Sentences with phrase «plug emissions of gases»

Yet as New Englanders trade in sport utility vehicles for hybrid cars and move toward more climate - friendly technologies, the exporting of old equipment represents a significant leak in the expanding worldwide effort to plug emissions of gases that trap the sun's heat.

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Finding a plug for «leakage» Harstad's theory builds upon the concept of «carbon leakage,» which holds that countries opting out of climate agreements will produce more greenhouse gases as their neighbors take steps to ratchet down greenhouse gas emissions and regulate the sources of such emissions, like coal - burning industrial plants or motor vehicle fleets.

Registration fees for plug - in vehicles also fly in the face of policies intended to promote their use due to concerns about energy independence, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions, Dumortier said.

Yet, plugging in our cars could reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 18 percent.

In an article to appear in the journal Energy Policy, the authors find that urban drivers who can frequently charge their vehicles (every 20 miles) can reduce gas consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and expenses with a plug - in hybrid with a battery pack sized for about seven miles of electric travel.

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Give it a full tank of gas and a full battery charge, and Honda estimates you'll see upwards of 330 miles of range, while all - electric, non-local emissions range comes in at 42 miles, a number that Honda claims as the «longest of any mid-size plug - in hybrid.»

A joint study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council estimated that by 2050, widespread adoption of plug - ins could reduce greenhouse - gas emissions by 450 million metric tons annually — equivalent to removing 82.5 million passenger cars from the road.

The widespread use of plug - in hybrid vehicles — which could be driven up to 40 miles on electric power alone — would significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States without overloading the nation's power grid, according to a new study.

So I'm not just going to reiterate the arguments that people have made, but I will say that the case for plug - in hybrid electric vehicles can be boiled down into short - hand that people understand: energy security, vulnerability to foreign sources of oil, greenhouse gas emissions, the environment, economic security.

I think it's worth noting that even running on pure coal - electricty, a plug - in hybrid electric today would have much lower emissions of greenhouse gasses than the average new car today running on gasoline, and about the same emissions as a regular hybrid.

Those of you who have heard me speak before know that I think that the issue of the century is global warming, and the good news is that plug - ins will also sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to existing cars.

So, plug - in hybrids have all the advantages of emissions, green house gases, low fuel costs, so why aren't we doing it?

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What happens to the air quality of the United States (greenhouse gases and other emissions) if we have a massive expansion of plug - in hybrid and electric vehicles?

«The EPRI - NRDC study demonstrates that plug - in hybrid electric vehicles can contribute significantly to the national effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,» said John E. Bryson, chairman and CEO of Edison International.

PALO ALTO, Calif. - July 19, 2007 - The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today released a comprehensive assessment that finds that widespread use of plug - in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the United States could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and potential for improve ambient air quality.

To be sure, there's still plenty of federally unregulated greenhouse gas pollution within American borders — perhaps most notably, growing methane emissions from the shale gas boom — but the rule helps plug a big regulatory gap.

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