Sentences with phrase «use huge amounts of water»

Manufacturing of the panels does use huge amounts of water (this depends on the specific process used to make the panels, but it could be as high as a 1000 gallons per sq. ft.. Also, there are a host of toxic chemicals used in the proces as well which might make solar less attractive.

The processes use huge amounts of water and energy.

It uses huge amounts of water, energy, and chemicals, often with little regard to long - term adverse effects.

The process uses a huge amount of water — the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation estimates as much as 1 million gallons per well — at a time when water is already a limiting and precious resource.

Not exact matches

amandamay said: «All of you flushing poop down the toilet from each baby diaper are wasting huge amounts of water (Average U.S. toilets use 2 - 3 gallons of water each flush).»

When the nearby Revel was built, huge amounts of sand were added to the beach so the pier is now «sand - locked,» but it used to extend over the water, so I had to temporarily remove all my work during the storm.

The production of ethanol for fuel in the US uses huge amounts of land, some of which was brought back into production for this purpose, large amounts of energy to the point there is probably a net loss, major water consumption, and little savings in net CO2 emissions (which are plant food anyway.)

As your azollaculture technology matures and the price comes down, you might end up growing huge amounts of azolla for fodder, pumping part of it back into nighttime power, and using your CSP / bio-coal «waste» heat for distilling water.

Thermal equilibrium doesn't mean the same temperature, if for example, a gas in getting hotter expands and rises becoming less dense and under less pressure it can move faster, it's using thermal energy to move, there's no energy lost, it's just become something else, or, as temperature relates to kinetic energy not thermal energy then heat capacity comes into play, as water can absorb a huge amount of thermal energy before there's any rise in temperature, or whatever, but if you're equating all «energy» to «heat» as thermal energy then that's a different idea altogether, not all energy is heat.

I would suggest that the amount of water we put in the atmosphere from irrigation is huge, but the amount NOT put in the atmosphere due to human use and urban impermeable surfaces is also large, and I have not looked into the numbers.

But it isn't a huge amount of water, it isn't essential to the use of the toilet and it can always be topped off with a bucket or two.

• Create an entire irrigation system for a huge piece of land, bringing watering costs down by 75 % • Singlehandedly carve a large hedge into the shape of Deadpool, just in time for the movie's release, resulting in a huge number of spectators • Operate power equipment such as mowers, tractors, snow blowers and electrical cutters to perform landscaping work • Edge lawns by using dedicated mowers and power edgers • Prune and trim trees and shrubs using a variety of shears and chainsaws • Mix fertilizers and insecticides in a safe manner and ensure that they are efficiently and evenly spread • Develop, implement and maintain irrigation systems to ensure that sufficient amount of water is being given to vegetation, while minimizing wastage