Sentences with phrase «sustainable fuel solution»

United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu says engineering technology to mimic energy generation in plants may be the ultimate sustainable fuel solution.

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Many homes and businesses are partially running on generators, but that's hardly a sustainable solution as they require expensive shipments of fuel.
Amazon signed the Sustainable Fuel Buyers» Principles, demonstrating our commitment to working with service providers to accelerate the transition to low - carbon commercial transportation solutions.
Using excess energy from renewable energy resources such as solar and wind to split water into oxygen and hydrogen — a process called electrolysis — could be the best solution for creating large supplies of sustainable hydrogen fuel.
«In the face of precious metals scarcity and exorbitant fuel - processing costs, these systems are promising in the search for sustainable global energy solutions,» says senior author Maria Flytzani - Stephanopoulos, the Robert and Marcy Haber Endowed Professor in Energy Sustainability and professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Tufts.
Concerns about global warming and oil's imminent demise have caused scientists and policy - makers to look for solutions in both the future and the past: to new technologies such as nuclear fusion, multijunction photovoltaics, and fuel cells — and to traditional energy sources such as water power, wind power, and (sustainable) biomass cultivation (coupled with clean and energy - efficient combustion).
Many regions of the world are already tapping geothermal energy as an affordable and sustainable solution to reducing dependence on fossil fuels, and the global warming and public health risks that result from their use.
And unlike other green attempts, this vehicle pairs plug - in battery power with hydrogen fuel cells for what could become the most sustainable zero - emissions solution.
A team from the wPOWER Hub at the Wangari Maathai Institute paid a visit to Cookswell Jikos, a small Kenyan owned hybrid business that provides quality charcoal and wood fueled stoves to the market, to discover how the business is providing sustainable solutions to the challenges facing the charcoal industry in Kenya.
In the report, «Fueling Sustainable Development: The Energy Productivity Solution,» to be published Wednesday, the institute says the uncertain economic outlook and the recent period of record - high oil prices could push governments and businesses to invest more in energy productivity.
The solution to a sustainable future will always be walking a tightrope between a need for population control & free markets until geothermal strategies for base load power transplants fossil fuels and indeed until better water availability and a host of other finite resources become magically available.
This is your mission, should you choose to accept it: you are a biofuels researcher, diligently seeking a solution that can take mankind into the post-industrial revolution, an era of alternative fuels that are both sustainable
The only solution is to stop using fossil fuels and to replace them with wind, solar and sustainable (meaning minimal - fossil fuel input) biofuel technology, which is both economically and technologically feasible.
Biomass - to - energy is a sustainable solution that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, assuming that secondary and tertiary biomass is used (rather than crops grown primarily for biomass fuel) to substitute the use of fossil fuels.
Coal is the world's fastest - growing fuel, the dominant global energy source and the sustainable solution for growing needs.»
The Qteros scientists and business team are dedicated to producing liquid fuels to achieve a sustainable solution to the world's growing energy needs.
The energy solution for future sustainable cities is flexible, enables more renewable energy, and moves us away from fossil fuels and combustion.
«Congress can put in place common - sense, bipartisan reforms that advance sustainable fuels the right way — solutions that work for family farmers while protecting our water, wildlife, and economy.»
51 Fig. 20 - 14, p. 481 Cut fossil fuel use (especially coal) Shift from coal to natural gas Improve energy efficiency Shift to renewable energy resources Transfer energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies to developing countries Reduce deforestation Use more sustainable agriculture and forestry Limit urban sprawl Reduce poverty Slow population growth Remove CO 2 from smoke stack and vehicle emissions Store (sequester) CO2 by planting trees Sequester CO 2 deep underground Sequester CO 2 in soil by using no - till cultivation and taking cropland out of production Sequester CO 2 in the deep ocean Repair leaky natural gas pipelines and facilities Use animal feeds that reduce CH 4 emissions by belching cows Solutions Global Warming PreventionCleanup
* 1 Skyla Wagstaff (Animal Justice Party) platform includes: AJP has clear Key Objectives surrounding renewable energy including to rapidly transform to a carbon free energy infrastructure, prohibiting any fossil fuel expansion, and a carbon tax on both coal and animal agriculture industries to pay for clean energy solutions, sustainable plant - based food agricultural systems, education and the protection of existing forests and marine habitats.
If these developments pique your interest, or you want to find out more about the different kinds of biojet fuel making their way from laboratory to biorefinery, you can find out more in Climate Solutions» Toward Sustainable Aviation Fuel, a 36 - page primer and update on the state of the indusfuel making their way from laboratory to biorefinery, you can find out more in Climate Solutions» Toward Sustainable Aviation Fuel, a 36 - page primer and update on the state of the indusFuel, a 36 - page primer and update on the state of the industry.
Through innovations and technologies, we are developing solutions that scale sustainable alternatives for fossil fuels, including biofuels.
Learn about the challenges of powering a global society and work on sustainable solutions to address fossil fuel shortages, life cycle energy costs, and environmental impacts.
Earth: The Operators» Manual travels the globe — from New Zealand to New Orleans — seeking a better understanding of our relationship to fossil fuels, as well as sustainable solutions for a healthier planet.
«Solutions exist with sustainable transport in cities, solid waste management, access to clean household fuels and cook - stoves, as well as renewable energies and industrial emissions reductions.»
I try to remind people their one area of concern is not enough to create sustainable solutions so they need to study resource depletion (all of them, not just fuels and energy), climate, sustainable governance, and the nature of collapse.
They are also an example of a natural, sustainable and community - scale solution to the problems associated with coal and other fossil fuels
Wind, electricity producing Power Towers, and other renewable energy sources will always be a part of a sustainable decentralized energy solution that can maintain this fossil fuel addicted civilization of ours into the foreseeable future.
This partnership to produce a next generation, low - carbon aviation fuel is a major step towards radically reducing our carbon footprint... With oil running out, it is important that new fuel solutions are sustainable and, with the steel industry alone able to deliver over 15 billion gallons of jet fuel annually, the potential is very exciting.
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