Sentences with phrase «use of biofuels»

Natural gas vehicles comprise 15 % of the private vehicle fleet by 2050, even with more widespread use of biofuels.

How about a trial on behalf to those millions who die of hunger as a consequence of growing use of biofuels.

Most studies asserting that the production and use of biofuels cause tropical deforestation point to land cover at some point after large - scale forest degradation and clearing have taken place.

Recent laws in the United States and Europe that mandate the increasing use of biofuel in cars have had far - flung ripple effects, economists say, as land once devoted to growing food for humans is now sometimes more profitably used for churning out vehicle fuel.

The American Lung Association supports the increased use of biofuels for transportation if such fuels are produced from sources, and using methods, which result in a significant net reduction in lifecycle emissions of air pollutants including carbon dioxide compared to petroleum fuels.

Determining whether use of biofuels reduces GHG emissions is difficult because many ethanol production processes are so energy - intensive that they actually increase overall GHG emissions compared to use of conventional gasoline.

This statement of intent has taken shape in the Continental Supersports — a car that balances extreme potency with the pioneering use of biofuel technology in the luxury sector.

[3] The Indonesian government is planning to boost domestic use of biofuel including from palm oil, with extra subsidies and a mandatory target of 15 % biofuel blended into diesel fuel.

«It is outrageous that the government is forcing compulsory use of biofuels onto the British public without full evidence of their impact,» Oxfam policy adviser Robert Bailey said.

The military's use of biofuels originally sparked the ire of some GOP members of congress and the senate after it was widely reported that the military pays up to $ 26 a gallon for some «advanced» biofuels, which can be used as direct replacements for petroleum fuels used by ships and aircraft.

It would further allow for greater use of biofuels, which combined with carbon capture and sequestration techniques could drastically reduce the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere and keep global temperature increases to less than two degrees Centigrade in 2100.

Hybrids also lend themselves well for the incoming use of biofuels or alternative fuels to diesel.

Britain urges «cautious approach» on biofuels (7/7/2008) Britain and the E.U. should exercise caution in pushing for wider use of biofuels, warns a new study commissioned by the U.K. government.

However, the relative use of biofuels declined in China and India where high rates of economic growth outpaced the impacts of rising fossil fuel prices.

A leaked draft of a UN report condemns the widespread use of biofuels made from crops as a replacement for petrol and diesel.

Why should the government incentivize use of biofuels that, according to the best evidence that we currently have, contributes to global warming?

Climate change and increased use of biofuels look set to exacerbate the existing problem of water supply.

It also criticized the British and EU governments for pursuing targets for increased use of biofuels without putting in place «robust» -LSB-...]

Use of biofuels such as ethanol or biodiesel could also play an important role in saving fossil fuels.

Even the relatively small use of biofuels in Europe that relies on North American wood pellets is already causing land - use impacts in the southeastern United States (John Upton of Climate Central has recently published an excellent report on this titled Pulp Fiction).

, which would increase the use of biofuel in home heating oil, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The topic is one of many covered in the broad UNEP survey of issues surrounding «sustainable» production and use of biofuels and notes wide variation in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and increases that biofuels can spur.

«These results reinforce the need for public policies to encourage the use of biofuels, as they clearly show that the public loses in health what they save at the pump when opting for gasoline,» Artaxo said.

For years advocates have touted the use of biofuels as a clean - burning alternative to gasoline.

Marcos Buckeridge supports the use of biofuels as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel, stating that because sugar cane does not grow in Amazonian climate conditions its plantations have no impact on pristine forests (23 May, p 26).

Marcos Buckeridge supports the use of biofuels as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel, stating that because sugar cane does...

So don't expect the cease fire over the military's use of biofuels to last long.

Continental Supersports reaffirms Bentley's environmental commitment by pioneering the use of biofuel in the luxury sector

The company is also active in studying the use of biofuel and has partnered with AltAirFuels, a producer of sustainable aviation biofuel, to implement renewable jet fuel at its Los Angeles hub later this year.

Brussels, Belgium, November 8, 2010 — Plans to increase the use of biofuels in Europe over the next ten years will require up to 69 000 square kilometres of new land worldwide and make climate change worse, a new study reveals today [1].

The American Lung Association supports programs and policies to reduce the sulfur content of heating oil, including the use of biofuel blends.

However, these impacts must be somewhat muted by public policies, which directly or indirectly subsidize (or, in fact, require) the use of biofuels.

In the meantime, some airlines have also announced plans to begin or expand their use of biofuels on certain flights, or have begun offering carbon offset programs.

They take issue with the voluntary period of the agreement, as well as the fact that airlines will be able to offset their emissions rather than having to reduce them through efficiency gains or use of biofuels, etc..

The resulting emissions from clearing new land can outweigh any emissions savings from the use of biofuels.

Last year, Brazil passed a new biofuels law to further increase the use of biofuels based on emissions reduction certificates, set to begin in 2020.

Comparing emissions from various fuel crops versus carbon storage in natural ecosystems, Renton Righelato and Dominick Spracklen write that «forestation of an equivalent area of land would sequester two to nine times more carbon over a 30 - year period than the emissions avoided by the use of the biofuel.»

Limiting the use of biofuels from food crops that can be used to fuel Europe's cars moved a step closer today after MEPs voted to reform the EU's biofuels policy.

- Promoting and rushing the use of biofuels in one of the biggest markets in the world can cause indirect social impacts in the place of their production or manufacture, for the simple reason that biofuels take up land.

Directive 2003 / 30 / EC, more popularly known as the biofuel directive (or the Directive on the Promotion of the use of biofuels and other renewable fuels for transport) is voted on becomes effective in May.

The Commission submits a proposal for a Directive on the promotion of the use of biofuels for the transport sector.

Promoting and rushing the use of biofuels in one of the biggest markets in the world can cause indirect social impacts in the place of their production or manufacture, for the simple reason that biofuels take up land.

There's more scholarly research challenging the oft - heard claim that the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and its requirements for increasing use of biofuels is good for the environment and climate.