Not exact matches
Even though it's considered the dirtiest of fossil
fuels and as a result is being burned
less in many developed countries,
there's no way that it would suddenly stop being
used.
There's some in gasoline — less than there used to be — and it's in jet
There's some in gasoline —
less than
there used to be — and it's in jet
there used to be — and it's in jet
fuel.
There's no such thing as a free lunch, however, and racing rules say that by improving its hybrid system, Audi's internal combustion engine must
use 2.5 percent
less fuel than before.
Normal is the default setting, designed for most everyday driving, and
there's an Eco mode (only on the manual versions) to help drivers
use less fuel.
It seems that despite adopting: — a lithium - ion battery; — a «high - pressure direct
fuel injection that replaced the
less - efficient multi-port injection type»; — a new Hydra - Matic six - speed automatic transmission that replaces the conventional four speed
used previously; — a «new BAS design [that is supposed to] ha [ve] noteworthy
fuel economy gains compared to the earlier system»; — all those «talks» of «advancements gained from production of multiple generations of hybrid technology as well as development of the Chevy Volt»; — and significantly
less horsepower and oomph than an Accord hybrid that was first debuted 7 years ago,
there are actually little to show for any significant advancement in
fuel economy from GM's latest hybrid.
The
fuel pump also runs only when
there is a demand for
fuel, and therefore
uses less energy.
Whether you want to reduce your water
use, eat a more earth - friendly diet, or
use less fossil
fuels,
there is an EcoChallenge waiting for you.
As I've explained,
there are in effect many buyers and many sellers in CO2E pricing, even if
there is a government - enforced standard of delivering equal share equitably to all sellers per capita as
there are different carbon intensities of essentially the same energy: electricity need not be produced from fossil
fuels, and where it is, the fossil
fuels may be
less carbon intensive natural gas, or enriched through geothermal or solar hydrotreating to become
less carbon intensive, or the CO2 emissions can be directly sequestered or
used in coproduction to reduce net influx of CO2.
Because
there would be no connection between how much a person pays in fees and the size of the rebate,
there would be a strong incentive to
use less fossil
fuel in order to keep more of that money.
Of the fossil
fuels, natural gas emits
less carbon dioxide than oil (though the gas itself, methane, is a powerful greenhouse gas and
there are serious leakage problems with its
use).
There is
use of fossil
fuels that is fettered, restrained by people's innate desire to do more with
less.
There are many good reasons why we should strive towards
using less fossil
fuels and more clean alternatives, even though global warming is not the main reason.
Demand
there is still far ahead of any other consumer, but the gap is narrowing as Asian energy
use is expected to grow strongly and the developed world to burn
less fuel.
That is confirmed by satellites (the «greening earth») and by the oxygen balance:
there is
less oxygen
use measured than should be from fossil
fuel use.
The availability of a given
fuel is of little global consequence if its energy return on investment is
less than unity, though
there may be specific reasons to
use it in particular situations.