Sentences with phrase «of gallons of fuel»

Proteus's handler, James Czarnowski, who developed the boat while at mit, says that conversion of even a small fraction of the U.S. shipping fleet to such efficient propulsion would save tens of millions of dollars and hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel annually.

On the other hand they have wasted billions of gallons of fuel on space shuttles and other projects, but this looks like they are turning a new leaf.

«Both cars were running very close and needed a couple of gallons of fuel,» explained Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan.

If the company's claim that one Zipcar takes 15 cars off the road is true, it could save billions of gallons of fuel (6,500 vehicles in the Zipcar fleet x 15 @ 20 gallons of gas per week = 1,950,000).

They may catch summer flounder right off the Jersey shore, but need to head south «and burn hundreds of gallons of fuel to land 100 boxes of fluke against their [North Carolina] quota,» said Kaelin.

Bolsen also points to estimates by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) that the high pressure and high temperature required for syngas cleaning and catalytic conversion add about 30 to 40 cents to the cost of a gallon of fuel.

Dr. Attia uses the analogy of a huge petroleum truck that runs out of gas on the highway — in spite of having thousands of gallons of fuel on board, the truck can't access it and stops dead in its tracks.

I can understand wanting to eke a few extra miles out of every gallon of fuel, but this technology seems a bit out of place on a 420 - horsepower sport sedan with an EPA - estimated 19 mpg combined average.

In Oregon, biomass waste from urban, agricultural, and forestry sources could generate hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel every year, while electricity could cleanly and affordably power increasing numbers of new advanced vehicles.

Scott urged gas stations in evacuation zones to stay open as long as possible, and said that millions of gallons of fuel have been delivered by tanker trucks to areas with shortages.

The idea is that if we can save a few drops per day from each of the approximately quarter - billion vehicles on the road in America, the drops add up to millions of gallons of fuel.