But, the authors agree,
where fuel reduction is an appropriate goal, it would ideally be achieved by letting wildfires do their job.
Not exact matches
The second rule of thumb relates to our current
fuel derivative portfolio
where a 10 %
reduction in the price of Brent for the remaining half of 2012 would result in an additional $ 0.04 of realized losses on
fuel derivatives that would offset the $ 0.13 per share favorable impact from the reduced price of
fuel.
In Miami,
where the city's climate action plan (pdf) calls for a 25 percent
reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, researchers claim that projects to mitigate rising sea levels could also
fuel economic growth.
Identifying
where fossil
fuel reductions can be made — # 1 is in agricultural production.
This is true, Zelenay noted, especially in the
fuel cell cathode,
where a relatively slow oxygen
reduction reaction, or ORR, takes place that requires significant «loading» of platinum.
A clue to the author's motivation comes on the first page of the article,
where he writes, «The switch of world powers first to decreasing the use of fossil
fuel and then to carbon - free energy within the framework of the Kyoto Protocol may lead to economic collapse for Russia as a consequence of the
reduction and, probably, even loss of the possibility to sell oil and natural gas on the world market.»
(maybe in 150 years a mean temp increase of about 1.25 K, and probable increase in the rate of the hydrological cycle)
Where is «the science» that dramatic
reductions in fossil
fuel use by humans will make a difference?
It is similar to what is happening as a result of hybrid cars and electric cars
where the
reduction in gas taxes from
fuel efficient cars no longer provide the taxes to fund the roads.
Using data provided by CBS, the Dutch Institute for Statistics, the researchers made an estimate of the «turning point»
where the efficiency
reduction of conventional power plants balances out the
fuel savings from wind energy.
The two key strategies include truck idle
reduction (
where not required by law) such as with a truck - stop electrification project and efficiency upgrades to trucking equipment in order to improve
fuel economy above prevailing regulated standards.
It's our job to actually look at
where we can get continued carbon pollution
reductions from both fossil
fuels.
Other expected benefits are
reduction of
fuel in food transport and a reconnection of people with the land and
where their food comes from.