Sentences with phrase «less than petroleum»

When alternate energy can generate the amount of power required to support seven billion people and a cost equivalent to or less than petroleum can we will have so called green energy until then not.

Well operators make less than petroleum engineers and drilling supervisors, who take home around $ 100,000 a year, but more than service workers.

Not exact matches

Hamm, who yesterday cleared a cool $ 3 billion in less than three hours off his shares in Continental Resources Inc. after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced that it had finally agreed to cap its production at 32.5 million barrels per day, also serves as the CEO of Continental Resources, which is clearly a full - time gig when he's not busy raking in billions on the back of OPEC deals.

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals» Dhahran Techno Valley also incubates startups and provides seed investment; they include Telaa, which developed anti-corrosion material for pipelines that is supposed to be more effective and environmentally friendly than existing technology, and ConCure which uses less water in making concrete.

Although the product isn't 100 % natural, it uses 30 - 40 % more sustainable ingredients than top brands (including 20 - 30 % less petroleum products).

«Blaming filling stations / petroleum marketers is way being ignorant of realities, as our team of petroleum monitoring task force, has found out that Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, is being sold at high rate in depot and you can never expect somebody to sell less than his / her cost price.

Checks by Citi Business News at some major Oil Marketing Companies showed that petroleum prices dropped by less than GHc1 at the pumps after Parliament passed the Special Petroleum Tax Amendment Bill to reduce that much - criticized tax from 15 percent to 13petroleum prices dropped by less than GHc1 at the pumps after Parliament passed the Special Petroleum Tax Amendment Bill to reduce that much - criticized tax from 15 percent to 13Petroleum Tax Amendment Bill to reduce that much - criticized tax from 15 percent to 13 percent.

«The next phase of biofuel production will be getting away from ethanol; it's less energy - dense than petroleum,» said Carothers.

This process makes the resulting sugars expensive and the end products, though renewable, less competitive than those produced with petroleum.

In other words, says Ian Nathan, a senior research analyst with New York City — based Energy Intelligence Group (a publisher of data and information on the global energy industry), it is possible that areas currently off - limits to drilling might actually contain a lot more — or less, for that matter — petroleum than previously believed.

A report about U.S. oil and gas exploration in the Arctic published last month by the National Petroleum Council found most drilling opportunities under America's jurisdiction are less than 100 meters below the ocean's surface, more shallow - than - standard depths in other drill regions, like the Gulf of Mexico.

Conventional fossil fuel takes millions of years to form, but a determined niche of modern alchemists are vastly accelerating the process to brew biocrude, a fuel similar to petroleum that is produced in less than two months from agricultural or municipal waste.

We should continue to support the very best parts of it: the ones that encourage the production of more advanced and more sustainable biofuels, for instance, or the requirement that a renewable fuel must emit less greenhouse gas than the petroleum - based fuel it would replace.

This process is toxin - free, and they estimate it produces 10 times less greenhouse gas emissions than typical petroleum - based dyes.

Polyurethane is less toxic than PVC, but it's still a petroleum product, doesn't breathe, or have the longevity of leather.

It is one approach begun last decade that is much less prominent than electrification such as by hybrids, plug - in hybrids, and pure battery electric tech, but overall plays into the mix of attempting to reduce petroleum usage.

Ecological plastic emits less CO2 during a product lifecycle (from manufacturing to disposal) than plastic made solely from petroleum; it also helps reduce petroleum use.

In the article the author notes that: ``... If that amount of oil were extractable, it would still add up to less than three years» worth of gasoline, heating oil and other petroleum needs at today's consumption rate of 86 million barrels a day.»

But as Jad Mouawad notes in The Times, if that amount of oil were extractable, it would still add up to less than three years» worth of gasoline, heating oil and other petroleum needs at today's consumption rate of 86 million barrels a day — and the demand for oil is rising.

But perhaps someday soon, your new Ford vehicle may include some of this agricultural waste in the form of bioplastic, which is a less harmful material than petroleum - based plastics.

The smallest subsidies on a per unit basis were for coal, natural gas and petroleum liquids, and municipal solid waste, all at less than $ 0.45 per megawatthour of generation.»

Bulk station: A facility used primarily for the storage and / or marketing of petroleum products, which has a total bulk storage capacity of less than 50,000 barrels and receives its petroleum products by tank car or truck.

It cited «plausible scenarios in which GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions from corn - grain ethanol are much higher than those of petroleum - based fuels,» and questioned the method by which EPA determined that ethanol would produce 21 percent less emissions.

In addition, DOE national labs calculate that cellulosic ethanol production is 85 % less GHG polluting than petroleum.

Even the best of modern batteries store far less energy per kilogram than is in liquid petroleum.

In order to qualify as an alternative fuel, AB 1012 requires that a blended fuel must be constituted of less than 50 % petroleum.

Jesse's passion is driven by the fact that petroleum is not a sustainable energy source for the world's needs, and that now that EVs are available on the market and cost less to fuel than gasoline vehicles, it only makes sense go electric.

Less than 2 % of U.S. electricity is generated from oil, so using electricity as a transportation fuel would greatly reduce dependence on imported petroleum, thus contributing to our national security.»

Therefore it is only just that those who profit from the sale of petroleum and coal be taxed (a «carbon tax», which sounds less direct than, say, a gasoline tax, or a home - heating oil tax) with the proceeds of the tax to be paid back to citizens in various ways.

«The underlying energy consumption trends that resulted in these changes — mainly because more electricity has been generated from natural gas than from other fossil fuels — have helped to lower the U.S. emissions level since 2005 because natural gas is a less carbon - intensive fuel than either coal or petroleum.»

It is one approach begun last decade that is much less prominent than electrification such as by hybrids, plug - in hybrids, and pure battery electric tech, but overall plays into the mix of attempting to reduce petroleum usage.

Pros: least expensive rigid foam, uses pentane rather than CFCs as blowing agents so less ozone depletion, lightweight, uses 1/7 of petroleum based products than XPS.

Centralized coal - fired power plants are run on cheap coal and they release less CO2 per car mile than do most petroleum fueled cars considering the efficiency, shipping and refining losses.

If this is achieved, lifecycle emissions can be less than half those of petroleum - derived fuels.

Alternative fueled vehicles are powered by natural gas, propane, ethanol, or electricity, which produce less pollution and greenhouse gas emissions than petroleum fueled vehicles.

With carbon dioxide capture, the study finds that Fischer - Tropsch fuels derived from a mixture of coal and biomass can have lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are less than half of those of petroleum - derived fuels.

Biomass is currently replacing fossil oil in many countries because they can grow the biomass and produce biodiesel or even ethanol for less than the current prices for petroleum products.

Even though they use trucks that run on petroleum, countries like Thailand and Myanmar still emit far less CO2 per person than the US, Canada, Australia, Europe do.