Sentences with phrase «rather than carbon»

Rather than a carbon copy of the other witnesses, there were some material differences which satisfy me Mr. Pasloski's evidence was not tainted or «made deliberately to conform» to that of the other witnesses...

Another says: «There is a lack of diversity in trainees — I wish the firm would recognise the existence of other types of candidates, rather than the carbon copies they currently recruit.»

While deforestation has been the focus of most research into forests» effects on climate change, with a recent study suggesting tropical forests are turning into carbon sources rather than carbon stores as a result, the impact of warming soils has remained much of a mystery.

Carbon taxing, rather than carbon trading, is the better way to go.

Although this and some other pronouncements by Mankiw concern gasoline taxes rather than carbon taxes, they could be considered bold by a close adviser to the Romney for President campaign.

CFCs are already known to deplete ozone, but in - depth statistical analysis now shows that CFCs are also the key driver in global climate change, rather than carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Most fertilizers are nitrogen based rather than carbon based, and do not enter into the equation at all.

Methane In conditions without oxygen, such as at the bottom of a lake orthe sea, decomposition turns organic matter into methane, rather than carbon dioxide.

This is a very similar misconception to the previous one, despite the reference to energy rather than carbon.

Respiration in these organisms is methane rather than carbon dioxide.

Baliunas views sunspots at the cause of climate change rather than carbon dioxide.

These standard setters already work together, but need to introduce the climate risk agenda, rather than carbon being an isolated issue.

The debate over biofuels and economics has tended to focus on mandates and subsidies rather than carbon taxes — unsurprisingly, given the absence of carbon - taxing in the U.S. and the prevalence of large biofuel subsidies, primarily via the Renewable Fuel Standard.

It is a plan for regulating geoengineering schemes classed as solar radiation management rather than carbon dioxide removal, even though ocean iron fertilization experiments have generated most controversy (6, 7, 12).

In the agricultural sector, most of the approximately 5 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions are from methane and nitrous oxide rather than carbon dioxide.

Those three facts suggest that most if not all of the observed increase in CO2 is natural unless it can be shown that for some reason warming oceans can nevertheless act as a carbon sink rather than a carbon source.

By basing the levy on emissions rather than carbon all greenhouse gases stand on a common level, sequestration is strongly encouraged as well as such simple things as capturing methane from oil wells and garbage dumps (that gets built into the cost of disposal).

And / or, another aspect of the preference for cap - and - trade, rather than a carbon tax, may be related to the fact that it sounds like something that will not be reflected in prices, which isn't correct.

I tend to wonder / worry about Steve's good point (# 22), i.e., whether a preference for cap - and - trade, rather than a carbon tax, is driven mainly by those who want to make a profit from the trading?

In focussing on CO2 rather than carbon, it requires the capture and sequestration of 3.664 times the gigatonnage of material for a given impact on airborne CO2 stock.

I've tried to choose some of the lesser known hotels and have (where possible) focused on boutique hotels, where each of the rooms available is unique (rather than carbon copies of each other).

There's a hard - to - ignore scale to the braking system as well, with enormous ventilated and perforated discs engineered in steel rather than carbon ceramics and grabbed by six - piston calipers at the front, four - piston ones at the rear.

Rather than carbon - ceramic brakes the LP580 - 2 comes with eight - piston calipers at the front with 365 mm steel discs with four - pots at the rear with 356 mm rears.

Now, a new study of Pacific oyster and Mediterranean mussel larvae found that the earliest larval stages are sensitive to saturation state, rather than carbon dioxide (CO2) or pH (acidity) per se.

You said, «What if we build cells with nitrogen atoms rather than carbon atoms?

What if we build cells with nitrogen atoms rather than carbon atoms?

Not exact matches

The WHRC said that widespread deforestation, degradation and disturbance had caused forests to become a «source» of carbon rather than a net carbon «sink.»

Toohey says black carbon released there lingers far longer than it does in the troposphere where airplanes fly — years rather than days.

So brewmasters infuse the ale with nitrogen rather than with carbon dioxide, since nitrogen bubbles are smaller than CO 2 bubbles.

Negotiators from nearly 200 countries are focusing mainly on reducing carbon dioxide output from industry in order to limit global warming, rather than on diet.

The issue figures to feature prominently in the next federal election, with Liberal Leader Stà © phane Dion arguing the benefits of a carbon tax, while NDP Leader Jack Layton makes the case that cap - and - trade would do a better job of putting the costs on big polluters rather than on low - income families.

We should be discussing policy responses to carbon leakage, rather than assuming away this problem.

Many also spend carbon tax revenue, rather than recycling it through offsetting tax cuts elsewhere.

The problems are viewed as «environmental,» rather than as, say, questions of carbon dioxide levels.

If you see a fossil, it is much easier to think that it is just really old, rather than a god put it there, made it to look old, made it so carbon dating would give a false result, etc etc..

We ended up with rather less compote and rather more carbon on the bottom of our pan than we would have liked.

Dishes like tacos al carbon (which translates to cooked over charcoal) and fajitas tend to use thin slices of steak rather than ground meat, making them good choices too.

Either way, the combination of Falque and Iturbe should benefit both players and Garcia's offense as a whole, as they will each serve a separate and defined function, rather than being carbon copies of one another.

Rather than use springs for bouncing, this patented design elevates the mat surface with flexing rods made out of the same carbon fiber composite in Boeing's latest jets.

As a result, the child «rebreathes» his own carbon dioxide rather than breathing in oxygen - rich fresh air, and dies.

If this happens, the child can «rebreathe» his own carbon dioxide rather than breathing in oxygen - rich fresh air.

They are not governments - that kind of deal - making comes in December (or rather in the glacial negotiating sessions throughout this year), so I see no problem with them having earnest conversations deep into the night about the relative merits of carbon taxes over cap and trade, or any other issue, that have no substantive outcome other than to generate more research proposals, newspaper column inches and comments in well - meaning blogs.

«On his watch we have an environment secretary who doesn't believe in climate change, our carbon emissions are rising rather than falling and the government has failed to set a target a clean up our power system by 2030.»

Ensure that the tradable emission permits under Governor Pataki's proposed regional carbon cap are auctioned rather than given away with the proceeds used to mitigate negative distributional effects on low and moderate income households and to serve other economically and socially important purposes.

Even zero carbon has now reached the point where the argument is about exactly how much it will cost rather than whether we should do it.

The idea is to incentivize the state's agricultural industry to reduce its effect on carbon emissions, rather than penalize it for not taking action.

Krissansen - Totton explains in more detail: «Having methane and carbon dioxide together is unusual, because carbon dioxide is carbon's most oxidized state, and methane (composed of a carbon atom linked to four hydrogen atoms rather than any oxygen at all) is its least,» he says.

These sensors could reveal patterns that help explain why the tropical Pacific emits carbon dioxide, rather than absorbing it like most of the rest of ocean.

And measured by the amount of carbon in their bodies — rather than total weight — jellies consume and incorporate as much prey as fishes do, Acuña's team found.

«You need a breadth rather than a depth of skills for sustainability management,» agrees Gideon Middleton, course organiser of the MBA in strategic carbon management offered by the University of East Anglia.