Sentences with phrase «into conventional diesel»

All of today's diesel vehicles can use up to 5 percent biodiesel («B5»), which is blended into conventional diesel under the specifications governing diesel fuel (ASTM specifications).

ConocoPhillips teamed up with Tyson Foods, Inc., of Arkansas in 2007 to convert waste fat from livestock animals and agricultural waste into conventional diesel fuel.

Not exact matches

Battery powered cars have environmentally unfriendly mining processes for the battery precious metals, and taking into account the shipping of the various components and the huge battery weight it makes it laughable really they'll never handle as well as a conventional petrol or diesel car until battery tech either comes a huge way or the fuel cell tech moves forward.

They compared estimated emissions for shale gas, conventional gas, coal (surface - mined and deep - mined) and diesel oil, taking into account direct emissions of CO2 during combustion, indirect emissions of CO2 necessary to develop and use the energy source and methane emissions, which were converted to equivalent value of CO2 for global warming potential.

Also known as «shale oil,» tight oil is processed into gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels — just like conventional oil — but is extracted using hydraulic fracturing, or «fracking.»

«Our study suggests that farmers in Europe who are growing rapeseed for biodiesel might combat global warming in a more effective way, namely by converting those fields into forests and using conventional diesel for fuel,» Johnson told mongabay.com.

For instance, we have invested to develop an innovative, on - board hydrogen - powered fuel cell system that converts conventional hydrocarbon fuels such as gasoline or diesel into hydrogen for a fuel cell directly under a vehicle's hood.