Sentences with phrase «mostly used as fuel»

In Britain, charcoal is mostly used as fuel for barbecues.

Not exact matches

This gas, composed mostly of methane, can be used as a fuel for power generation (replacing diesel generators), compressed or sold into the natural gas grid.

Right now ethanol is used mostly as a fuel additive; about one - third of the gasoline sold in the United States contains a shot of ethanol (about 10 percent, typically) to reduce automobile emissions.

The use of alcohol as a fuel for internal combustion engines, either alone or in combination with other fuels, has been given much attention mostly because of its possible environmental and long - term economical advantages over fossil fuel.

If you stand up and walk around, you'll probably still be using mostly fats for fuel because your aerobic metabolism can still keep up with demands, but you'll probably also start burning more carbs as your muscles respond to the new demand for action.

This is great but uses mostly glycogen as a fuel source, not fat, and can contribute to bulking.

This is because it uses fat as one of the main fuel sources, whereas HIIT and weight training use mostly glycogen (carbohydrates).

The term itself has become toxic; it's now mostly used as a derisive codeword thrown by liberals disgusted with the mainstream media's long refusal to recognize the racism and hatred that fueled at least a large part of Trump's victory.

If we define «Adaptation to climate change» as ending the use of fossil fuels and quickly building renewable energy infrastructure, then yes, there is opposition — from established fossil fuel interests, mostly.

But as Kris notes, any increase in production leads to an increase in material use, and an increase in total energy consumption, mostly fossil fuels.

Some countries, such as China and the United States of America, are in a win - win position of achieving economic growth through fossil fuel use with few consequences from the resulting climate change, while many other, mostly Island and African, countries suffer low economic growth and severe, negative climate change impacts (see Supplementary Table S4 online).

He notes they don't compete much with oil, used mostly as a transportation fuel, but they do compete with natural gas, often used to power plants that produce electricity.

Most hydrogen is currently produced using fossil fuels (mostly natural gas) and using fossil - derived hydrogen as a fuel on large scale is lunacy — far more efficient to use fossil fuels directly.

Methane emissions derive mostly from landfills, agriculture (particularly rice farming), livestock, and natural gas and coal extraction, while soot, otherwise called «black carbon», results from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and derives primarily from primitive cook stoves used throughout much of the developing world, as well as diesel engines and coal - burning power plants.

One of the biggest users of energy is heating (which is currently mostly done by burning fossil fuels on site, as using electricity for resistive heating is very wasteful as involves needlessly paying Carnot).

«Its rules are evolving, as Mr. Beavan will tell you, but to date include eating only food (organically) grown within a 250 - mile radius of Manhattan; (mostly) no shopping for anything except said food; producing no trash (except compost); using no paper; and, most intriguingly, using no carbon - fueled transportation.»