Sentences with phrase «increased use of biofuels»

· Substantially increased use of biofuels can only occur if they can be used in forms other than the low - percentage blends of ethanol and biodiesel that account for nearly all of their current use.

It also criticized the British and EU governments for pursuing targets for increased use of biofuels without putting in place «robust» -LSB-...]

, which would increase the use of biofuel in home heating oil, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Recent laws in the United States and Europe that mandate the increasing use of biofuel in cars have had far - flung ripple effects, economists say, as land once devoted to growing food for humans is now sometimes more profitably used for churning out vehicle fuel.

Not exact matches

In April, the US government launched a National Bioeconomy Blueprint, which foresees hugely increased biofuel use and the construction of giant refineries that churn out plastics, fibres and chemicals made by genetically engineered plants.

The topic is one of many covered in the broad UNEP survey of issues surrounding «sustainable» production and use of biofuels and notes wide variation in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and increases that biofuels can spur.

Still missing from consideration are the cost differences between electric vehicles and those with internal combustion engines, as well as other possible environmental effects of biofuel technology such as increased air pollution and water use.

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The need to address uncertainties applies to other areas the analysis as well, and we urge you to evaluate the increasing use of nitrogen fertilizers and herbicides associated with greater biofuel production.

It would further allow for greater use of biofuels, which combined with carbon capture and sequestration techniques could drastically reduce the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere and keep global temperature increases to less than two degrees Centigrade in 2100.

1 of cellulosic biofuels — using one - sixth of the world's cropland [or less land if yields significantly increase or algae - to - biofuels proves commercial at large scale].

This book provides a thorough assessment of the factors that influence global food insecurity, including rising energy prices, water scarcity, increased biofuel use, and expanding populations.

The plan assessed various alternative fuels and developed fuel portfolios to meet California's goals to reduce petroleum consumption, increase alternative fuels use, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase in - state production of biofuels, without causing a significant degradation of public health and environmental quality.

Europe is set to increase significantly biofuel use by 2020 when biofuels will provide 9.5 % of transport fuel — more than 90 % of which will come from food crops.

Around the world, 64 countries have or are considering increasing the amount of biofuels used in transport fuel [3], including most recently Indonesia [4].

«The price of used cooking oil has increased quite considerably because of the demand for biofuel, and it's started to exceed the price of refined palm oil.

Of course, they won't mention that it was and is the idiotic use of palm oil for biofuel which is fueling the huge increase in palm production, and the inevitable negative environmental consequenceOf course, they won't mention that it was and is the idiotic use of palm oil for biofuel which is fueling the huge increase in palm production, and the inevitable negative environmental consequenceof palm oil for biofuel which is fueling the huge increase in palm production, and the inevitable negative environmental consequences.

Thanks to increasing pressure to reduce carbon emissions and cut the use of foreign oil, biofuels - renewable, home - grown and marketed as less damaging than fossil fuels - have used corporate and political clout to win billions in subsidies from the US taxpayer.

Now a new, comprehensive study by University of Vermont researchers underscores the point — that U.S. wild bees are disappearing in many of the country's most important farmlands and that increased demand for corn to use in biofuel production is a significant part of the problem.

Increase the use of clean fuels, such as biofuels and electricity, to reduce oil use and the carbon emissions associated with transportation fuels.

An early 2008 study led by Tim Searchinger of Princeton University that was published in Science used a global agricultural model to show that when including the land clearing in the tropics, expanding U.S. biofuel production increased annual greenhouse gas emissions dramatically instead of reducing them, as more narrowly based studies claimed.

However, the increasing use of certain food crops for biofuel production can in some cases significantly raise global greenhouse gas emissions as a result of deforestation and land degradation.

Africa, he says, can «increase access to power, while skipping — leapfrogging — the dirtier phase of development,» by using its «bountiful» wind, solar, geothermal and biofuels energy.

These figures do not take into account the recent long - term energy strategy of the European Union (EU), which proposes that by 2020, EU consumption of renewables will increase to 20 percent of total energy use; the proportion of biofuels used in transport will increase to 10 percent; and EU greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced to 20 percent below 1990 levels (European Union, 2007).

Besides costing the global economy trillions of dollars, the threat of AGW has been used to justify everything from biofuels (which have led to the destruction of rain forests and increases in food prices, especially damaging to the world's poor) to the blighting of countryside with wind farms and solar panels (which have wreaked havoc with economies including Spain's).

Biofuel use is increasing in most of the G8 + 5 countries, which consume the largest amounts of energy in the world, with the notable exception of the Russian Federation where the availability of fossil fuels is increasing.

To date, food crops (corn, sugar, and vegetable oil) have been the primary source of biofuels for transportation, but increased use of these fuels has created more problems than solutions: rising food prices and food price volatility, and accelerated expansion of agriculture in the tropics.

Uncommitted policies (S2), the second type, may lack detailed implementation plans or firm financial support, but have all been proposed, such as new efficient and zero net energy building targets, construction of the high - speed rail system, and initiatives by various agencies to, for example, increase biofuels use and continue progress in improving vehicle efficiency.

The causes of deforestation have been extensively studied, and it is clear from the empirical evidence that forces other than biofuel use are responsible for the trends of increasing forest loss in the tropics.

The result is that the two most positive provisions of the energy bill — a clean energy mandate and a tax package reining in handouts for fossil fuels and promoting clean energy — are being removed while detrimental provisions, such as a radical five-fold increase in unsustainable biofuel use, remain.

When biofuel crops are grown in appropriate places and under sustainable conditions, they offer a host of benefits: reduced fossil fuel use; diversified fuel supplies; increased employment; decreased greenhouse gas emissions; enhanced habitat for wildlife; improved soil and water quality; and more stable global land use, thereby reducing pressure to clear new land.

Obama noted that there has been progress in the transportation sector, including the increased use of vehicles that are powered by biofuels and natural gas, as well as the auto industry's more efficient production methods involving traditional engines.

Instead of feeding cereals to livestock, the report recommends «recycling food wastes and deploying new technologies, aimed at producing biofuels, to produce sugars from discards such as straw and even nutshells could be a key environmentally - friendly alternative to increased use of cereals for livestock.»

Italian manufacturers have warned that the price of pasta, whose main ingredient is durum wheat, will likely shoot up by about 20 % in the fall due to the increasing use of the grains in biofuels.

1/2 wedge of cellulosic biofuels for long - distance transport and what little aviation remains in 2050 — using 8 % of the world's cropland [or less land if yields significantly increase or algae - to - biofuels proves commercial at large scale].

John McCain — while paying lip service to greater use of wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels — clearly and consistently believes that in the near future (certainly in the time he would be in office) greater reliance on nuclear power as well as increased offshore oil drilling is the path to increased energy independence in the United States.

The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) which released its comprehensive report on the current status of bioenergy today, says the conflict between growing crops for food versus biofuels is artificial and can be resolved if the United States, Europe and other rich countries drop protectionist policies and work with developing nations to increase the use of the eco-friendly fuels.

via:: Reuters Aviation Lufthansa to Increase Use of Biofuels in its Fleet, Slowly Japan Airlines to Make Biofuel Test Flight Virgin Atlantic Testing Biofuel on Jumbo Jet

Humanity would find itself stuck on a treadmill of increasing fossil and biofuel use with a growing need to sequester carbon dioxide.

1 of cellulosic biofuels — using one - sixth of the world's cropland [or less land if yields significantly increase or algae - to - biofuels proves commercial at large scale].