Sentences with phrase «produce fuel for cars»

At a time when excessive pressures on the earth's land and water resources are of growing concern, there is a massive new demand emerging for cropland to produce fuel for cars — one that threatens world food

A World Bank analyst attributes 70 percent of the food price rise to this diversion of food to produce fuel for cars.

At a time when excessive pressures on the earth's land and water resources are of growing concern, there is a massive new demand emerging for cropland to produce fuel for cars — one that threatens world food security.

Along with this is the growing demand for grain as 80 million more people are added each year, as people in emerging economies move up the food chain, and as grain is funneled away to produce fuel for cars.

On the demand side of the food equation, there are four pressing needs — to stabilize world population, eradicate poverty, reduce excessive meat consumption, and reverse biofuels policies that encourage the use of grain to produce fuel for cars.

Between 2005 and 2011, the grain used to produce fuel for cars climbed from 41 million to 127 million tons — nearly a third of the U.S. grain harvest.

Not exact matches

Among other adjustments that could help double fuel economy are turbocharging with smaller, more efficient engines that produce the same level of power; advanced heat management and cooling systems, which reuse the heat produced in the engine for energy; weight reduction, including broader use of high - strength steel that is already in some cars today; better aerodynamics; more efficient air conditioners, transmissions and lighting devices (including headlights); and increased electrification leading to full hybridization with electric motor and regenerative breaking — all of which currently exist.

Honda will receive a small credit for producing CNG cars under the new fuel economy rules for 2017 - 2025 but in the meantime intends to keep production steady at around 2,000 to 3,000 at its plant in Greensburg, Ind..

As for the fuel, more than 45 million metric tons (45 billion kilograms) of the lightweight gas is produced every year as part of making fertilizer, chemicals and the gasoline used to power cars today.

The device could make hydrogen cars affordable for many more consumers because it produces hydrogen using nickel, iron and cobalt — elements that are much more abundant and less expensive than the platinum and other precious metals that are currently used to produce hydrogen fuel.

If oxidizing glucose to produce energy for our bodies is so messy, creating free radicals the way cars burning their fuel produce combustion by - products out the exhaust, even if we're just idling, living our day - to - day lives, what if we rev up our lives, and start exercising — really start burning fuel?

Actually, if a car produces more power for the same amount of fuel, it will improve mileage.

I am aware other things may need to accompany this; for example WOT in 6th gear should not richen the mixture as WOT does normally, etc., so let's say the car was produced from the factory with the computer and associated electronics accommodating the fuel - gear.

The VEA can be used to produce vastly different types of engines, theoretically ranging from torquey engines fit for sportier cars, to fuel - sippers ideal for city cars.

Can the Torque app be used to produce a Fuel Efficiency graph for my car, or do I need a specialist for this kind of information?

Bugatti Veyron Fbg Par Hermes — 2008: Produced in association with the French style house (famed for its leather goods) the car features a Hermes monogram on the front grille, wheels with a single «H» in the centre, and a fuel filler cap engraved with «Bugatti Veyron Fbg Par Hermes».

During the last 26 years, he has worked tirelessly to fuel and guide Ferrari's technical development, producing an array of cars which have set the standard for both performance and styling.»

MPG and running costs > Typically for a car aimed at company car buyers, MPG and CO2 ratings are very good, with the most frugal 2.0 TDi ultra only producing 106g / km, but the faster you want to go, the bigger the tax and fuel bills.

Still, the Skyactiv four cylinder engine produces a fairly good punch for how fuel efficient it is, and combined with the car's tight handling it will put a smile on a budget - oriented automotive enthusiast's face.

Topping the range is the Mulliner Driving Specification with 22 - inch forged alloys, embroidered Bentley emblems, additional veneer options, a jewelled - finish fuel filler, sports pedals, indented leather headliner and a new «diamond - in - diamond» interior trim pattern that comprises exactly 712 stitches for each diamond and uses 2.8 km of thread in every car, each of which requires nine leather hides to produce.

Some carmakers are moving away from manuals, offering an automatic as standard on some of their models or with some of their engines; this is often for reasons of economy, as the latest dual - clutch gearboxes can help cars use less fuel and produce less CO2 than those with a manual transmission.

It produced unexpected power and torque, also pairing nicely with the six - speed automatic transmission for safe overtaking on various occasions, undoubtedly contributing to the car's fuel consumption of 8.9 L / 100 km in a mix of urban and country driving over a length of around 85 km.

At least one calls for CAFE standards to rise dramatically, meaning that automakers would have to produce very fuel - efficient cars in order to avoid stiff fines.

Due to a growing consumer interest for city cars with high amounts of fuel efficiency and versatility, it's no surprise that most vehicle manufacturers have begun to produce and promote these vehicles extensively.

Known for producing driver - centric automobiles, BMW has applied hybrid technology to improve the performance of its cars more so than fuel economy In the case of the BMW ActiveHybrid 5, the turbocharged 3.0 - liter inline six - cylinder engine is supplemented by an electric motor to produce 335 horsepower and 332 ft - lbs of torque.

Always believed one benefit of high fuel prices was that consumers looked to smaller vehicles and car makers responded by producing stylish vehicles we once envied the Europeans for having.

Powerful impetus from other sectors is enough to keep oil demand on a rising trajectory to 105 mb / d by 2040: oil use to produce petrochemicals is the largest source of growth, closely followed by rising consumption for trucks (fuel - efficiency policies cover 80 % of global car sales today, but only 50 % of global truck sales), for aviation and for shipping.

At the same time, cleaner fuels produced by our country's world - class refining sector have helped make today's cars and trucks 99 percent cleaner for common pollutants than their 1970s forebears.

The device could make hydrogen cars affordable for many more consumers because it produces hydrogen using nickel, iron and cobalt — elements that are much more abundant and less expensive than the platinum and other precious metals that are currently used to produce hydrogen fuel.

U.S. waste - derived biomethane could produce nearly 4.5 billion gasoline equivalent gallons of fuel annually — enough energy for 10.4 million cars or 13.7 million homes.

The proposal calls for laws that could require oil companies to make cleaner domestically produced fuels and car companies to offer less polluting and more efficient cars and trucks.

From the book «The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels»: «In 1998, Bill McKibben endorsed a scenario of outlawing 60 percent of present fossil fuel use to slow catastrophic climate change, even though that would mean, in his words, that «each human being would get to produce 1.69 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually — which would allow you to drive an average American car nine miles a day.

On Sunday, GM boss Rick Wagoner told the world's press that there was «now an irrefutable business case for producing green cars» and that the company recognised that fossil fuels would eventually run out, or be in such short supply as to force prices much higher.

Gasification may also be one of the best ways to produce clean - burning hydrogen for tomorrow's cars and power - generating fuel cells.

Hydrogen cars are attractive in their fuel - efficiency, although several challenges must be overcome before they can be mass produced for the consumer marketplace.

another point i would like to add it that of energy use and the reason for it creating energy creates heat and each action has a oposite and equal action so using enry also creates heat through friction wheater it be in the engine burning the fuel or the friction of the air pasing over the car or air plane and the act of compresing air creates heat so avery activity taking place inside a city is producing heat

China, with similarly huge reserves, is even planning to convert coal into synthetic fuel for cars - even though such processes typically produce large amounts of greenhouse gases.

The technology of fuel systems that produce 100 mpg or better for the average size car has been around for a long time.