Sentences with phrase «transported over long distances»

Black carbon is often transported over long distances, mixing with other aerosols along the way.

There will actually be an insourcing of jobs as it will result in it being less profitable to grow or manufacture goods and transported over long distances from places where there is lower labour costs and environmental standards rather than done in relative proximity to where the consumers are located.

Insofar as coal or gas have to be imported or transported over long distances, it pushes the price of power up higher than clean alternatives.

Electric power transmission is the process by which electricity is transported over long distances to consumers.

Dogs are then transported over long distances in poor conditions, sometimes resulting in animal stress and death.

This trade is well - organized, with high numbers of dogs being stolen or taken from the streets, transported over long distances and brutally slaughtered.

It's true, and it makes sense: when food is transported over long distances, it must be picked before it's fully ripe in anticipation of it's journey.

The most convincing evidence for this, says Jouzel, comes from isotope ratios; ice that has frozen in site has a higher proportion of water molecules containing the heavy form of oxygen, oxygen - 18, than that of ice that has been transported over long distances by weather systems.

The data can help to predict where larvae will travel over the course of the larval stage and even show that larvae could be transported over long distances to far off vent fields.

Samples collected from the site of an outbreak are therefore transported over long distances to laboratories for testing.

These small mineral aerosols can be transported over long distances on Earth and have an influence on the climate and weather.

HBCDs are sufficiently fat soluble to accumulate along the food chain and they decompose in the environment so slowly that they can be transported over long distances; so far, HBCDs have even been detected in the Arctic.

LNG is liquefied natural gas (the same gas that you'd use in your home heating system) chilled to -161 °C, which reduces its volume to 1 / 600th of the volume of gas, making it economically feasible to transport over long distances by ship.

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Road transport is also facing competition from rail, which is taking over more of the long - distance runs that are not popular with drivers, keeping them away from home for extended periods of time.

The embattled ride - hailing company announced Thursday that it was launching Uber Freight, an app that connects professional truck drivers with shippers looking to transport big loads over long distances.

The fact that this cart has four wheels instead of the traditional two makes it a good choice for people looking to transport this cart over rough surfaces or long distances.

While it may have been a smart move in terms of storm protection, it helped raise the capital costs by requiring the transport of materials over long distances.

The wind reversal added friction on the ground — which dislodges more dust — and transported it westward over long distances before depositing it in high concentrations on the densely populated east Mediterranean coast.

Fiber - optic networks already use light to transport data over long distances at high speed and with minimum loss.

The Commission's January 2012 final report stated that WIPP shows «that nuclear wastes can be transported safely over long distances and placed securely in a deep, mined repository.»

Butter is a perfect long distance food; it lasts for a long time, so it can be transported on a boat, it is resource intensive (a lot of feed goes into a gallon of milk, a lot of milk goes into a pound of butter), and the variation in environmental impact depending on where it is produced is huge (rain irrigated pasture over artificially irrigated grain).

It's been very rewarding to see over 600 cats and dogs get saved from our local area due to the long - distance transports.

The economics of the recovery process, as well as the potential environmental impact, may make the transport of waste film over long distances impractical.

In states that desalinate or transport water over long distances and heights, energy consumption is even greater.

Competition between natural gas and coal appeared first in the Southeast, where coal - fired power was more expensive due to the cost of transporting coal over long distances.

Miles of transmission networks that transport electricity over long distances are needed in a much lower scale.

As the price of fuel rises this will change; rail transport, especially over long distances, will become more attractive.

The growing scarcity of water and the high cost of the energy invested in transporting water over long distances may itself begin to constrain the growth of some cities.

With such a definition it is stated quite clearly that in order to transform our energy systems to one that is based on clean and indigenous resources there is no other way but to build a European high voltage network able to integrate all those renewable energy sources, cope with their variability and transport electricity over long distances.

In essence, a reduction in the use of oil to transport food over long distances — whether by plane, truck, or ship — will also localize the food economy.More small farms.