Sentences with phrase «using real carbon»

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And since electricity use can contribute up to 30 % of a household's carbon footprint, consumer choices have a real impact.

The Amanda Hansen Foundation creates resources to supply the public with CO detectors who could not otherwise afford them; educates, as to the real and imminent dangers of CO poisoning, its causes, and it's prevention through the proper use of detectors, and proper installation / maintenance of household appliances; works hand in hand with local and national organizations to future educate and promote awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide; aims to enact local as well as national legislation to mandate that all buildings, both private and public, be equipped with CO detectors, without exception.

«So as long as you're using renewable electricity and not some kind of brown electricity, that is really the most direct pathway to producing real, carbon - free hydrogen fuel.»

And the way to fix the accounting error is to count the very real emissions from using bioenergy and then provide a credit to that bioenergy which results from a source that really is «additional» carbon.

Cutting the price through STEP would be a real «game - changer,» Licht says: Cheaper nanofibers would lead to greater commercial use and, in turn, to less carbon in the atmosphere.

The team improved the plant's water - use - efficiency — the ratio of carbon dioxide entering the plant to water escaping — by 25 percent without significantly sacrificing photosynthesis or yield in real - world field trials.

Columbia University physicist Peter Eisenberger created an effective model that proves, through real world testing, that carbon sequestration can be used on a global scale and can prevent the atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide from ever exceeding 450 ppm, below dangerous levels.

Many science - fiction writers have proposed life - forms that use alternate elemental building blocks, often silicon instead of carbon, but this marks the first known case in a real organism.

Whether it's through this technique or some other, using the innovative abilities of the private sector to increase their own bottom lines through efficient carbon capture could be the best way to advance not just carbon capture technology, but its actual utilization in real world.

Built in southern California by Metalcrafters, the Gaffolio family enterprise reknowned for its significant contributions to some of Chrysler's best concepts in the past, the Ciel makes lavish use of carbon - fiber panels, and is a real car, driven under its own power not only for films, but to run it up the famous California Highway 1 south of Monterey.

The steel rotors are the proper choice here; overused as status symbols, carbon ceramics tend to be awful in the real world with noise and vibration that aren't worth their excessive cost in daily use.

The Grand Tourer, for instance, uses lightweight carbon - fiber construction and, just like a real Rolls, has self - righting wheels that always display the company's double - R logo the right way up.

Real carbon is used in the door inserts although it has a gloss finish in contrast to the matt finish of the exterior carbon parts.

The use of the awarded Forged Composites ®, a shapable forged carbon fiber material patented by Automobili Lamborghini, is a real nice touch and it contributes to make the vehicle even lighter in weight.

The dashboard is upholstered in a similar combination of red and black leather, some real carbon fiber and an amazing piping that really makes a difference here... and don't forget the steering wheel which is a work of art on itself... all hand stitched by the Ares artisans using Italian sourced Nubuk and Nappa leather.

Inside, the use of carbon fiber (real carbon fiber) is the best we have seen.

A real «clean coal» plant uses either gasification which converts the coal to purified syngas or oxygen enrichment in the boiler to eliminate excess air in the flue gases so that the carbon dioxide can be easily separated.

The real problem is that all agricultural practices that release fossil carbon, not just meat production, will have to be revised along with all other uses of coal, petroleum, and natural gas.

We need to use less carbon and other materials, create less waste, create more real wealth and quality of life.

It is mainly food not used, while carbon dioxide released from our lungs and the urine we pee out, are the real waste products of our bodies.

I had hoped for some real sense of substantive policy direction from the president — how he intends to use the Clean Air Act to deal with power plant carbon pollution.

In other words — by 2014 we'd used more of the carbon budget than any of the RCPs had anticipated and if we are not confident that the real world is cooler than the models at this level of cumulative emissions, this means that available emissions for 1.5 degrees should decrease proportionately.

Using data from the new carbon storage map, scientists from Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) at Boston University and the University of Maryland say the real figure may be up to 12 % lower.

I'll give an example because a) I want to show the traditional use of «heat and light» and some other points I've made but b) this page too has slipped in a fake fisics meme, much as a lot of papers do giving real research results which then slip in something about «global warming» or carbon dioxide» to justify their grant..

We are implementing scaled - up, real - world initiatives to attack large sources of emissions, such as methane from landfills and from oil and gas production; black carbon from heavy - duty diesel engines; and HFCs used in refrigeration and air conditioners.

He has done research and consultancy on urban energy modeling, urban greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, integrated land - use and transport policies, real estate and housing markets, Urban green growth, carbon finance and cities, city networks and post-2012 negotiation process.

The real concern lies with increase of both carbon dioxide emissions and temperature that can not be predicted using the models of past climate fluctuations and patterns.

It's quite okay to buy those carbon - intensive fuels, which speaks volumes about what's the real agenda here: protecting the interests of the fossil fuel industry, even though producing synthetic fuels using Nazi - era technology actually produces more carbon dioxide than burning petroleum itself.

We just need to recognize prices very real limits and use it to best drive technological change (I proposed earlier last year a carbon tax scheme that funds innovation, for instance).

«Without addressing land use change, the European Union's target for renewable energy in transport may fail to deliver genuine carbon savings in the real world.

My personal favorite option: pay the real price of the energy you use, be it in transport, home, industry or commerce, including the cost of carbon emission.

The global - warming doomsayers have been in full throat since Sandy, and a carbon tax — a disincentive to use fossil fuels allegedly responsible for global warming — has suddenly become a real possibility, on top of all the other fatuous taxes already exacted from the American public.

The review found that many studies had used flawed methods, subjecting marine creatures to sudden increases in carbon dioxide that would never be experienced in real life.

With growing concerns about the greenhouse gas balance of many types of biomass and bioenergy — as well as effects on biodiversity, land use, and competition with food production — the EU needs to get policies right by capping the contribution of bioenergy to renewables targets at sustainable levels, and promoting only bioenergy that is both sustainable and delivers real carbon benefits.

Here is a link to the real carbon cycle using OCO - 2 images.

After considering the fuel and carbon dioxide emissions that are required to manufacture an artificial tree and ship it to the United States, you would need to use your artificial tree for approximately twenty years to make it a better choice than a real tree.

Reedman, L., P. Graham, and P. Coombes, 2006: Using a real - options approach to model technology adoption under carbon price uncertainty: An application to the Australian electricity sector.

«TD was the first North American - based carbon neutral bank and we have been reducing our travel - related carbon emissions by supporting the use of public transit and by investing in video - conferencing — but we recognize that real change requires a shift in fuel supply,» said Karen Clarke - Whistler, Chief Environment Officer, TD Bank Group.

President Obama finally came out with a plan to use the power of the administration to address climate disruption and to start making the real reductions in carbon emissions that we need to stave off the very worst impacts of climate change.

But the real world offers no examples of dividends being used to successfully muster support for a carbon tax.

Last but not least a Danish researcher reviewed the potential for leakage and concluded that the «dangers of carbon sequestration are real and the development of this technique should not be used as an argument for continued high fossil fuel emissions.

The future isn't bleak, it's simply not using real trees to absorb our carbon debt.

20 & 21 — The real use of «confronting» the deniers is to get the politicians to start thinking about mitigation and adaptation, particularly getting onto a low carbon economy.

If you're confused about where to go to compensate for you carbon - spewing lifestyle — and pretty much every one of us could use to do that a bit more — you can rest assured that anyone of the 11 projects EDF has selected is the real deal.

19 - nation pledge would reduce coal use by 3 percent; COP23 failed to see developed nations ramp up carbon targets, or offer real pathway for financing climate aid to developing nations.

It's a term used by scientists to describe a strange, but real intermediate depth in the seas where carbon can be trapped, thereby preventing it from sinking deeper where it can do no harm to Earth's climate.

The base is accented with real American walnut, providing a warm contrast to the sleek frame while paying homage to the carbon - based materials used in OLED lighting.

I truly think we should all cut down on our carbon emissions, and to use Kyoto and Amsterdam as models would be admirable, but under NO circumstances should the West be bound by financial penalties to offset the real carbon polluters such as China and India.