Sentences with phrase «worse than gasoline»

You talked about a report that showed that cellulosic ethanol could actually be worse than gasoline / diesel in terms of CO2 emissions, but that's only if you consider the effects of the land no linger being a carbon sink.

While the US does undoubtedly have a lot of oil shale, too bad its carbon emissions are eight times worse than gasoline.

Besides, there's natural gas which is worse than gasoline for transportation, but is still a very much feasible option.

According to a book Vehicular Air Pollution I found from Google Books, ethanol fuel actually has some emissions worse than gasoline: ethanol emits more aldehydes.

But, Scientific American, among others, has argued that liquid coal could very well be worse than gasoline, both environmentally and economically.

In setting state rules for low - carbon fuels, California officials have calculated that corn ethanol is worse than gasoline.

According to analyses that have been published in Science and carried out by the California Air Resources Board, corn - based ethanol is actually worse than gasoline, mainly because growing more corn for ethanol forces farmers to clear additional grasslands and forests to grow food crops.

WASHINGTON — Biofuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, a study shows, challenging the Obama administration's conclusions that they are a much cleaner oil alternative and will help combat climate change.

Not exact matches

The company has said it plans to offer affected car owners compensation that could include payments for additional gasoline costs incurred because the fuel economy was worse than advertised.

The machines that failed were literally bumped out of contention in crashes that fortunately resulted in no injuries worse than a strained neck (for Team Lotus's Gunnar Nilsson) and a gasoline - seared derri √ ® re (for Team Tyrrell's Jody Scheckter).

So the biggest question from customers cross-shopping the Insight and the Prius is likely to be this: If the Insight has a smaller gasoline engine, why does it get worse mileage than the Prius?

GM has been a big proponent of flex fuels, meaning E85 (85 % ethanol, 15 % gasoline) that gets worse mileage than regular gasoline but does win GM a EPA efficiency credit and is much beloved by America's corn farmers and others who like that the feedstock for E85 is domestic.

Not only is this far worse than the gas mileage for the 2007 Camry Hybrid (35mpg in the same conditions), but it is even lower than CNET's observed mileage for the gasoline - only 2006 Honda Accord EX, which got an overall reading of 24.9 mpg on a trip down Southern California's notoriously congested I - 5.

Our overall observed gas mileage for the 2006 Accord Hybrid was worse than that of the gasoline - only V - 6 Accord EX.

The Bad In testing, the 2006 Honda Accord Hybrid proved to be less efficient than the gasoline - only EX.

Indeed, the study found that AN ELECTRIC CAR IS LIKELY WORSE THAN A CAR FUELED EXCLUSIVELY BY GASOLINE DERIVED FROM CANADIAN TAR - SANDS!»

While ethanol, for example derived from corn but distilled in a facility powered by coal was, in fact, on average worse, than gasoline, some of the envisioned cellulosic - based biofuels could be dramatically better on a g CO2 eq / MJ basis.

If the entire grid were coal, you could double that (7,800 pounds), so even in that worst - case scenario, you'd still have far LOWER CO2 emissions from a plug - in Prius than from the average new car on the road running on gasoline.

Less than from gasoline / diesel in the worst case, and much, much better in the long run as we add wind power at night.

Fox News is promoting a Wall Street Journal column by Bjorn Lomborg to claim that electric vehicles are «even worse» for the environment than conventional gasoline cars.

Some biofuels were found to be even worse for the environment, and more costly, than conventional gasoline.

Ethanol got worse miles per gallon than gasoline.

In short: They're worse than a bike or mass transit, but better than a regular gasoline cars (especially if it's a huge unneeded SUV).