Sentences with phrase «higher carbon intensity»

One potentially significant environmental benefit is the capacity to shift passengers away from aviation, a mode of transport with much higher carbon intensity.

Much of the basis of these critiques seem to be along the lines that since China is already reducing its energy intensity by 20 percent of 2005 levels by 2010 (which would translate to slightly higher carbon intensity reductions because of and increased deployment of low - carbon energy sources), it would by 2020 essentially be already halfway towards meeting this 2020 carbon intensity target.

This reflects its higher carbon intensity compared to oil and gas, where consumption continues to rise.

Reserves of coal are the largest among all fuels and have the highest carbon intensity, as CO2 emitted per unit energy liberated.

But the high carbon intensity of energy production is not by accident, it is a deliberate decision of the government.

But a country with low carbon intensity and large economy could still emit more overall than a country with a high carbon intensity and small economy.

It is odd to look at my state, MT, and see the fairly high carbon intensity and think about the clean power plan requirement for us that is quite high.

One of the things I wanted to do was to see what difference it made when a home used «dirty electricity,» with a high carbon intensity, versus a home using «clean electricity.»

Not exact matches

At the high end of the range above, with total GHG intensities in Canada of a little over 0.21 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per tonne of LNG shipped, carbon costs would not materially alter processing costs.

In fact, the carbon intensity of the in situ sector is higher on average than the mining side.

«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 wrote.

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.

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California ARB considering amendments to Low Carbon Fuel Standard; handling high carbon - intensity crude oil (HCICO)

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«My view is that a Chinese target of a 40 percent reduction in carbon emissions intensity between 2005 and 2020 would be a continuation of historical trends,» said Jim Watson, from the Tyndall Centre for climate change research in Britain [and whose report on China's carbon scenarios we've discussed on this blog; see previous post «Tyndall Centre Climate Report: High Hopes for Low Carbon»].

The upper end of this range is 25 % higher than the figure used by ARB for the carbon intensity of gasoline, Dinneen pointed out.

The carbon intensity of other big economies has been falling as well, although absolute emissions remain higher than they were in 1990.

There are ways to mitigate the risk — gas and high efficiency, low emission (HELE) coal generation decrease the carbon intensity of energy generation.

In the poorer countries you mention - I guess the basic thing are the grids you mention, but does that require high carbon - intensity?

Spencer's article lends support to the discredited idea that cold CO2 [carbon dioxide] high in the atmosphere back - radiates to Earth's warmer surface, heating it more and causing it to radiate to the atmosphere and space with higher intensity than it would without cold CO2 back - radiation.

Options from Climate Works, on the other hand, range from continuing carbon intensity improvements — at a negative cost — to relatively low cost land use options and high cost energy changes — such as solar power.

While the $ 40 - per - tonne number sounds high, when you factor in the 40 per cent intensity target, the carbon price ends up more like $ 15 a tonne (if industry estimates of a $ 2 - per - barrel increase are correct).

The current energy intensity standard does not distinguish between energy derived from high - carbon fossil fuels and low - carbon renewables or nuclear.

«Since the marginal unit typically has higher - than - average emission intensity, a [carbon adder] increases the incentive for energy efficiency, providing the largest efficiency incentive in hours when carbon emissions are highest.»

Second, Guangdong manufactures many high carbon - intensity of the products: i.e. toys, textiles, petrochemicals, plastics, machinery, electronics and automobiles.

He added that «Slovak energy policy now faces new challenges»: Despite its commendable progress, Slovakia's energy and carbon intensities are higher than in other EU / OECD countries, high import dependency weakens energy security, and EU and international commitments call for more sustained multi-sectoral and coordinated policies.

Though exact estimates vary, a decent rule of thumb is that due to the high energy intensity of production, one barrel of oil from tar sands has carbon emissions up to eight times higher than one barrel of conventional petroleum.

The low carbon intensity of the electric grid in Canada and corresponding low embodied carbon of the cell would combine with the high mitigation potential in China to produce an optimized mitigation technology.»

But, unlike those environmentalists in wealthy countries who denounce the modern world while enjoying its blessings, the ecomodernists recognize that, though with today's technology it is impossible to lift the world's poorest out of poverty without destroying the environment, with the technologies of the future — next - generation nuclear and solar power, carbon capture and storage, high - intensity agriculture and aquaculture, and others — all things are possible.

The higher imports of tar sands, as a result of new pipelines in the US and Canada, would increase the average carbon intensity of Europe's fuels by 1.5 % in 2020, undermining the targeted 6 % decrease.