As Kreutzer and Dayaratna point out,
hydrocarbon fuels supply 85 % of all the energy Americans use, and «basic chemistry» dictates that CO2 will be emitted when those fuels are oxydized (burned) to release energy.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile, the world's nearly 8 billion people and $ 80 trillion economy depend on
hydrocarbons to
supply over 80 % of global energy; oil
fuels 98 % of transportation.
If we're successful and others are successful in producing alternative sources of
hydrocarbons for
fuels, eventually we could be shifting the
supply and shifting the demand for oil.
Where we still need liquid
hydrocarbon fuels, let us draw carbon directly from the air as we do on the space station, not burden our ecosystem to
supply our
fuel.
Renewables can not even
supply the annual growth in energy demand, let alone replace traditional
hydrocarbon fuels.
On the project development side, Hays works on field unitizations, LNG liquefaction and regasification projects, processing and refining plants,
fuel supply for power projects,
hydrocarbon and refined product offtake arrangements, and the development and commercialization of
hydrocarbon discoveries.