Sentences with phrase «require less shipping»

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The United States National Guard might even be less demanding as they require one weekend a month and two weeks a year (though they can further mobilize in times of crisis at the state governor's discretion or be federalized and shipped to a battlefield during war time).

Continuing his efforts to make sure that «oil trains» passing through Buffalo and other New York communities do not derail and explode, US Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the federal government to require the oil in those tanker cars be made less volatile before it is shipped.

Marine shipping fuels will get a whole lot cleaner in 2020 when a regulation by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires fuels to contain 80 - 86 percent less sulphur.

The bottom line is, e-books not only cost a lot less to produce (no printing costs, shipping, warehousing, or returns), but also require far less up - front investment and risk.

I find games being delayed a lot less annoying than games that ship broken, unfinished, buggy or that require you to download a patch the size of the entire game itself before you can start playing it.

In the single - player campaign, there are four different types of racing events, from a simple race, to combat, to zone racing, which requires the player to focus on controlling the ship and less on combat and / or speed.

The transfer of knowledge, on the other hand, relies on the transmission of electrons, requiring an infrastructure of transcontinental fiber - optics that is far less carbon intensive that trans - ocean shipping.

Driving to a local tree farm, cutting your tree from the ground, and bringing it home requires less carbon emissions than having your tree shipped from the Pacific Northwest — and it can be fun!

But transporting oil from western Canada by pipeline is less expensive than shipping by rail, which requires specialized cars and / or specialized handling because of the very high viscosity of oil sands oil.

[M] any people have latched onto the local - food movement, billing themselves «locavores,» as an antidote to the energy used to transport food long distances and the energy intensity of large - scale industrialized agriculture... Strangely enough, shipping food thousands of miles can sometimes require less energy, emit less carbon dioxide and do less environmental damage.

Seafood that doesn't require extensive shipping (and the associated costs) is frequently less expensive.

The maneuver requires you to adjust your sails continually, but it'll give you more speed as you go — and that can leave you a lot less vulnerable if another ship shows up.