Sentences with phrase «produce higher carbon»

Animal products generally use larger amounts of resources and energy than various other plant - based foods, plus produce higher carbon emissions.

The announcement does not mean that the state has completely divested from companies that produce high carbon emissions.

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All of those produce a higher quality, lower carbon footprint material which is moving the whole industry forward.

Canada currently produces about four million barrels of oil a day but 61 percent of that volume comes from high cost and carbon intensive mining in the tar sands.

A value for Hoyle state 2 % higher than the measured value would prevent the formation of carbon.5 A value 2 % lower than the measured value would produce lots of carbon, but no oxygen.5 Both are essential atoms for life.

The plant is able to produce high - quality sustainable coffee with an increased capsule collection recycling capacity and reduced carbon emissions.

«Garden equipment engines emit high levels of carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides, producing up to 5 % of the nation's air pollution and a good deal more in many metropolitan areas like Los Angeles.

«We will be saving a tremendous amount of power, which will ultimately reduce our carbon footprint, while also producing more high - quality snow for our guests to enjoy.»

But by adjusting its chemistry, says Feaver, EnerG2 can produce carbon with pores to match electrolytes designed for high power density, high energy density, or any combination of the two.

New research shows that hotter weather coupled with higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air prompt flowering plants to produce pollen that is far more noxious than pollen of the past.

Investigators in Shandong, China, recently discovered a new method to convert this organic waste matter into a porous carbon material that can be used to produce high - tech electronics.

The soot produced by burning fossil fuels has a stronger warming effect because it contains a higher ratio of black carbon to sulfate, which reflects sunlight to produce a cooling effect.

The world could cut greenhouse emissions by fracking for gas and replacing coal - fired power stations, but using gas to produce power could then lock us into a high - carbon future.

These conflicts have stalled some high - profile projects despite the fact that renewable energy sources do not produce heat - trapping emissions of carbon dioxides, the primary greenhouse gas driving global warming.

«Concentrated light drives the photochemical reaction, which generates high - energy intermediates and heat to drive thermochemical carbon - chain - forming reactions, thus producing hydrocarbons in a single - step process.»

«We wanted to combine the high strength of PAN with the low cost of the lignin to produce an automobile - grade carbon fiber.»

In the new study, researchers combined a naturally abundant raw material, sodium alginate (a polysaccharide that can be extracted from seaweed and algae) with a high - volume industrial by - product, silica fume (a by - product of ferrosilicon or silicon metal alloy processing) to produce a «green» adsorbent that is better than activated carbon.

Despite having electronic properties superior to other 2D materials such as graphene (2D carbon) and silicene (2D silicon), phosphorene's potential for application in high - performance devices has been limited by how difficult it is to reliably produce commercially viable quantities of it in large, thin, high - quality nanosheet form.

«We have found that the resulting nano networks possess exceptional ability to transport charges, up to 100 million times higher than previously measured carbon nanotube random networks produced by conventional methods,» says Dr David Barbero, leader of the project and assistant professor at the Department of Physics at Umeå University.

(D) combustion technology to produce higher firing temperature while lowering nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide emissions per unit of output;

Scientists have successfully engineered bacteria that can produce high - energy carbon rings, which can be used to make other materials.

But careful kinetic studies in a flow - through reactor showed that large palladium particles preferentially produced methane while small ones preferred - or had high selectivity toward - carbon monoxide formation.

On Earth, certain microbes living in the dark, high - pressure depths of the ocean where oxygen is scarce actually consume hydrogen and carbon dioxide, producing methane in the process.

Oxaloacetate is a four - carbon compound that begins the first reaction of the Krebs Cycle, a cycle containing a series of reactions that produces high - energy species to eventually be used to produce energy for the cell.

We have found that the problem with traditional carbon heaters is that, while they produce high quality infrared heat, they don't produce a lot of it and it is not concentrated on your body.

The drawback of carbon heaters is that, while they produce high quality infrared heat, they do not produce a lot of infrared — they are weak.

True Wave ™ Infrared Heaters produce the long wave infrared heat of a carbon heaters with the very high infrared output of a ceramic heater combined into one heater.

Although fiber - reinforced plastics were commercialized in the 1930s and»40s, using carbon fiber wasn't practical until 1963, when researchers at the British Royal Aircraft Establishment discovered a method for producing reliable, high - strength filaments.

The LC 500 will be the first vehicle to be produced using Lexus» new rear - wheel - drive platform and uses a combination of high strength steel and aluminium, as well as an optional carbon fibre roof.

The optional rear airfoil, which likewise also comes with a naked carbon finish, produces more rear axle downforce at high speeds.

In addition to collision repair and custom builds, Ringbrothers also produces a line of high - quality billet accessories as well as custom fiberglass and carbon - fiber pieces.

Since then the company has produced hundreds of innovative high - performance transmissions for technology evaluation in all manner of innovative low carbon powertrain configurations and for low volume production.

Working together with Anderson Composites, Roush Performance also produced the front splitter, rear aerofoils, rear spoiler, rocker panels, and mirror caps, all rendered in high - strength, lightweight carbon fiber.

It combines the highest grade of low dust extruded palletized activated carbon with premium ion exchange resins to produce a synergistic formula for the health and well - being of aquarium inhabitants.

It combines the highest grade of low - dust pelletized activated carbon with premium ion exchange resins to produce a balanced formula optimized for the health and wellbeing of plants while delivering crystal clear water.

To make cement, you cook calcium carbonate at high temperature, producing 4 % of the world's carbon dioxide in two ways: through the fuel used to heat the kiln, and through the chemistry of converting calcium carbonate to lime and carbon dioxide.

The highest per capita carbon emissions are in several small oil and gas producing countries.

In fact, that all things green love carbon - dioxide rich environments is the ONLY thing we KNOW about the effects of increase CO2 levels, other than the fact that higher and higher levels of CO2 produce increasingly lesser and lesser amounts of heating due to the «greenhouse effect».

And, the IPCC projection is probably too high because it was driven by a collection of climate models which new science indicates produce too much warming given a rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

Specimens of elkhorn coral living in water with excess carbon dioxide have been studied for fertilization rates, ability of larvae to settle on reef substrate (where they produce new corals), and subsequent growth and survival.3 Three levels of carbon dioxide were tested, corresponding to concentrations today, at mid-century, and at the end of the century on a high - emissions path.3, 5 At the mid-century concentration, the ability of fertilization to occur and for larvae to settle successfully on the reef was significantly reduced: around 52 percent, and the decline intensified to about 73 percent at the late - century concentration.3 The corals» ability to survive over the long run declined as well, by an average of 39 percent and 50 percent respectively.3, 4

Further, cause to show direct relationship between magnetism, gravity, and ocean churn, provides plausible reason to believe there could be a causal relationship producing more carbon at higher temperature because of increased bacterial ocean life.

As defined in Title 26 of the US Code (The Internal Revenue Code of 1986), refined coal means a fuel which is a liquid, gaseous or solid fuel produced from coal (including lignite) or high carbon fly ash, including such fuel used as a feedstock; and is sold with the reasonable expectation that it will be used to produce steam, resulting in a qualified emission reduction.

Garden equipment engines, which have had unregulated emissions untill very recently, emit high levels of carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides, producing up to 5 % of the nation's air pollution and a good deal more in metropolitan areas.

Readers who actually want a thorough and careful account of the pros and cons of I - 732 from a policy point of view should read the three detailed articles by the Sightline Institute here: http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/01/pros-cons-carbonwa-carbon-tax-swap-ballot-initiative-732/ http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/02/does-initiative-732-carbon-tax-have-a-budget-hole/ http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/03/weighing-critiques-of-carbonwa-i-732/ Readers who are interested in the messy political conflict over the initiative might start with a couple of Patrick Mazza's articles: http://cascadiaplanet.blogspot.com/2015/11/can-wa-state-climate-policy-train-wreck.html http://cascadiaplanet.blogspot.com/2015/12/wa-climate-initiative-conflict-on-road.html If you want to know why the Alliance's proposal won't do much for low - income families facing higher energy costs as a result of a carbon fee (though it would produce a lot of union trade jobs by funding State infrastructure spending) start here: http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/16/green-stamps-a-climate-equity-proposal-for-the-pacific-northwest/

Likewise, produce that has been grown in a heated greenhouse also has a high carbon footprint.

The observatory's location in Hawaii was chosen specifically due to the cleanliness of the air that produces more accurate measurements than what would be measured close to areas with higher carbon dioxide emissions.

It determined that the «carbon legacy» of just one child can produce 20 times more greenhouse gas than a person will save by driving a high - mileage car, recycling, using energy - efficient appliances and light bulbs, etc. «Clearly, the potential savings from reduced reproduction are huge compared to the savings that can be achieved by changes in lifestyle,» wrote the authors.

Thanks to the revenue generated from selling NativeEnergy's Help Build carbon offsets, Laurelbrook Farm can now compost a higher percentage of the manure and produce better compost.

(before that there is a drop in the carbon growth rate with much lower temps) Before the hiatus, smoothing would produce higher numbers in the core as numbers were increasingly stable below, but increasingly growing from above.

After all, the critics say, lower - income households spend a higher percentage of their budgets on energy than rich ones do, and the price of energy produced from carbon - intensive fuels is likely to rise.