2) Every new generation of vehicle is more energy efficient and
produces less emissions than the prior generation.
Natural gas blended with renewable hydrogen also
produces less emissions than regular natural gas when used at a power plant or as a transport fuel.
The software fooled EPA emissions testers into thinking that Volkswagen's diesel engines
produced less emissions of nitrogen oxides than they released in the real world.
Surely it was in the depressed 1930's that industry would have
produced less emissions, and that was a warm decade.
Not exact matches
Impact on oil and gas production: compared to a carbon tax, Alberta's policy offers emitters
less of an incentive to reduce production in order to cut GHGs, notes Leach: «assuming that the facility reduced production by 10 percent, and that
emissions decreased proportionately (a simplifying assumption), the facility's
emissions intensity would not change, so its carbon liability per barrel of oil
produced would also remain constant.»
If the goods they
produced end up being imported from jurisdictions with
less stringent environmental standards, then we lose twice — higher global GHG
emissions and
less economic activity in Canada.
The company's eco-friendly production strategy has minimized its environmental footprint by decreasing waste by 40 percent, using 30 percent
less energy and
producing 20 percent fewer
emissions.
As one of the group's leaders, Hsu Jen - hsiu, rightly says eating
less or no meat is a way to love our planet because livestock emit large volumes of methane into the atmosphere, which contribute more to global warming than the
emissions produced by all the vehicles around the world.
Organic foods are also locally sourced and
produced, which means there is
less carbon dioxide
emissions that contribute to global warming.
Indeed, the Clean Power Plan proposed by the Obama administration to clean up CO2
emissions from power plants relies on capture and storage to allow coal - fired power plants to continue to
produce electricity, but with
less climate - changing pollution.
On a life - cycle basis, FCVs running on hydrogen derived from steam - reforming natural gas — currently the most affordable way of making hydrogen —
produce less than half the greenhouse gas
emissions of a gasoline - powered car.
In a fossil fuel - fired generator, this means
less carbon dioxide
emissions for the same unit of electricity
produced.
It
produces less carbon dioxide
emissions than coal for electricity or gasoline and diesel for fuel, but even a small amount of natural gas release — which is essentially methane — packs a greenhouse gas punch about 30 times more powerful than the same amount of carbon dioxide.
In the process, it
produces less than a tea cup (several ounces) of NOx
emissions.»
The study, which was led by University of Surrey Engineering Doctorate student Helen Skudder, also found that many burglary prevention measures installed individually or in combination,
produce less carbon
emissions than an incidence of burglary.
It
produces no carbon dioxide exhaust
emissions, and even when the CO2 released in generating the electricity used to charge its batteries is factored in, it is responsible for
less than half the amount emitted by the «greenest» petrol cars.
Because there is no combustion, fuel cells run extremely cleanly: Their
emissions are just water and carbon dioxide, and they
produce less than half as much CO2 per kilowatt - hour as do traditional power plants.
From 2000 - 2013 China
produced 2.9 gigatonnes
less carbon than previous estimates of its cumulative
emissions.
Though burning natural gas
produces much
less greenhouse gas
emissions than burning coal, a new study indicates switching over coal - fired power plants to natural gas would have a negligible effect on the changing climate.
A brown dwarf is more like a star,
producing some kind of stellar wind
emissions, though that's probably much
less energetic than the radiation belts of Jupiter.
By
producing more food on
less land, it may be possible to reduce these
emissions, but this so - called intensification often involves increasing fertilizer use, which can lead to large
emissions of nitrogen - containing gases that also contribute to global warming.
This process is toxin - free, and they estimate it
produces 10 times
less greenhouse gas
emissions than typical petroleum - based dyes.
Broccoli also
produces the carbon
emission equivalent of
less than one mile driven per 4 - oz.
Tofu
produces the carbon
emission equivalent of
less than one mile driven per four ounces consumed.
When run in Europe's standardized fuel economy and
emissions test cycle, the Flextreme is expected to
produce less than 60 grams of carbon dioxide per mile.
Natural gas vehicles have been found to
produce less greenhouse gas
emissions than gasoline vehicles, but very little natural gas consumption is currently used for transportation fuel.
It's also a much cleaner and more efficient engine,
producing 25 percent
less emissions than the outgoing Clio.
Mercedes says the plug - in hybrid
produces 42 percent
less C02
emissions than the gas variant.
The EcoDiesel engine is also capable of running on biofuel, which
produces less air pollutants and greenhouse gas
emissions.
Rated at an EPA - estimated 0 to 26 miles of All - Electric Range1, Niro PHEV can help some drivers consume
less gasoline in most driving conditions5 and in all - electric mode it
produces zero
emissions.
The engine was developed as part of the «Limo - Green» project funded by the U.K.'s Technology Strategy Board to
produce a large sedan with an
emissions rating of
less than 120 g / km of carbon dioxide.
The T6, incidentally, still
produces 225 kW and 400 Nm, but the CO2
emission drops to a class leading 149 g / km — identical to the far
less powerful BMW 328i.
The smaller engine uses 14 percent
less fuel than the two - liter unit, and therefore also
produces less CO2
emissions.
Rated at an EPA - estimated 26 miles of All - Electric Range, Niro PHEV can help some drivers consume
less gasoline in most driving conditions and in all - electric mode it
produces zero
emissions.
The Zafira and Combo CNG (Compressed Natural Gas)
produce almost no soot particles, 20 percent
less carbon dioxide than a comparable gasoline model and an up to 80 percent reduction in other harmful
emissions.
It is the cleanest diesel engine
produced by General Motors and meets North American diesel
emission standards, generating 90 %
less NOx and particulate
emissions compared to previous - generation diesels.
The diesel engine will meet
emissions standards in all 50 states and will
produce up to 20 percent
less carbon
emissions than a regular gas - powered engine.
US cars
produce slightly
less power than their European counterparts due to
emissions restrictions in place at the time.
Compared to a standard six - cylinder powertrain, the mHEV manages to drink one
less liter of fuel for every 100 km traveled, while also
producing 25 g / km (40 g / mile)
less in CO2
emissions.
Although GDI vehicles offer the potential of improved fuel economy,
less fuel pumping, and charge air cooling, they tend to
produce higher particulate matter (PM)
emissions when compared with the traditional port fuel injection engines.
The fuel, which supposedly
produces less volatile organic compound (VOC)
emissions than regular diesel fuel or ethanol, is being
produced by RenTech in Rialto, California.
A pair of new - generation diesel engines,
producing more power but once again burning
less fuel, serve to improve dynamic performance and reduce pollutant
emissions.
FOR BODY SCANNERS: The TSA claims, «Each full body scan
produces less than 10 microREM of
emission, the equivalent to the exposure each person receives in about 2 minutes of an airplane flight at altitude.»
The aircraft structure is made of lightweight carbon fiber reinforced plastic, therefore, it uses 25 percent
less fuel and
produces 25 percent
less fewer environmental damaging
emissions.
The oil sands are still a tiny part of the world's carbon problem — they account for
less than a tenth of one percent of global CO2
emissions — but to many environmentalists they are the thin end of the wedge, the first step along a path that could lead to other, even dirtier sources of oil:
producing it from oil shale or coal.
Developing nations on the other hand are spending money today on establishing an energy infrastructure and they can make choices about spending this money on a system that will
produce a lot of Carbon
emissions or one that will be
produce less.
Logan has also designed a cooler asphalt that «uses 20 %
less energy to make,
produced 20 % fewer greenhouse gas
emissions when applied and lets the airport use a higher percentage of recycled asphalt.»
In the New Mexico of 2020 includes a move away from fossil fuels, a perfected use of renewable power sources, zero -
emissions buldings, fewer miles traveled,
less imported power and fewer power lines, micorgrids that
produce their own electricity for hundreds of communities, a reconfiguration of human organizations that aligns with better pricing and energy supply, green collar jobs, and supportive local governments.
As I've explained, there are in effect many buyers and many sellers in CO2E pricing, even if there is a government - enforced standard of delivering equal share equitably to all sellers per capita as there are different carbon intensities of essentially the same energy: electricity need not be
produced from fossil fuels, and where it is, the fossil fuels may be
less carbon intensive natural gas, or enriched through geothermal or solar hydrotreating to become
less carbon intensive, or the CO2
emissions can be directly sequestered or used in coproduction to reduce net influx of CO2.
Transportation contributes the majority of
emissions in the Northwest, where the region's hydro - reliant grid
produces less carbon.