Sentences with phrase «out of alternative fuels»

If burning coal and petrol in current ways becomes more expensive because of the damage they do to the environment, people will find ways to get energy out of alternative fuels or methods.

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After his departure, China said it plans to accelerate the use of alternative - energy cars, phasing out sales of fossil - fuel vehicles and turning the province into a free - trade port.

His poem «Tomorrow,» written from his cell, captured and fueled the hope of the Nicaraguan people whose revolution was born out of the capacity to envision an alternative future:

Measures to support the uptake of alternative fuelled vehicles by improving the country's network of charging and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure have been set out in the Queen's Speech

«The spill in the Gulf [of Mexico], which is just heartbreaking, only underscores the necessity of seeking alternative fuel sources,» Obama said at Solyndra's facility in Fremont, Calif., as oil spewed from BP's blown out Macondo well.

Now, if that kind of money had gone into alternative - fuel research, we probably wouldn't have needed to go out into that depth to produce oil.

Continental jet 516 — a two - engine Boeing 737 - 800 — completed a two hour test flight out of Houston today with one engine powered by a 50 - 50 blend of regular petroleum - based jet fuel and a synthetic alternative made from Jatropha and algae.

It suggests we may run out of oil a century before we have an alternative fuel ready to replace it.

Those alternatives operate fewer hours of the year, but with no burden of fuel cost or fuel - disposal problems the price of power they produce could be low enough to squeeze nuclear power out of the mix.

Here Saudi Arabia, backed by a few allies, fought a dogged rearguard action to keep out and then water down all references to fuel efficiency, alternative sources of energy and curbs on cars.

-- The Secretary shall carry out a program to establish Energy Innovation Hubs to enhance the Nation's economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting commercial application of clean, indigenous energy alternatives to oil and other fossil fuels, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and ensuring that the United States maintains a technological lead in the development and commercial application of state - of - the - art energy technologies.

Only with the extremely recent (on the evolutionary timeline) advent of civilization have we been stuffing our faces with carbs and snuffing out our magnificent ability to generate ketones as a clean - burning alternative fuel source to dietary carbohydrates.

School districts began adopting four - day schedules in the 1970s as fuel costs rose, and currently 18 out of 89 of the state's school districts and two individual schools are on four - day weeks, according to Dr. Michael Kaplan, director of the alternative education unit in the New Mexico Department of Education.

So if the public first has to be conditioned to accept HEVs, then the auto industry has no intention of also asking them to then seek out alternative fuels.

To be honest, I, too, have on occasion found comfort in such facile explanations for the nation's abject failure to deal with so many glaring problems, including several of interest to readers of car magazines: the pervasive failure to address global warming and finite supplies of fossil fuels; tens of thousands of road fatalities year in and year out; the burgeoning safety risk caused by in - car communications and telematics; the failure to maintain the roads we've got while creating better ones and efficient alternatives; and, of course, our continued inability to buy new Peugeots in the United States.

The U.S. Department of Energy still has some $ 16 billion sitting around that it can loan out for developing alternative - fuel vehicles.

That said, if you need excellent fuel economy, want to tow heavy loads, or just want to go farther off the beaten path, there are some solid alternatives worth checking out on the included list of what are essentially our semi-finalists.

The class came down to a four - car shootout toward the end, but the No. 4 Corvette, which was on an alternative fuel strategy, fell out of the battle.

Yet it still seems that the Eco trim trying to carve out a niche in a market full of affordable, fuel - efficient competitors — and on top of that, it has to make a case against more - economical alternatives in the Elantra lineup.

It offers a very low list price, potentially great fuel economy and an excellent standard warranty although taking advantage of that last point would require you to keep it for a number of years, something you may not want to do considering the number of far more accomplished alternatives out there.

Like practically everyone else on this planet, Sam and I have been concerned about the high cost of fuel, so one recent day we ventured out to check out alternative methods of transport.

Advocates say the carbon footprint of bioplastics is better than fossil fuel - derived alternatives, which is true, but as «Life Without Plastic» points out, there's the added issue of supporting genetically modified corn production, which currently provides most material for bioplastics.

I am not yet in my 40's but was raised in a very alternative community of people in nyc in the 70's and 80's... amidst the depression of the city at that time, there were tons of free - thinking individuals, groups and companies leading the way presenting biofuel - concepts and ideas, or promoting industries based on recycling things rather than being a disposable society... there have always been large numbers of people in the pro-environment movement country and world - wide that cried out about how alternative thinking would lead to newer, more positive and less harmfully - impacting industries and tried to introduce inventions that could have spurred new economies... Had the auto industry not blocked things, we could have had more energy efficient cars decades ago... but they did not want the «expense» of helping foster this new industry... it is so damn sad it took a war to make people «wake up» about alternative fuels and how exciting the options are.

More from The Guardian: «Sarah Evans, vice-president for communications at the X Prize Foundation, said that the foundation would bring together experts in the aviation and green technology sectors, including representatives from the Federal Aviation Authority's commercial aviation alternative fuel initiative, to hammer out the exact details of the competition, with the aim of announcing final plans in summer next year.

I'm all for conservation and alternative fuels but to spin it in the realm of global warming just means you are out of touch with reality AND science!

If only the alternative were to be seen as a cheap way out of a terribly expensive fossil fuels adventure which we are seeing today, and which has been scientifically proven, time and time again, to be exceptionally risky.

From reducing deforestation, increasing sustainable development, looking for alternative fuels in a world that is running out of oil, stemming pollution, maintaining sources of fresh drinking water, etc..

This would encourage conservation and development of fossil - fuel alternatives without taking any money out of the private economy.

There is no alternative to fossil fuels — of which shale gas is the best option - to lift people out of poverty until realistic alternatives are found.

(2) We're going to be running out of fossil fuels anyway in the next few centuries; without alternatives, global economic prosperity will be endangered much sooner than that.

While other measures are also essential — including technological solutions, personal lifestyle changes and policies to reduce fossil fuel use and develop alternative energy — the positive impact of each of those is reduced and may even be completely cancelled out by adding emissions from hundreds of millions of new people as our population increases.

With gas prices are spiraling out of control, Americans are going wild over green cars like never before, but there are far more to the eco -(and wallet) friendly world of alternative fuels than...

Thus, it was not unrealistic when DOD began to explore alternative sources of fuel, when Washington was gripped with the fear the world would run out of oil in the 1970s.

They let the cat out of the bag, and now can't get around the fact that alternative fuels are increasingly necessary to compensate for declining oil, just as what Muller and Romney are asserting.

Albeit localised in this case, this example of a fossil fuel becoming stranded by lower - cost, lower - carbon alternatives and increasing regulations provides an excellent example of how the future may pan out globally and with other fuels as the world moves to a low - carbon economy.

(1) carry out a research and demonstration program to evaluate the emissions from the use of alternative transportation fuels;

Jackson is scheduling screenings of Out of Balance around the country and will travel in an alternative fuel vehicle to facilitate discussion and encourage people to take action.

Since you haven't lived in my own head for my entire life, Mike F., I can hardly blame you for not knowing that my desire to see fossil fuels phased out in favor of alternatives began during the oil crises in the 1970s.

In a market the attempts to pass on costs may price fossil fuel burning related businesses out of business compared to alternatives).

Roome refused to rule out fossil fuel investments in the future, but said they would be subject to strict criteria, to do with their necessity, ensuring the most efficient technology was used, and investigation of alternatives.

Siim Kallas, the EU transport commission, insisted that Brussels directives and new taxation of fuel would be used to force people out of their cars and onto «alternative» means of transport.

Solar energy and other alternatives are very diffuse sources of energy, and getting the cost down far enough to put the fossil fuel interests out of business is going to be very, very difficult.

With the energy sector showing signs of profound, disruptive change, and with the former chairman of Duke Energy arguing that a price on carbon is inevitable, investors are rightly spooked by the prospect of a carbon bubble — whereby fossil fuel assets become stranded because they either can't be exploited due to climate concerns, or clean energy alternatives simply squeeze them out of the marketplace.

It is because so little energy is being used, and because alternatives are ruled out ab initio (the model contains no nuclear power, and no technology for storing away carbon emissions from fossil fuels; natural gas prices rise strongly and coal plants are retired well before they are clapped out) that the model ends up with such a high percentage of renewables; indeed given the premise it's slightly surprising it doesn't end up with even more.

Among his contentions is that Stern «assumes we will continue to pump out carbon far into the 22nd century — a rather unlikely scenario given the falling cost of alternative fuels.»

They'll stress why it is important to gradually phase out fossil fuels in favor of cleaner alternatives like wind and solar energy, emphasize the national security benefits of scaling back oil imports and underscore the reality that America's own oil and natural gas resources will eventually run out.

But perhaps some things should be deal - breakers when it comes to calling a building green; putting in special spaces for alternative fuel vehicles doesn't cut it when you are moving 3,000 employees out of the city and dropping them on a farm.

All the talk of peak oil, that we are running out of fossil fuels and therefore need alternatives — or that we're not and therefore there's nothing to worry about — is a distraction.

This would require most petrol or diesel vehicles to be phased out by 2060, with electric or other low - carbon alternative fuel vehicles making up the vast majority of sales well before that date.

Otherwise, Holly has carved out for herself a very sweet, even lovely alternative universe in the nasty, ego - driven, agenda - fueled world of CAGW debate.