Sentences with phrase «traditional fuels such»

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To drive growth now, LendingTree is aiming to attract far more business both from the online lenders that have fueled its recent expansion and the traditional holdouts — big banks such as J.P. Morgan Chase (jpm), Bank of America (bac), Wells Fargo (wfc), and Capital One.

At the October trade show for NACS, the association for Advancing Convenience and Fuel Retailing, Hershey showed plenty of ideas for traditional displays, such as putting larger king - size bars next to standard bars.

The November 15th program will include cutting - edge discussions such as: how non-exchange traded alternatives are becoming the mutual funds of yesteryear; what is driving retail's demand for non-exchange traded alternatives; using micro-investing technology to diversify across and within online marketplaces; how legislation is being used to engineer a new breed of alternative products; how innovations in self - directed IRAs will create new retail distribution channels for the entire alternative product universe; how technology will ensure the scalability of online platforms and enable traditional financial services providers to increase AUM; how millennials will fuel the growth of FinTech and redefine financial services; how FinTech will replace the 401k and transform the way Americans save for retirement; and how modernizing the Self - directed IRA is the trillion dollar FinTech opportunity.

This is not to suggest that modern techniques are fuelling immoral practices, but traditional campaigning can provide a stronger feeling of transparency and, therefore, parliamentarians often feel more comfortable participating in such methods.

Carbon pollution coming from traditional fuel sources such as coal and gas directly contributes to climate change and is associated with asthma and other lung conditions.

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).

Rhino protection has grown more expensive in the last few years due to a surge in poaching fueled by international crime syndicates to feed demand in places such as Vietnam, where horn is used as a traditional medicine and sold at prices higher than gold.

Both aSMR designs share fundamental features, such as high energy neutrons, liquid sodium cooling and metallic fuel, which provide inherent safety performance and more economically competitive plant architecture compared to traditional water - cooled reactors.

Actually, there is no such thing as a tuneup in the traditional sense of replacing parts to bring the ignition and fuel systems up to specs for maximum performance and efficiency efficiency...

The Outlook's and Acadia's accommodating interiors and excellent fuel economy — EPA ratings of 18 mpg city and 26 mpg highway for front - drive models; 17/24 with all - wheel - drive — stem from the SUVs» unibody, car - type structure, as opposed to the heavier and bulkier body - on - frame construction of traditional SUVs such as the Tahoe, Ford Explorer, Toyota Sequoia and Nissan Armada.

Incorporating additional leading BorgWarner technologies such as the durable, high - efficiency HY - VO transfer case chain and an innovative pumpless design and sump management, the pre-emptive transfer case also improves fuel economy compared with traditional transfer case designs.

CEO Takahiro Hachigo said that by 2030, he wants more than two - thirds of U.S. Honda and Acura volume to come from green cars such as traditional hybrids, plug - ins, fuel cell vehicles and EVs, as reported in Automotive News.

Colorado favors roominess, ride comfort and fuel efficiency over traditional truck virtues such as payload and towing capacity.

Apps include traditional infotainment functions such as navigation, hands - free calling, messaging, traffic, and fuel economy monitoring, as well as actual Entune apps such as Pandora and iHeartRadio Internet radio, MovieTickets.com and OpenTable reservations, and Bing, Facebook Places, and Yelp destination search.

But Obama faces a reality that many of these groups seem slow to recognize: While the 20th - century toolkit preferred by traditional environmentalists — litigation, regulation and legislation — remains vital to limiting domestic pollution risks such as the oil gusher, it is a bad fit for addressing the building human influence on the climate system, which is driven now mainly by a surge in emissions mostly outside United States borders in countries aiming to propel their climb out of poverty on the same fossil fuels that generated much of our affluence.

Alternatives to traditional fossil fuels such as tar sands and oil shale deliver a lower EROI, having a mean EROI of 4:1 and 7:1, respectively.

Another category is biomass grown in excess of what would have grown absent the demand for bioenergy, such as growing winter cover crops for energy and replacing traditional — yet inefficient — fuel wood harvests in some poor countries with wood grown in agroforestry systems and local plantations.

The preferential tariff — the price that China's two state - owned electricity transmission and distribution companies will pay energy companies for their solar power — aims to make solar power competitive against traditional fuels, such as coal, which accounts for two - thirds of China's electricity.

To cope with that exponentially rising demand, China isn't just focusing on traditional fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and oil.

Chief among them are «traditional» air pollution such as car and truck exhaust and smokestack emissions; destruction of land and water from extracting and transporting fuels; and the militarism, economic inequality and political authoritarianism that is endemic to extractive economies (e.g., Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Indonesia).

As for owners of traditional, fossil fuel - powered generating capacity, it may not be such a smooth ride.

This deal turned on understanding competitive business jet access models including aircraft fractional ownership, jet cards, and traditional charter; it also included variables such as, jet fuel prices, aircraft residual values, programme pricing, and new aircraft model introductions.

While the REIT industry, which fueled transactional business and new development over the past few years, has waned due to high interest rates impeding the ability of REITs to capitalize, other financial sources such as pension plans and traditional sources of capital like insurance companies and banks have come back to the market.