Sentences with phrase «puts less carbon»

In particular, she evaluates whether generating energy via the burning of wood pellets, or biomass, puts less carbon into the atmosphere than burning coal.

Not exact matches

Nutiva is focused on regenerative agriculture so it can sequester carbon from the atmosphere and oceans, putting it into the soil so the soil can hold more water, use less fertilizer and enhance nutritional elements in foods.

«The [carbon] cost of us putting someone into space will be less than flying to London and back on a commercial plane.»

If people reduce the amount of carbon dioxide they put in the air, then less will end up in the ocean.

The second is less popular: call it geoengineering, but we need to find a way to put carbon back in the ground.

But if people reduce the amount of carbon dioxide they put in the air, then less will end up in the ocean.

Fatty acids can be put into three categories based on the molecular length of carbon atoms connected to hydrogen atoms: short - chain that have less than 6 carbon atoms, medium - chain that have between 6 - 12 carbon atoms and long - chain that have between 13 - 21 carbon atoms.

In addition to new hardware to increase drivability, Bugatti has also put the Chiron on a strict diet — so expect to see considerably more carbon - fibre and a little less luxury.

On your other point that «the only viable way to remove carbon from the atmosphere — ,» I offer my approach which is, «The most viable way to reduce CO2 from the atmosphere is to put a lot less into it and then let nature work through our past excesses.»

«By 2015, when this is fully in place, we'll be putting four million tonnes less carbon into the atmosphere than we are today.

By putting a fee on that carbon, it makes certain types of energy more expensive and it makes other types of energy less expensive.

«As to our advocacy around a carbon tax — I would not support putting a carbon tax in place today because I think we still have a lot of gains to be made through technology and other less intrusive policies on the economy which are showing results,» he said in a speech before The City Club of Cleveland.

Recent studies have separately warned that high levels of carbon dioxide, or CO ₂, make crops less nutritious for reasons that are not totally clear, and put shellfish and other key parts of the food chain at risk by making oceans more acidic.

The existence of this positive externality of firms» R&D — or put differently, the public - good nature of the information generated by R&D — means that the private sector will carry out less than the «efficient» amount of R&D of new climate - friendly technologies in response to given carbon prices.

A constant increase in CO2 will put progressively less carbon into the atmosphere.

The latest in the series puts the gap between emissions trends and what is actually required to keep the rise in global temperature at a level which does not spell catastrophe for the planet at between 8 - 12 billion tons of carbon dioxide - equivalent (CO2e) by 2020 — less a gap than a gaping chasm!

One good thing about the Uk's zero carbon definition is that it will have to be «as designed» — so that David Frise's story above where renewables are put just to meet planning requirements, but in effect do not generate any energy, are — hopefully — less common.

Those intent on putting a positive spin on COP23 (Conference of the Parties) note that 49 nations, including the United States, have peaked their carbon emissions through greater energy efficiencies, less burning of coal and shifts to renewable energy.

Over the long term, it surely pays to be green: you use less gas or heating oil and you leave more money in your pocket; you grow your own food and reduce your expenses (over time) as well as your diet's carbon footprint; you reduce, reuse, and recycle and you get far, far more bang for your buck while putting less waste into the production and distribution streams.

I think the biggest difference - maker has probably been the indifferent progress of measures to put a price on carbon — complete national - level failure in the US, and with EU measures less than effective.

Packaging innovation this is not, but we like the jocular spin Tobi.com is putting on its latest attempt to reduce its carbon footprint: Reusing shipping boxes and drawing attention to their less - than - pristine condition.