Project Drawdown defines the trucks solution as:
the increased use of fuel reduction technologies and approaches for trucking.
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.
Not exact matches
In 2016, marketing teams will be
increasing their
use of marketing technologies and that will
fuel the need for marketing middleware.
That means making sure prices cover not only the direct costs
of supplying energy but also the environmental externalities associated with production and
use of fossil
fuels — the waste water (which
increases a variety
of risks), and the broader side effects from vehicle
use — congested roads, traffic deaths, and so on.
The November 15th program will include cutting - edge discussions such as: how non-exchange traded alternatives are becoming the mutual funds
of yesteryear; what is driving retail's demand for non-exchange traded alternatives;
using micro-investing technology to diversify across and within online marketplaces; how legislation is being
used to engineer a new breed
of alternative products; how innovations in self - directed IRAs will create new retail distribution channels for the entire alternative product universe; how technology will ensure the scalability
of online platforms and enable traditional financial services providers to
increase AUM; how millennials will
fuel the growth
of FinTech and redefine financial services; how FinTech will replace the 401k and transform the way Americans save for retirement; and how modernizing the Self - directed IRA is the trillion dollar FinTech opportunity.
The major response to the growing awareness that production
of oil will soon cease to
increase has been to
use farmland to produce substitute
fuel.
Why does the carbon dioxide
increase as a result
of the burning
of fossil
fuels, yet the oxygen which is
used up in this burning is not significantly depleted?
The transition to an ecologically sustainable society requires reduced consumption
of goods, the efficient recycling
of materials, a move away from the
use of fossil
fuels to the
use of renewable sources
of energy, zero global population growth, a reduced standard
of living for the rich, an
increased standard
of living for the poor and an appeal to quality
of life instead
of materialism.
Small
increases per person can have an enormous effect when multiplied by huge numbers
of people, as for example in China and India, if, as they propose, they
increase their
use of fossil
fuels in the near future.
Released to the public in June 2017, the latest corrugated industry life cycle assessment (LCA) confirms continued environmental progress through
increased efficiencies in mill energy systems,
increased use of low - impact fossil
fuels, and
increased recovery for recycling.
In 2014, the
fuel mix
used by mills consisted
of 73 percent natural gas — a 27 percent
increase since 2006.
Consumer products companies interested in
increasing the sustainability
of their beverages and
using less fossil
fuel for shipping will want to consider adding this powder - filled beverage option.
He was alleged to have accused him
of siphoning proceeds from the
fuel price
increases in the country and also alleged that Mr. Ibrahim and his brother, the President, usually
used the monies stolen from the national purse on luxurious holidays in South Africa.
Proponents argue it would boost New York's natural gas supply to help keep energy costs down while creating jobs and generating tax revenue, while opponents, who rallied this month ahead
of the decision, say it would
increase fossil -
fuel use, harm sensitive ecosystems and put the state at inordinate risk
of dangerous methane leaks.
Over the first Pricing - window, the country's stock for Diesel and Petrol combined
increase from 407million liters to 479million liters; capable
of meeting just above six and a half week
of national
fuel security,
using June 2016 national
fuel (Petrol and Diesel) consumption as basi
As fossil
fuels have a finite quantity, the costs
of using it tend to
increase as we get to the point where it is no longer easily available.
The party said investigations have shown that the Federal Government has been lying to Nigerians on oil - related issues while
using the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to bandy figures with intentions to arrive at government» s predetermined agenda to
increase the price
of fuel.
Nigerians are expecting the Federal Government to
use the funds saved from
increasing fuel price to fix the refineries and get them to work optimally, not a return
of fuel scarcity.»
The move is designed to
increase the
use of zero - emissions vehicles, or ZEVs: plug - in electrics, hybrid plug - ins and hydrogen
fuel cell cars.
More than half
of Europe's forests have disappeared over the past 6,000 years thanks to
increasing demand for agricultural land and the
use of wood as a source
of fuel, new research led by the University
of Plymouth suggests.
KERRY: The senator has proposed «a new Manhattan Project to make America independent
of Middle East oil in 10 years» by
increasing the
use of alternative
fuels like ethanol and insisting that standards for auto mileage be raised.
Among other adjustments that could help double
fuel economy are turbocharging with smaller, more efficient engines that produce the same level
of power; advanced heat management and cooling systems, which reuse the heat produced in the engine for energy; weight reduction, including broader
use of high - strength steel that is already in some cars today; better aerodynamics; more efficient air conditioners, transmissions and lighting devices (including headlights); and
increased electrification leading to full hybridization with electric motor and regenerative breaking — all
of which currently exist.
Reports blamed the conflict for changes in land
use and cover — and for activities like
increased military traffic over unpaved surfaces and farmers reducing irrigation or abandoning agricultural land — that created extreme amounts
of dust to
fuel the storm.
Land -
use changes over the past 250 years in Europe have been huge, yet, they only caused a relatively small temperature
increase, equal to roughly 6 %
of the warming produced by global fossil
fuel burning, Naudts noted.
The Bulletin acknowledges that the
increased use of carbon - free nuclear energy could help mitigate global warming brought on by fossil
fuels and greenhouse gas emissions but concludes that the possibility
of misusing enriched uranium and separated plutonium to create bombs is a «terrible trade - off» for trying to control climate change.
Although natural photosynthesis plays a vital role in absorbing and «fixing» carbon dioxide emitted from fossil
fuel use, it has not prevented the net
increase of this gas in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution.
«Our analysis suggests that much
of this rapid rise can be traced to the
increased use of unconventional heavy - petroleum
fuels.»
In addition, only about one tenth
of the mined uranium ore is converted into
fuel in the enrichment process (during which the concentration
of uranium 235 is
increased considerably), so less than a hundredth
of the ore's total energy content is
used to generate power in today's plants.
By dramatically improving the speed and efficiency
of conversion over conventional approaches, these enzymes could stimulate efforts to grow crops for
fuel, with implications for biodiversity in the form
of increased land
use for this purpose, potential shifts away from fossil
fuel use and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
In a simultaneous announcement, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rules for carrying out a 2007 law that requires a threefold
increase in the
use of renewable
fuels, reaching 36 billion gallons by 2022.
Undertaken by University
of Adelaide in collaboration with CSIRO, the research could make viable a process that has enormous potential to replace fossil
fuels and continue to
use existing carbon - based
fuel technologies without
increasing atmospheric CO2.
The
increasing use of computers over the past few decades has
fuelled an explosive growth in the microelectronics industry.
The trend worries many local environmental groups, such as California's Surfrider Foundation or Australia's Nature Conservation Council
of NSW, which are concerned about protecting nearby ecosystems by safely disposing the concentrated brine left from the process as well as
increased fossil -
fuel use and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions.
«The idea
of automated car - sharing vehicle or a ride - sharing service, when you
increase the occupancy
of a vehicle, the emissions and
fuel use overall are going to be split over those individuals, hence they are going to be lower,» said Susan Shaheen, the co-director
of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center at the University
of California, Berkeley, whose research focuses on car - sharing.
The new study suggests that some
of these current
uses will be affected over this century, depending on how much fossil
fuel emissions
increase or decrease.
For example, some car engines already have variable valve lift and timing, which provides greater control over the flow
of air into and out
of the combustion chamber; until now automakers have employed this system primarily to boost horsepower, but it can also be
used to
increase fuel economy.
The
increase in
use of so called ride - sharing services — which allow prospective passengers to
use a cell phone app to connect with owner - operator drivers —
fuels debate over whether they can be a safer method
of travel.
$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 %
of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon
fuel standard
of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise
fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise
fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise
fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar
using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor
increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons
of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons
of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts
of American Power Act, 5/11/10.
(5) reduction in transportation sector emissions through
increased transportation system and vehicle efficiency or
use of transportation
fuels that have lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are substantially lower than those attributable to fossil
fuel - based alternatives;
The most obvious effect was an
increased use of natural wood by families who can no longer afford to buy
fuel.
It concluded that atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations had already
increased by about 25 percent in the past century, and continued
use of fossil
fuels would lead to substantial temperature
increases in the future.
The
increased price
of energy and exhaustion
of good - quality
fuel reserves mean it is currently more profitable to
use lower - quality
fuels.
Therefore, the Yearly Rate
of Fossil
Fuel Use doubles by 2050 Then it
increases to almost three fold the current rate by 2100
The improvement transformed a catalyst that created two or three oxygen molecules per second to one that produces more than 100 per second — with a corresponding
increase in the production
of protons and electrons that can be
used to create hydrogen
fuel.
But Steve Cohen, director
of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, said the
increases in
use of fossil
fuels in China and India — which show few signs
of abating — will push emissions in the opposite direction in 2015, and only the development
of affordable renewable energy technology is likely to counter that trend.
Among Freeman's specific recommendations are a «20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient
use of the energy they supply,» and ban on new coal or nuclear plants and retirement
of the existing plants within the next 30 years, government - funded demonstration plants for Big Solar and hydrogen,
increasing federal
fuel economy standards one mile - per - gallon a year over the next 24 years, tax credits for plug - in hybrids or flex -
fuel vehicles, and an excess - profits tax on oil to fund the tax credits.
The only way to do that, as studies have shown, is to have an extremely clean electricity system and to significantly
increase the
use of that electricity to offset the
use of fossil
fuels in other sectors.
The ability for UF6 to change easily to a gas at a low temperature and slightly
increased pressure make it ideal for
use in the remaining steps
of the
fuel cycle.
Carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere have
increased due to the
use of fossil
fuels in electricity generation, transportation, industrial processes, and space and water heating.
Instead, the price rise seems to reflect the
increasing importance
of the secondary, or pre-mined and processed market, as sources
of uranium for
use in the reactor
fuel market.