Sentences with phrase «petroleum fuels»

In addition to the disconnect with reality, it lacks a coherent argument in favor of petroleum fuels.

This innovative low - cost process could result in a sizeable increase in the production of plant - based chemicals and fuels, and reduce the dependence on petroleum fuels.

Compared with petroleum fuels, the use of corn ethanol leads to a net 10 percent decrease in greenhouse - gas emissions.

I have no idea whether these hidden costs are more or less than the taxes that are imposed on petroleum fuels.

Jet fuels derived from algae, camelina and jatropha — plants that pack an energy punch, are not eaten as food and do not displace food crops — could be approved and replacing petroleum fuels in commercial flights as early as next year, a Boeing executive said yesterday.

If all humans recycled everything possible, used petroleum fueled vehicles only as needed, generated as much power from renewable sources as we could and were responsible stewards of our environment always without looking for credit or approval, there would be little discussion on the causes of our changing environment, and more willing participants to make another lifestyle change to keep this nest for future generations to enjoy.

The military's use of biofuels originally sparked the ire of some GOP members of congress and the senate after it was widely reported that the military pays up to $ 26 a gallon for some «advanced» biofuels, which can be used as direct replacements for petroleum fuels used by ships and aircraft.

Working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Energy, and SAE International, the series organizers and the Argonne National Laboratory determined the «greenest» entries in the Prototype and GT classes based on energy used, greenhouse gases emitted, and petroleum fuels displaced.

At the same time, the U.S.'s thirst for petroleum fuels has stalled as vehicles become more efficient.

Sources say the subsection on biofuels was a particularly divisive part of the IPCC report, with optimistic scientists and renewable fuel - focused countries pushing to highlight the benefits of replacing petroleum fuels with plant - based alternatives, and others pushing to include the negative aspects.

Long - term exposure to air pollution in the four San Francisco Bay Area counties may cause an additional 208 cases of cancer for every million residents, mostly attributable to benzene and butadiene, byproducts of petroleum fuel combustion.

- Australian oil production peaked in 2000 - Australia's local oil now satisfies only two thirds of domestic consumption - Transport accounts for more than 70 % of national petroleum consumption - 97 % of Australian transport powered by petroleum fuels.

The 356 miles of proposed pipelines from Albany to Linden, N.J., would carry heavy crude oil south and petroleum fuel north.

Environmental group the Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that turning coal to liquid fuel emits twice as much carbon dioxide as producing petroleum fuels.

«Heavy - petroleum fuels raising vanadium emissions: Human emissions of potentially harmful vanadium particles into Earth's atmosphere now exceed those from all natural sources combined..»

One of the studies Tim has referenced basically concludes that the only thing policymakers can do is work on the assumption that biofuels, at this moment in time, are worse than petroleum fuels because of the future risk of land clearing and other GHG emission increases.

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.

Sources include all types of source energy — fossil fuel electric, hydro electric, nuclear electric, wind electric, etc, but also direct coal (not much) and direct petroleum fuel (a lot) and direct natural gas (fair amount).

Other sources include petroleum fuels used for heating, the decomposition of waste in landfills, waste incineration, and wastewater treatment.

The intent of this solicitation is to encourage production of alternative and renewable transportation fuels such as biomethane, renewable gasoline and diesel substitutes in California that can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and petroleum fuel demand, and stimulate economic development in the state.

That was the plan until Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee learned that it would cost four times what petroleum fuels would cost.

We ask that you launch a major new initiative to curtail US consumption through improved efficiency and the rapid development and deployment of advanced biomass, alcohol and other available petroleum fuel alternatives.

Centralized coal - fired power plants are run on cheap coal and they release less CO2 per car mile than do most petroleum fueled cars considering the efficiency, shipping and refining losses.

But the Evergreen State has a dark secret: dirty petroleum fuels are polluting our air and harming our future.

Tar Sands, as a fuel source, is significantly more polluting (by every measure) than traditional petroleum fuels.

The lawsuit also seeks compliance with EPAct purchasing requirements of alterative fuel vehicles for private and local municipal government fleets if needed to meet petroleum fuel reduction goals.

Sustainable Advanced Fuels accelerates low - carbon alternatives to petroleum fuels in the Northwest.

The ethanol - powered Corvette C6.Rs also swept the top two spots in the MICHELIN GREEN X Challenge with the best overall scores among the 26 GT and prototype entries based on energy used, greenhouse gases emitted, and petroleum fuels displaced.

Too much emphasis is focused on seed - derived oils that displace food production, have very limited production potential and may cause greenhouse gas emissions well above those of conventional petroleum fuels.»

Because of its near - total dependence on petroleum fuels, the U.S. transportation sector is responsible for about a third of our country's climate - changing emissions.

Emissions from petroleum fueled vehicles contain greenhouse gases linked to climate change.

Alternative fueled vehicles are powered by natural gas, propane, ethanol, or electricity, which produce less pollution and greenhouse gas emissions than petroleum fueled vehicles.

Also unlike traditional ethanol, green fuels can be also be used in gas tanks in 100 percent concentrations; their cetane numbers, or combustion quality, are actually higher than those of petroleum fuel.

Federal researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy report that it would take only 15,000 square miles — less than 1/7 the area now used to harvest all the corn across the country — to produce enough algae fuel to replace all of our petroleum fuel.

We are perfecting a new technology that makes hydrocarbons — the same components found in petroleum fuels.

«Our analysis suggests that much of this rapid rise can be traced to the increased use of unconventional heavy - petroleum fuels.»

«Our analysis builds on theirs by providing the first quantifiable numbers for the release of vanadium from unconventional heavy - petroleum fuels, and updating numbers for all other sources to put these human impacts into context.

«It's processed so that it contains only the same hydrocarbon molecules present in petroleum fuel.»

I was in the middle of grad school, and I mean, I have a degree in fuel science, with my specialty being petroleum fuels.

The No. 4 Corvette C6.R had the best overall score among the 19 GT and prototype entries based on energy used, greenhouse gases emitted, and petroleum fuels displaced.

Last year, Corvette Racing scored three victories in the American Le Mans Series Michelin GREEN X Challenge based on energy used, greenhouse gases emitted and petroleum fuels displaced.

By 2016, the Air Force will be postured to cost - competitively acquire 50 percent of its domestic aviation fuel via an alternative fuel blend that is greener than conventional petroleum fuel.

The U.S. military did reduce its petroleum fuel consumption 20.7 percent since 2005, and it has reduced the energy used per square foot of building space 17.7 percent since 2003 (falling short of its 21 percent target.)