Furhtermore, i get that variable injectors are less simple and more expensive, but the ever
increasing emission regulations demand for better (more expensive) techniques anyway.
It found 89 per cent of managers agreed energy transition risks - such as
increasing emissions regulations or growing competition from clean tech alternatives - will significantly impact the valuations of the oil companies in the next five years, compared to 46 per cent when the survey was conducted in 2017.
Due to
increasing emissions regulations, combined with insurance spike for high performance cars and NASCAR's effective ban on the aero cars, 1970 was its only production year.
«Automakers have the task of meeting
increasing emissions regulations and tightening fuel economy standards while consumers want more power.
It's already being speculated that the next - generation BMW M3 will return to a six - cylinder engine due to
increased emissions regulations and the fact that the next M5 is ditching its V10 for a twin - turbo V8.
Not exact matches
They exhibit so many complex phenomena that there is a wide range of research problems associated with them, including
increased global awareness of the environment and the worldwide introduction of stringent combustion
emissions regulations.
As
emissions and efficiency
regulations increase, more and more manufacturers are turning to the turbo to eke out as much power in the most efficient manner from their engines.
With fuel economy and carbon - dioxide
emission regulations tightening around the globe, automakers must pay
increasing attention to the efficiency of their cars — even the fast ones.
In the latest edition of the classic engine
increased power and torque goes hand in hand with improved efficiency, which is confirmed by its compliance with the latest EU6
emissions regulations.
・ 20 percent better fuel efficiency thanks to the low compression ratio of 14.0:1 ・ A new two - stage turbocharger realizes smooth and linear response from low to high engine speeds, and greatly
increases low - and high - end torque (up to the 5,200 rpm rev limit) ・ Complies with global
emissions regulations (Euro6 in Europe and the Post New Long - Term Regulations in Japan), without expensive NOx aft
regulations (Euro6 in Europe and the Post New Long - Term
Regulations in Japan), without expensive NOx aft
Regulations in Japan), without expensive NOx aftertreatment
The goal of this engine was to meet strict
emissions regulations, while offering up a small performance
increase as collateral.
A wide range of policies aimed at
increasing conservation, efficiency, and reducing
emissions is vital, but carbon prices and
regulations alone will not create new, clean and affordable energy systems soon enough or at the scale needed.
Although U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions associated with electricity generation have fallen from the 2005 level, they are projected to
increase in the coming decades, based on analysis in EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015) that reflects current laws and
regulations, and therefore does not include proposed rules such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.
The last thing we need is more duplicative and costly
regulation that could
increase the cost of energy for Americans and that could potentially drive up U.S. greenhouse gas
emissions.»
Arbitrary
increases in SCC values artificially boost the claimed benefits for
emissions reductions in agency cost - benefit analyses on everything from power plant
regulations to rules on kitchen appliances.
The consumption and
emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are projected to
increase substantially in the coming decades in response to
regulation of ozone depleting gases under the Montreal...
US federal
regulations aim to
increase the fuel economy of new automobiles and reduce their GHG
emissions.
Current and pending greenhouse gas
regulations may also
increase our compliance costs, such as for monitoring or sequestering
emissions.»
Requires the EPA Administrator to promulgate
regulations establishing a program for the issuance of offset credits that: (1) ensure that such offset credits represent verifiable and additional GHG
emission reductions or avoidance, or
increases in sequestration; (2) ensure that offset credits issued for sequestration offset projects are only issued for GHG reductions that are permanent; and (3) include as reductions in GHGs reductions achieved through the destruction of methane and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or other ozone depleting substances.
Coal - fired generation has decreased because of both the economics driven by cost per kilowatthour compared to that of natural gas and because of the effects of
increased regulation on air
emissions.
The combination of industry standards, best practices and effective state and federal
regulation is protecting communities and the environment — while making available
increasing volumes of cleaner - burning natural gas that is allowing the U.S. to lead the world in reducing carbon
emissions from electricity generation.
The economics of rate - based environmental
regulations have not been well developed, and a serious potential problem exists: technological innovations that reduce the cost of clean energy can lead to an
increase in overall
emissions under this approach.
The supplying States have their own population
increases, electric demand
increases, silly CO2 and other
emission regulations, and so on.
In September 2006, the Houston Chronicle quoted White saying: «We need to make sure that power plants built for today have minimal
emissions and contributions to global warming, the greenhouse gases, where we will see
increasing regulation in this country, and in other countries, in the future.»
Because cutting GHG
emissions requires interventions — such as
regulation or
increased taxation — that interfere with laissez - faire free - market economics, people whose identity and worldview centers around free markets are particularly challenged by the findings from climate science.
The state of play until recently was this: Democrats were counting on draconian
regulations to lower the rate of
increase in carbon
emissions; Republicans were counting on their hold on the Senate and their prospects of taking the White House to reverse those
regulations.
«It is undeniably true that global temperature
increases have been far, far less than doomsday computer models predicted — about three times smaller, and there are good reasons to suspect the
increases from further human CO2
emissions would be smaller still, without imposing draconian
regulations.
For example, an ad opposing a cap on greenhouse gas
emissions might emphasize the potential for
increased job loss in certain regions, such that economic concerns become paramount and are placed in opposition to environmental
regulation.
The US and most European governments already have strict
regulations on mercury
emissions; however, a recent report from the United Nations Environmental Program reveals that mercury
emissions are
increasing around the world.
Ultimately,
regulation of GHG
emissions under Section 115 would provide EPA with the opportunity to develop a comprehensive, market - based, nationwide platform that would
increase the scope of
emissions covered, streamline administrative efforts, and maximize market efficiencies.
This
regulation would have substantially
increased the cost of coal generated electricity, thus making coal less competitive and reducing CO2
emissions.
Two days earlier EPA announced final
regulations (which I call the Skyrocketing Rates Power Plan or SRPP, but which EPA calls the «Clean Power Plan» or CPP for obvious reasons) requiring states to decrease CO2
emissions from electricity production and use primarily by
increasing the capacity of non-hydro «remewable» (wind and solar) sources of electric power from 4 percent to 28 percent by 2030.
The chart's black line represents the global temperature
increase of 0.26 °C by 2100 if the U.S. allowed
emissions to remain at the 2008 level (since 2003, U.S. annual
emissions have been essentially flat, with no CO2
regulations).
They include those
increasing coal taxes in India (and Korea, where the levy
increased to US$ 21 / t in 2015 from US$ 15 / t in 2014); moves being made to a national
emissions - trading scheme like those being undertaken in China and Korea» tightening
emissions requirements on coal - fired power generation in the U.S. and India; greater
regulation of mine waste disposal ponds in Brazil and the U.S; and greater scrutiny of coal mine rehabilitation subsidies and coal company leasing schemes in the U.S.
This rapid
increase in GHGs is because there is not one single federal
regulation to limit the amount of GHGs from tar sands development, permitting tar sands companies to continue to expand production — and greenhouse gas
emissions — in perpetuity.
Air pollution
emissions (especially SO2 and CO2) are under - regulated, and
increased environmental
regulation of these pollutants would benefit the US economy (not to mention public health, both nationally and internationally).
Since 2006, carbon - dioxide
emissions have fallen more in the United States than in any other country, both because of the switch from coal to gas and because of
increased energy efficiency driven by both
regulation and market forces.
Environment Minister Jim Prentice has been consulting with provinces on the pending federal
regulations, and has encountered resistance from outside Alberta that its industry would either be bound by different rules than others, or would be allowed to
increase emissions to the detriment of other sectors.
Thus, for instance, resistance to climate science in the United States seems to be linked to a libertarian economic outlook: People who resist what experts tell them about global warming often appear, at heart, to be most worried about the consequences of
increased government
regulation of carbon
emissions.
Smart companies already realize that
increased regulation of
emissions by government is likely, if not inevitable.
Considering that the effects of rising carbon
emissions will effect more states than just the one emitting them, I'm not sure how you can argue that in state - by - state
regulation is better than a tough national standard, but at least nearly two thirds of oil execs now believe that there is something to this
increasing carbon
emissions causing global warming thing.
Most importantly, the Governor has directed the state to adopt the California tailpipe greenhouse gas
emissions regulations that will
increase the fuel economy of new vehicles purchased in the state by 40 percent.