Sentences with phrase «small amount of electricity used»

There are some exceptions, and small overlapping fuel uses — direct industrial use of liquid fuel (a fairly significant quantity), some liquids burned to make electricity (this used to be a significant amount, but is now only a very small amount), and now a very small amount of electricity used to power electric vehicles («EVs»).

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While such a significant amount of electricity usage might go unnoticed in large metropolitan areas, the sheer amount of electricity being used is leading to higher costs for customers in small communities because of a limited supply of low - cost hydropower.
We use very small amounts of electricity in producing a litre of wine compared with the average usage for most other wineries in Australia.
However, the photovoltaic cells now used to turn sunlight into electricity can only absorb and use a small fraction of that light, and that means a significant amount of solar energy goes untapped.
One of the problems with previous methods was that the amount of energy produced in, for example, a system using salty and less salty water to generate electricity, was too small relative to the amount of water used.
There wasn't much use for such a small amount of electricity until recently, when LEDs and microelectronics made 5 watts useful.
Of that, 71 % goes to transportation via cars, trucks, buses, airplanes; 23 % goes to industrial purposes (manufacturing, plastics, chemicals, etc); the remaining 6 % goes to residential and commercial uses, plus a small amount of electricity generatioOf that, 71 % goes to transportation via cars, trucks, buses, airplanes; 23 % goes to industrial purposes (manufacturing, plastics, chemicals, etc); the remaining 6 % goes to residential and commercial uses, plus a small amount of electricity generatioof electricity generation.
My conclusion: for me personally, using a small amount of electricity on the e-bike to get myself riding more frequently has substantially reduced the CO2 emissions associated with my daily travels around town, by more than 200 kg.
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