Sentences with phrase «smaller emissions footprint»
Our European Bureau chief Georg Kacher previously reported on the future of the McLaren lineup, saying that the 650S replacement would not perform much higher than the current 650S, with simple things like better in - gear acceleration, semi-active suspension, and a smaller emissions footprint.
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An energy efficiency program focused on such things as EPA SmartWay trailers and fuel efficient truck fleets means this carrot company has lower carbon emissions and is working toward a smaller environmental footprint.
And while CNG vehicles would generate emissions from their tailpipes, the Argonne team believes that their overall emissions footprint would be smaller than that of an electric vehicle drawing power from the fossil - fuel - based electric grid.
Assuming that the kosher consumer replaces the average American's four pounds of shrimp a year (and its 9.79 pounds, or 4.4 kilograms, of carbon dioxide emissions) with another fish, Canadian North Atlantic herring is a good choice: it takes around 5.28 gallons (20 liters) of fuel to purse seine (net using two trawlers) a metric ton of these small fish, according to Dalhousie, releasing about 117 pounds (53 kilograms) of carbon dioxide — meaning four pounds of herring have a carbon footprint of a mere 0.21 pound (0.09 kilogram).
Tourism is also responsible for 5 % of the world's CO2 emissions, out of which hotels and other types of accommodation account for 2 % - a comparatively small, yet important, footprint that the tourism sector has assumed as a priority to be addressed.
Small - scale solar, which can essentially be done anywhere at mid and lower latitudes, has fairly limited effects on ecological habitats (though I'd like to see better resource extraction for silicon, copper, etc), concentrates resource needs to a local level, harnesses an «unlimited» resource, is a great compliment to other renewables, and once operational has no emission footprint.
Nevertheless, we know that a wooden frame can absorb shocks and impacts better than metal frames, and is more durable and has a smaller ecological footprint than metal too (Mohorič claims that you would save 14 kilograms in carbon emissions by using this bike over a metal one).
«The emissions associated with powering and heating our buildings comprises a large slice of MEC's overall footprint — a slice that is now smaller as we extend our renewable energy partnership with Bullfrog Power to cover all our facilities.»
It is a vision of: urbanization, as people in cities have more opportunities and use resources more efficiently; intensified food production to increase yields and leave more room for nature; the expanded use of nuclear energy, which has zero emissions and the smallest land footprint of any energy source; greater development of GMOs to reduce chemical use and increase yields; animal - free meat; «re-wilding» former farm and pasture lands with wolves, buffalo, mountain lions, and even formerly extinct species — all the while supporting universal human dignity.
This vision, as outlined in An Ecomodernist Manifesto, is one of urbanization; intensified food production to increase yields and leave more room for nature; the expanded use of nuclear energy, which has zero emissions and the smallest land footprint of any energy source; greater development of GMOs to reduce chemical use and increase yields; animal - free meat; and «rewilding» former farm and pasture lands with wolves, buffalo, mountain lions, and even formerly extinct species.
Thanks to improved efficiency, the economic crisis and the fracking - fueled boom of natural gas, which has a smaller carbon footprint than coal, the United States has already seen a 15 percent reduction in electricity sector - generated CO2 emissions since 2005.
If you choose to drive a hybrid car or buy a house with a small carbon footprint, all you are doing is freeing up emissions permits for someone else, which means that you have done nothing to reduce the threat of climate change.
As with ZEPPS, magic words for the SuperGrid are hydrogen, superconductivity, zero emissions, and small ecological footprint, to which we add energy storage, security, and reliability.