

The anaerobic wastewater biogas technologies — which extract methane to generate green electricity or to fuel boilers and other factory equipment — are particularly applicable to food, beverage and agribusiness companies, or any industry that has a biological waste stream or wastewater with high organic carbon or COD (chemical oxygen demand) of natural origin that can be broken down into biogas by anaerobic bacteria.

Organic agriculture captures high levels of CO2, conserves soil, water and fossil - fuels, protects carbon - rich ecosystems and improves food security

Of the big two, there is no doubt that Labour's manifesto is much greener than the Conservatives», although the party remains too committed to fossil fuels and high carbon infrastructure.

This will be achieved through a combination of high carbon trading and offset; the use of sustainable fuel such as from waste and fuel - burn reduction through a more efficient aircraft fleet.

But methane leaks could undo these benefits, and a switch to shale gas could simply increase our dependence on fossil fuels and lock us into a high - carbon future.

Though high - volume hydraulic fracturing in Michigan is limited today, the U-M study takes into account the possibility that it could become more widespread due to a desire for job creation, economic growth, energy independence and lower - carbon fuels.

Development of cost - effective means to separate carbon dioxide during the production process will improve this advantage over other fossil fuels and enable the economic production of gas resources with higher carbon dioxide content that would be too costly to recover using current carbon capture technologies, Tour said.

And while EPA designed the rule to accommodate fossil fuel plants equipped with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, the Barnett report said such plants are unlikely to find favor with investors unless Congress provides incentives to defray their higher construction and operation costs.

The soot produced by burning fossil fuels has a stronger warming effect because it contains a higher ratio of black carbon to sulfate, which reflects sunlight to produce a cooling effect.

Ummel said despite some movement — like China and India reducing their carbon intensity — the fact remains that most of the world is fossil - fuel dependent and the rates of growth are worrisomely high.

But he points out that the ethanol process also generates a lot of carbon monoxide, which the high - power fuel cells that might someday propel cars can not tolerate.

Black carbon aerosols — particles of carbon that rise into the atmosphere when biomass, agricultural waste, and fossil fuels are burned in an incomplete way — are important for understanding climate change, as they absorb sunlight, leading to higher atmospheric temperatures, and can also coat Arctic snow with a darker layer, reducing its reflectivity and leading to increased melting.

In terms of fuel, it's better to start with a higher carbon number molecule.

By looking beyond their own walls, businesses will uncover more ways to reduce the burden of looming carbon taxation and high fuel prices.

A team of University of Texas at Arlington chemists and engineers have proven that concentrated light, heat and high pressures can drive the one - step conversion of carbon dioxide and water directly into useable liquid hydrocarbon fuels.

The industry will need to focus on the best technologies and enforce support of those with the highest reduction in carbon footprint while making investments to quickly scale the deployment of better fuels into the market.

High and volatile diesel prices will drive companies like UPS and Wal - Mart to further explore various fuel - saving technologies and low - carbon alternatives.

It has the potential to deliver an 80 percent or better reduction in total carbon footprint and enables us to make suite of high - value transportation fuel products.

In this context, switching from high - cost diesel to a low - carbon alternative fuel isn't just the green thing to do; it's key to ensuring consumer products stay at affordable prices, Elizabeth Fretheim, director of business strategy and sustainability logistics at Wal - Mart Stores Inc., explained at a symposium last week hosted by the nonprofit group Business for Social Responsibility (BSR).

But in order to meet consumer demands and increasingly stringent federal fuel economy standards, automakers are looking to alternatives, including advanced high - strength steel, aluminum, magnesium and carbon fiber.

The President's initiative will empower young men and women to invent and commercialize advanced energy technologies such as efficient and cost effective methods for converting sunlight to electricity and fuel, carbon capture and sequestration, stationary and portable advanced batteries for plug - in electric cars, advanced energy storage concepts that will enable sustained energy supply from solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources, high - efficiency deployment of power across «smart grids,» and carbon neutral commercial and residential buildings.

«Maybe we can have the best of both worlds: a price on carbon to create an innovative environment for clean technology in California and keep businesses within state lines and not cause an adverse impact on consumers through radically higher prices for transportation fuels or electricity.»

The unlikely material may one day compete with more high - tech solutions such as carbon nanotubes for storing hydrogen for fuel - cell - powered vehicles.

«Under those conditions you get a very high conversion of all the carbon in the biomass into various gaseous products,» says Arie Geertsema, Range Fuel's chief technical officer.

Fossil - fuel use sends high levels of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but high levels of carbon dioxide aren't fingerprints of intelligent life, Shostak said — you can find tons of carbon dioxide on Venus.

Global emissions of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels are set to rise again in 2013, reaching a record high of 36 billion tonnes — according to new figures from the Global Carbon Project, co-led by researchers from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia.

«What we find is that sustained low or high oil prices could have a major impact on the global energy system over the next several decades; and depending on how the fuel substitution dynamics play out, the carbon dioxide consequences could be significant.»

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production grew 2.3 per cent to a record high of 36.1 billion tonnes CO2 in 2013.

Tyres are heated up to 1080 °C in a high - temperature kiln, which breaks them down into two fuels, gas and oil, as well as «char», a substance rich in high - quality carbon, and steel.

And, if it were found in large enough quantities, some experts speculate that it could be used as a clean - burning substitute for fossil fuels today because it gives off high amounts of energy when burned but emits only water, not carbon.

Hydrogen can also be split from water in high - temperature nuclear reactors or generated from fossil fuels such as coal or natural gas, with the resulting carbon dioxide captured and sequestered rather than released into the atmosphere.

This abundance of oxygen and carbon would have fueled microbes to degrade the charcoal and spheres, eliminating evidence for them higher up in a way that they couldn't at the core's base.

For instance, carbon dioxide enables energy storage by reacting with hydrogen gas — called the hydrogenation process — transforming the mixture into higher energy liquid compounds such as methanol that can be easily transported and used as fuel for cars.

With the global economy in recession, fuel prices still high and ever - tighter emissions laws ahead, you might imagine that they too would be heading at full tilt towards an economical, low - carbon future.

«If we don't stop burning fossil fuel and cutting down our tropical forests — all those human activities that maintain our society — we're going to reach incredibly high levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere.

There's widespread agreement that a high and rapidly rising carbon price is needed to deter fossil fuel use and drive emissions reductions.

In one sentence: PNNL and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) researchers, zoomed in at the highest resolution yet on these problematic carbon - based deposits, which are vital to fuel production and other processes.

California can reduce carbon emissions by more than 70 million metric tons by 2030 — akin to taking 15 million gasoline - powered cars off the road in one year — by adopting a higher target for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), according to an analysis released by the UK - based research firm Cerulogy.

Putting a price on pollution can incentivise the phase - out of fossil fuels, but the existing carbon markets have so far not delivered a high enough price to drive the transition to...