Sentences with phrase «make less carbon»

A carbon tax would be the efficient way of encouraging businesses and consumers to make less carbon - intensive energy choices.

My first thought is that adding the cost of a carbon tax to the already higher cost of UFFs will make less carbon - intensive energy sources that much more attractive, encouraging more switching to alternative energy sources.

A gasoline provider could blend ethanol into their fuel to make it less carbon - intensive, for instance — something Canadian fuel providers already do.

Not exact matches

We are living in an enormous fabric of life, where anti-poverty measures may create new pressures caused by excess consumption; where methane emissions increase if we eat more beef or throw food waste in a landfill; where drought leads to forest fires and more carbon; where marginalizing women makes communities less resilient.

Then I tried the economic freedom line: «A carbon tax makes fossil fuels more expensive, so people have an incentive to consume less.

Shortly after assuming office, the government made B.C.'s tax regime less competitive by raising the general corporate income tax rate, creating a new top personal income tax rate and increasing the carbon tax.

Fortunately, promising ideas are already circulating that would help make the transition to a less carbon - intensive economy compatible with maintaining and creating high - quality jobs in Canada.

Although one could imagine all sorts of radical Blue Sky tax reforms — or much less radical ideas like a carbon tax or a value added tax — in the context of the current debate about how to make some alterations to the current tax system, I would suggest the following five elements in the spirit of 1986:

If the NDP government is serious in their promise to meet the target, they will have to rely on more expensive regulatory policies to make up for the less stringent than recommended carbon tax.

Commenting on the report, Professor Tim Benton of the University of Leeds said: «The biggest intervention people could make towards reducing their carbon footprints would not be to abandon cars, but to eat significantly less red meat.»

«The goal of our work was to develop an alternative approach to making ammonia, but the insights that have come from this collaboration between our research groups can be applied to other difficult chemical processes, such as converting carbon dioxide into a less harmful and more useful product.

Sean McCoy, an engineer at Carnegie Mellon University, said that the stability of stored gas increases over time because C02 dissolves in briny water and eventually forms solid carbon formations, making it less likely to creep back up the surface.

If I recycle a bit more, if I make some energy efficiency, if I travel less, if I try to generate less carbon — what is the use of that when China is building another coal - fired power station next week?»

«Thanksgiving dinner's carbon footprint: A state - by - state comparison: Meals prepared in Maine and Vermont emit less carbon dioxide; meals made in Wyoming emit most.»

The researchers found that ocean warming would be an overwhelming stressor that made food webs less efficient, neutralised the «fertilising» effect of elevated carbon dioxide and threw the fragile relationship between predators and prey off balance.

«However, ocean warming cancelled this benefit of elevated carbon dioxide by causing stress to the animals, making them less efficient feeders and preventing the extra energy produced by the plants from travelling through the food web to the fish.

Other factors come into play: Increasing carbon dioxide emissions worldwide are making all oceans more acidic, forcing species to use more energy to adapt, leaving them with less energy to reproduce and grow.

Even in the United States — where much has been made of the switch away from coal to less carbon - intensive gas — coal is making a comeback.

Stronger, longer - lasting modern concrete, made with less fuel and less release of carbon into the atmosphere, may be the legacy of a deeper understanding of how the Romans made their incomparable concrete.

While biofuels from crops, grasses, wood, agricultural residues and other materials emit less carbon than fossil fuels over a crop - to - vehicle life cycle, recent studies have questioned the availability of material to make fuels on a large scale.

The plane's three - piece wing spar and some other components were made from carbon fiber tapes that each weigh less than a tenth of an ounce per square foot — one - third the weight of a sheet of paper.

A new study suggests that in carbon - dioxide - rich environments, plants given the nitrate fertilizers widely used today will grow slower and make less protein than plants fertilized with ammonium.

Although circuits made with single - walled carbon nanotube are expected to be more energy - efficient than silicon ones in future, their drawbacks in field - effect transistors, such as high power dissipation and less stability, currently limit their applications in printed electronics, according to Dodabalapur.

They envision zero - carbon power plants that run on fuel made from hydrogen isotopes in seawater and produce less waste than today's nuclear power plants.

Scientists have paid less attention to soot — particles made of so - called black carbon and organic carbon — because earlier research indicated that their effects were relatively minor.

A team of Stanford engineers has built a basic computer using carbon nanotubes, a semiconductor material that has the potential to launch a new generation of electronic devices that run faster, while using less energy, than those made from silicon chips

Their advantages make them interesting as an alternative to glass and carbon fiber reinforced plastics (GRP or CFRP): they are renewable, biodegradable and robust, use less energy in being produced, are lighter and have better acoustic properties.

Although ponds less than a quarter of an acre in size make up only 8.6 % of the surface area of the world's lakes and ponds, they account for 15.1 % of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and 40.6 % of diffusive methane (CH4) emissions.

Less work required to capture the same amount of CO2 results in lowering the cost of using CCUS technology, making coal - to - chemicals factories a promising sector to reduce carbon emissions.

For example, making vitamin B12 involves going from uro» gen III to a corrin ring system with one less carbon atom and more double bonds.

Researchers made the discovery by growing today's teosinte in 20.1 °C to 22.5 °C greenhouses with 40 % to 50 % less carbon dioxide in the air — conditions more like those 14,000 years ago, before the plant was first domesticated.

On a sprawling roof that covers most of a city block a kind of park has been laid, sucking up carbon dioxide and other air pollution, filtering rainfall, making it less acidic.

More natural processes of cloud brightening or enhanced weathering are less likely to raise objections, but the public react best to creating biochar (making charcoal from vegetation to lock in CO2) or capturing carbon directly from the air.»

GM crops that tolerate herbicides deserve some praise: They help minimize mechanical weed removal, which means less soil erosion, more carbon stored in the soil and fewer carbon emissions from tilling equipment making trips across fields, scientists noted in 2012 in a special issue of Weed Science focused on herbicide - resistance management.

But there remained some hope that a less - ambitious carbon reduction plan could make it in the package, which is also expected to include a renewable energy standard, oil - use reduction measure, and new regulations on the oil industry.

The solvents can operate at much lower temperatures than those solvents considered for carbon - capture to date, making them less energy intensive and more cost effective.

If less carbon dioxide makes it into the water, the ocean will stop becoming more acidic, and calcium carbonate will be left available to the organisms that use it to build shells.

In turn, a warmer atmosphere heated the oceans making them much less efficient storehouses of carbon dioxide and reinforcing global warming, possibly forestalling the onset of a new glacial age.

As climate change affects forests, they'll store less carbon dioxide because drought stresses them and hinders their ability to grow, making man - made global warming even worse.

The global warming and shifting climate zones would make it less likely that a substantial increase in forest and soil carbon could be achieved.

Inspired to make your next vacation a less carbon - intensive one?

Another factor, the carbonic acid's stability, makes it less acidic — carbonic acid reverts to carbon dioxide and water when the pressure is released (when you open the bottle), and this causes the bubbling that can be seen.

During the fermentation process, carbon dioxide is formed and tries to escape, making the vegetables less packed.

As well as cutting their fuel bills, LESS CO2 schools are also making significant carbon savings, with schools in Devon and Cornwall reducing their CO2 emissions by over 300 tonnes over the course of the programme.

The less co2 programme Ashden established the LESS CO2 programme in 2010 in response to requests from schools for practical, hands - on support to help them make the changes they need to reduce their energy bills and to help build a low - carbon futless co2 programme Ashden established the LESS CO2 programme in 2010 in response to requests from schools for practical, hands - on support to help them make the changes they need to reduce their energy bills and to help build a low - carbon futLESS CO2 programme in 2010 in response to requests from schools for practical, hands - on support to help them make the changes they need to reduce their energy bills and to help build a low - carbon future.

The carbon - ceramic brakes (also standard) are typical PCCB fare, lacking in initial bite but pretty fearsome after that, and if we're being picky the car's extra width might bring some traction benefits but it also makes the car less useable on tight British roads.

Perhaps less expected is the RC F's aggressive exterior design, which can be set off by functional hood scoops and an automatically deploying rear spoiler made of carbon - fiber reinforced plastic.

Luggage Rack: The stylish luggage rack is made of carbon fiber and weighs less than two pounds.

Less than a dozen were made, only of 5 these were ordered with the carbon - fibre dashboard.

The roof is made of carbon which gives the vehicle enough rigidity with less weight.