increasing fuel economy or
the use of alternative fuels and alternative energy (including the use of shore power); or
The federal government will lead the way toward
the use of alternative fuels by purchasing alterative fuel vehicles.
Greenopia concedes that
the use of alternative fuels is fledgling at best in the industry, but includes the pursuit of these fules as a category anyway.
Projects working to preserve the forest by increasing
the use of alternative fuels — such as methane gas produced from organic waste — for heat also help relieve women of the burden of gathering firewood from many miles away.
In her administrative order, Palin instructed the sub-Cabinet group to develop recommendations on «the opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Alaska sources, including the expanded
use of alternative fuels, energy conservation, energy efficiency, renewable energy, land use management, and transportation planning.»
President Bush and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva set aside past differences Friday and announced a partnership to promote
use of alternative fuels to reduce the Western Hemisphere's dependence on fossil fuels.
The Lugar - Graham plan achieves savings in electricity and oil use by requiring higher mileage for vehicles, greater efficiency in power generation, increased
use of alternative fuels and new standards for energy use in buildings.
This new law also provides tax incentives for new alternative fuel stations and for
the use of alternative fuels in vehicles.
Further dissemination of state - of - the - art technologies to increase thermal energy efficiency and electric energy efficiency and
the use of alternative fuels including biomass as well as to reduce clinker content in cement is needed.
Ford Motor Company is leading a $ 3.5 - million (US$ 3.9 - million) research project to investigate
the use of alternative fuels that could offer customers the power and performance of modern internal combustion engines with environmental benefits comparable to an electric vehicle.
A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the U.S. may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light - duty vehicles — cars and small trucks — via a combination of more efficient vehicles;
the use of alternative fuels like biofuels, electricity, and hydrogen; and strong government policies to overcome high costs and influence consumer choices.
We've mandated a large expansion in
the use of alternative fuels.
KERRY: The senator has proposed «a new Manhattan Project to make America independent of Middle East oil in 10 years» by increasing
the use of alternative fuels like ethanol and insisting that standards for auto mileage be raised.
After graduating with a degree in Architecture from Cambridge, she spent a year as Operations Manager aboard the record - breaking biofueled powerboat Earthrace, where she traveled 25,000 miles, visited 120 cities, and ran a campaign to promote
the use of alternative fuels.
Corvette Racing's
use of an alternative fuel on the race track reflects GM's commitment to producing fuel - efficient vehicles for customers — there are 3.5 million E85 - capable GM FlexFuel vehicles on the road today.
Corvette Racing's
use of an alternative fuel on the race track reflects GM's commitment to producing fuel - efficient vehicles for customers â $ «there are 3.5 million E85 - capable GM FlexFuel vehicles on the road today.
In addition to compatibility problems with E15, expanded
use of another alternative fuel (E85) has not occurred due to poor consumer acceptance and significant infrastructure and cost challenges.
Not exact matches
Japan and Korea are global leaders in the
use of fuel cells, an
alternative low - emission clean energy source.
Having acknowledged the need to turn from the overdependence on fossil
fuels to more environmentally friendly sources
of energy, the government has tried to encourage the production
of automobiles that
use alternative sources
of fuel by trying to give tax incentives to any buyers
of such cars.
The emergence
of this new technology was truly innovative and provided
alternatives to the heavy
use of fossil
fuels.
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.
After his departure, China said it plans to accelerate the
use of alternative - energy cars, phasing out sales
of fossil -
fuel vehicles and turning the province into a free - trade port.
Potential
uses include
alternative forms
of building materials, low - carbon transportation
fuels and entirely new products.
Could christians be
used as a source
of alternative fuel?
A team
of chemists at the University
of Bristol have made significant steps towards developing a sustainable
alternative to fossil
fuels having produced a petrol
using beer as a key ingredient.
There are people who watch things like this, people who may already have a bias or a poor understanding
of homeschooling, and unfairly
use it as further
fuel... justification to continue to mistrust, misunderstand, or hold animosity towards
alternative means
of education.
The plan also would end the practice
of offering free «green» parking permits to the owners
of hybrid and
alternative fuel vehicles that began in 2007 under a town board resolution to encourage their
use.
The draft North Country Regional Sustainability Plan's major goals include generating and exporting renewable energy from the northern tier, energy efficiency improvements, development
of alternative heating
fuels from within the region, sustainable
use of natural resources to enhance jobs and business development and environmental stewardship.
The president, meanwhile, made a strong argument for more efficient
use of gasoline through
alternative vehicles and strengthened
fuel economy standards.
The goals include ending single
use plastics, promoting
alternatives to fossil
fuel - based materials, promoting 100 percent recycling
of plastics, corporate and government accountability, and changing human behavior concerning plastics.
In other words, to get away from fossil
fuels requires not just expanding
alternatives but also discouraging the
use of coal, oil and natural gas.
«In terms
of consumer ownership and
use costs, the case to make a switch from current
fuels to compressed natural gas (CNG) is much more compelling than for other
alternative fuels like ethanol and electricity.»
British and Finnish scientists have found a way
of generating renewable propane
using a bacterium widely found in the human intestine and say the finding is a step to commercial production
of a
fuel that could one day be an
alternative to fossil
fuel reserves.
USC professor Sri Narayan's research focuses on the fundamental and applied aspects
of electrochemical energy conversion and storage to reduce the carbon footprint
of energy
use and by providing energy
alternatives to fossil
fuel, Wednesday, June 10, 2014 in Los Angeles.
The shipping industry, if it chooses to, could
use alternative means
of compliance, such as seawater scrubbers, and continue
using heavy
fuel oil, he said.
«Our research shows that as the heart fails, it loses its ability to burn fatty acids — the building blocks
of fat — and instead starts
using ketone bodies as an
alternative fuel.
Treated excrement from turkeys, chickens and other poultry, when converted to combustible solid biomass
fuel, could replace approximately 10 percent
of coal
used in electricity generation, reducing greenhouse gases and providing an
alternative energy source, according to a new study by Ben - Gurion University
of the Negev (BGU) researchers.
The following year, he and Colozza wrote a paper for the now - defunct NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) about the
use of electrohydrodynamics, or ionized particles, as an
alternative to liquid
fuel for powering space vehicles.
Marcos Buckeridge supports the
use of biofuels as a sustainable
alternative to fossil
fuel, stating that because sugar cane does...
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Using alternative sources
of fuel is the obvious way to reduce our dependence.
The group led by Martín Olazar, researcher in the UPV / EHU - University
of the Basque Country's Department
of Chemical Engineering, is studying the development
of sustainable refineries where it is possible to produce
fuels and raw materials providing an
alternative to petroleum by
using biomass and other waste materials like plastics, tires, etc..
(5) reduction in transportation sector emissions through increased transportation system and vehicle efficiency or
use of transportation
fuels that have lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are substantially lower than those attributable to fossil
fuel - based
alternatives;
Curbing dangerous climate change requires very deep cuts in emissions, as well as the
use of alternatives to fossil
fuels worldwide.
The RAND investigation was limited to
alternative fuels, as opposed to the whole
of energy
use across the Department
of Defense.
Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium - term regulatory requirements (e.g., in the 2020 timeframe) by reducing the average
fuel consumption
of its new vehicles
using a combination
of three primary measures: optimizing its combustion engines for greater efficiency; developing
alternative drive... Read more →
If the US military increases its
use of alternative jet and naval
fuels that can be produced from coal or various renewable resources, including seed oils, waste oils and algae, there will be no direct benefit to the nation's armed forces, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Aug. 3, 2017 — In order to reduce the cost
of next - generation polymer electrolyte
fuel cells for vehicles, researchers have been developing
alternatives to the prohibitively expensive platinum and platinum - group metal (PGM) catalysts currently
used in
fuel cell electrodes.
SEATTLE — Washington state - based Alaska Airlines today made history flying the first commercial flight
using the world's first renewable,
alternative jet
fuel made from forest residuals, the limbs and branches that remain after the harvesting
of managed forests.
The new facility will be
used by JCAP to research artificial photosynthesis and its role in generating an
alternative solar - based
fuel source, according to Heinz Frei, acting director
of the northern division
of the center, which is split between the Berkeley lab and the California Institute
of Technology.
Heterogeneous catalysis for controlling gaseous emissions from automotive and stationary engines,
alternative energy
using catalytic reforming
of gaseous and liquid
fuels to hydrogen for
fuel cells, catalytic processes for upgrading carbon dioxide to useful products