Sentences with phrase «less carbon dioxide equivalent»

Moreover, even when emissions from the generation of electricity (upstream emissions) were considered, electric vehicles produced 21 times less carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year than their gasoline - powered alternatives.

Not exact matches

Rather impressively, the most potent four - wheel - drive diesel Stelvio emits less carbon dioxide than an equivalent Audi Q5; the Alfa manages just 127g / km and has an official figure of 58.8 mpg.

Carbon taxes like those suggested in the «Stern Report» to the UK Government, about $ 100 / metric tonne of carbon dioxide (equivalent to 88 US cents / gallon of gasoline and so on throughout the system) would accelerate whatever technology, economic forces, and lifestyle decisions might choose as paths towards a less carbon intensive lifestyle.

the Administrator may by rule lower such threshold to not less than 10,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.

-- If the Administrator determines that domestic offset credits available for use in demonstrating compliance in any calendar year at domestic offset prices generally equal to or less than emission allowance prices, are likely to offset less than 0.9 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions (measured in tons of carbon dioxide equivalents), for purposes of compliance demonstration in that year the Administrator shall --

So when you add all the «forcings» together, the atmosphere today «sees» a warming equivalent to about 360 ppm of carbon dioxide, slightly less than today's concentration.

The latest in the series puts the gap between emissions trends and what is actually required to keep the rise in global temperature at a level which does not spell catastrophe for the planet at between 8 - 12 billion tons of carbon dioxide - equivalent (CO2e) by 2020 — less a gap than a gaping chasm!

The authors found that carbon emissions could be reduced by roughly one gigaton per year within five years — equivalent to 3 % of worldwide emissions — if other countries followed the U.K.'s example by switching to natural gas from coal in power stations, as natural gas produces less than one - half the carbon dioxide produced by coal.

According to Slate.com and a 2005 University of Chicago study, a lacto - ovo vegetarian emits far less greenhouse gas than an individual on a standard, meat - rich American diet — the difference is equivalent to around 1.5 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, assuming the same daily caloric intake.