Sentences with phrase «other fuels like»

The conversion from natural gas to efficient electric systems will be most complex because natural gas cost is low compared to other fuels like oil and propane.

While we can't store excess protein, our bodies can convert protein to other fuels like glucose — in a process known as «neoglucogenesis» — to be used as fuel.

Not exact matches

But like many other, overly optimistic hydrogen - based fuel entrepreneurs, Dean, whose company made a specialized membrane that was to be used in the fuel - cell modules, watched the ground open beneath his feet as the commercial take - up proved to be far slower than anyone anticipated.

Other big technology companies have created similar investment funds to fuel technologies like artificial intelligence and virtual reality, which are generating a lot of interest from investors and analysts.

And other carmakers like Toyota Motor and Honda are investing heavily in eco-friendly cars; however, they are betting big that the vehicles will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells, rather than rechargeable electric batteries.

According to the company, they boast significant fuel economy and reduced operating costs compared to some other major modes of transportation like airplanes and cargo ships.

While power generation can be shifted to other energy sources rather than coal, it's not so easy to find substitutes for liquid transportation fuels like petrol, diesel fuel, or jet fuel.

And, like many other small business owners, they sometimes rely on borrowed capital to purchase inventory, fuel growth, and meet other business needs.

«We can in fact help other parts of the world reduce their greenhouse gas emissions dramatically by providing them with lower - carbon fuels in other parts of the world where they are using very high - carbon fuels like coal.»

Christy Clark, and her «Liberals», like the BC Chamber of Commerce, have been, and continue to be shills for the fossil fuel industry, for which they are paid handsomely in political donations, and / or «membership fees», and whatever other benefits come to them.

On top of that, Facebook offers marketers the option to target ads according to data compiled by firms like Experian, Acxiom and Epsilon, which have historically fueled mailing lists and other sorts of offline efforts.

The effect of the tariffs on the cost of imported solar panels makes it more difficult to compete with other sources of power like wind, or even makes fossil - fuel plants look attractive again, Mr. Freeman said.

In plain terms, we are choosing to penalize our own energy industry with severe financial measures, when other jurisdictions like the U.S. are slashing taxes and red tape, rejecting carbon taxes, and calling for expanded fossil fuel production due to growing global demand.

The U.K., where Wal - Mart is competing against the likes of Aldi and other low - price grocers, its same - store sales excluding fuel fell 7.5 percent.

That's fueling explosive growth not only in wind and solar installations but in other cleaner sources like hydroelectric.

Why not tell the pastor that if he wants to pray fine, but do something useful too, like promoting math and science education so we can develop alternative fuels and improve existing energy sources or encouraging other pastors to take the bus instead of driving their Caddies and Rolls.

It is your fearfulness that fuels attacks against random members of «the other» that in turn causes their paranoids to react just like you.

Although kale does give you energy, it is natural energy from Vitamin C and Vitamin A that fuels you, and so it's not like the «energy» you get from coffee, energy drinks, or other products with caffeine and other stimulants.

An article published in the «Ceylon Medical Journal» in 2006 stated that medium - chain fatty acids, such as those found in coconuts, are used directly by the body as fuel, not broken down and absorbed like other saturated fats.

Generally speaking, I recommend to my clients to eat something every 3 - 4 hours (some need to fuel more like 2 - 3 hours, and others do better every 4 - 5 hours, but you catch my drift).

Bound with Date Nectar / Dark Date Juice Concentrate and not refined and invert syrups like some other products, Beloved date bars are a perfect healthy fuel for athletes.

Like other squad cars, it has additions specific to the department, few of which are well suited to racing: a heavy cage in the back; special alternators, brakes, and electronics to fuel the lights; extra batteries; a heavy - duty cooling system; an altered suspension.

On the other hand, it is clear that it is the actions of the money - no - object teams like Chelsea and Manchester City that are fuelling player wage inflation and the associated jackpot in agent's fees.

His contract situation, which is under negotiation like with any other player, has only added fuel to the fire.»

But I do have a wish or two for you in 2015 — please consider getting rid of the script in your head of what love, relationships or marriage should look like and instead ask yourself what you want them to look like; that you stop looking to others to tell you what you should or shouldn't do and question, question, question any advice you read or hear from Internet experts or, for that matter, even credentialed experts (some are just not very good or have their own biases); and, finally, to stop giving credence to articles in women's magazines that often fuel anxiety and chip away at self - esteem because the emphasis always seems to be that you're doing something wrong and if you just did X, Y and Z, you'd have what you want and live happily ever after.

«Fuel Up to Play 60 brings in a financial aspect, with the opportunity for funding for equipment (like a grab - n - go cart) and other items a school might need,» said Crista.

Curiously, the hike in the price of kerosene came at a time when the price of crude oil had dropped to record low, with the price of petroleum products, such as kerosene, fuel and diesel, among others, dropping significantly in a number of countries, like the United States.

Common Cause's Susan Lerner said in a statement that JCOPE looks like the only option, but its structure has fueled criticism from Lerner and others that it is not truly independent of the people it is tasked with policing.

Washington, like other states, relies almost entirely on fuel taxes.

We recommend getting nitro fuel from quality companies like Traxxas or Redcat but you can also find many other cheap nitro fuel options on here.

Certainly everybody that I saw in my short time was extremely interested in purchasing a car and if they happen to be from the more upwardly mobile kind of middle class, they were very interested in buying not a fuel - efficient car but a hummer even, you know, pretty much following the exact same model as the American aspiration or, you know, the «American dream» model and certainly the suburbs seem to be a growing trend and if you noticed that, Philip, you know, I visited a suburb called Orange County outside of Beijing and it really looked like Orange County and they even had like the palm trees and everything and I saw these in all the cities I visited Chongqing, Chengdu, various other cities that I visited, they were ringed by suburbs and the folks who live there, you know, the privileged few were using cars to commute into the cities for work.

«A grandstand play, put on by people who don't like Trump or the GOP, regardless, that has nothing to do with climate change, alternative fuels or any other science.

While other ones like marlin might move in, those we depend on might be gone, and for commercial fisherman, if they're dependent on a particular fish, they may have to travel further north to get to them and spend more money on fuel.»

A tax credit has leveled the playing field with other renewable fuels like biodiesel and ethanol.

«In terms of consumer ownership and use costs, the case to make a switch from current fuels to compressed natural gas (CNG) is much more compelling than for other alternative fuels like ethanol and electricity.»

Steve: I understand we are going to make all kinds of fabulous fuels out of, like, common grasses and other kinds of things that just grow out of the ground everywhere.

More worrisome, blooms of cyanobacteria are becoming increasingly common, fueling fears that their toxic by - product may be quietly fomenting an upsurge in ALS — and possibly other neurological disorders like Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's as well.

And there is no reason to think that the R. eutropha could not be made to generate other products — perhaps complex hydrocarbon molecules like those found in fossil fuels or even the whole range of chemicals currently synthesized from polluting resources, such as fertilizers.

Other clean fuels like methane are poised to take its place, yet current methane gas tanks come with their own storage issues.

These spent satellites with attendant motors, fuel tanks, discarded instrument covers, bolts and the like form a growing population of debris which can become fragmented through collision with other debris or by explosion of residual fuel.

In the early Universe, starburst galaxies like AzTEC - 3 were forming new stars at a monstrous pace fueled by the enormous quantities of star - forming material they devoured and by merging with other adolescent galaxies.

In other words, the plant growth should act like a sink, absorbing the gas released into the air by burning fossil fuel.

«We're making hydrocarbons that look just like the hydrocarbons from fossil fuels,» such as heptane, isooctane and others, Cortright says.

This strategy led to the discovery of NIR luminescence and also paves the way for other types of nanoparticle alloys that are useful not only in imaging, but in applications like catalysis for the industrial - scale conversion of fossil fuels into fine chemicals.

Others, like Wright, are working to understand the organism more completely, to direct the organism to create fuels using light and carbon dioxide.

This item has been corrected 1 April: The original article stated that Henry Sokolski said that the law gave the U.S. «extensive» legal rights over spent fuel it sold to other countries and that it could ask for fuel back if it didn't like how the fuel was being handled.

The group led by Martín Olazar, researcher in the UPV / EHU - University of the Basque Country's Department of Chemical Engineering, is studying the development of sustainable refineries where it is possible to produce fuels and raw materials providing an alternative to petroleum by using biomass and other waste materials like plastics, tires, etc..

Glover and other executives said they think the approval process will be smooth because after processing plant oils, «We leave a hydrocarbon that looks exactly like petroleum fuel,» said Jennifer Holmgren, the general manager of renewable energy and chemicals at UOP, the company that derived the plant - oil refining and processing treatment for the Air New Zealand, Continental and Japan Airlines test flights.

It is very much alive in the United states and the UK, represented by outfits like the Heartland Institute, CATO Institute and a squillion others funded by American fossil fuel interests.

Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium - term regulatory requirements (e.g., in the 2020 timeframe) by reducing the average fuel consumption of its new vehicles using a combination of three primary measures: optimizing its combustion engines for greater efficiency; developing alternative drive... Read more →