Sentences with phrase «years of alternative fuel»

Thirty years of alternative fuel hype have failed to deliver sales; Public attention has jumped from one alternative fuel to the next since the 1980s; To decarbonize transportation, policymakers need better ways to assess technologies.

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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.

The $ 100 billion a year was supposed to help developing countries adapt to changes being wrought by climate change, and to help them bypass fossil fueled development in favor of cleaner alternatives.

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.

One reason for this push is the consequences of the alternatives: pollution from fossil - fueled power plants shortens the life span of as many as 30,000 Americans a year; coal and hydraulic fracturing threaten the environment and water supplies; and oil dependence undermines the nation's energy security.

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.

When the pair studied the share prices of oil companies and alternative - energy technology companies, and estimated the rate of change of future investment, they found that investors do not expect the replacement of oil - based fuels with renewables for another 131 years.

The steam - powered «aeolipile» was invented by Hero of Alexandria in Roman Egypt during the 1st century AD, but it wasn't until some 1700 years later that the steam engine as we know it emerged, thanks to better construction materials, plentiful fuel and, critically, growing industrial demand for an alternative source of power.

Those alternatives operate fewer hours of the year, but with no burden of fuel cost or fuel - disposal problems the price of power they produce could be low enough to squeeze nuclear power out of the mix.

The EPA has named the Biodiesel Production Facility in Denton, Texas, as its Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) Project of the Year (Alternative Fuel).

His professional career in alternative energy research has spanned more than 25 years, centering on development of solar energy conversion devices and on hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

To be honest, I, too, have on occasion found comfort in such facile explanations for the nation's abject failure to deal with so many glaring problems, including several of interest to readers of car magazines: the pervasive failure to address global warming and finite supplies of fossil fuels; tens of thousands of road fatalities year in and year out; the burgeoning safety risk caused by in - car communications and telematics; the failure to maintain the roads we've got while creating better ones and efficient alternatives; and, of course, our continued inability to buy new Peugeots in the United States.

This year's race includes 85 entries over a variety of vehicle categories from elite sports cars, to sedans and sport utility vehicles, to classic American cars, and alternative fuel vehicles, all competing in 13 challenges.

Although ethanol, hydrogen and hybrids have been stealing all the headlines the past couple of years, nearly half (49 percent) of all respondents said they would be most likely to buy a clean diesel among all the current lineup of alternative fuel options.

In addition to earning the title of Autobytel Car of the Year, the 2016 Chevrolet Volt also lays claim to the Autobytel Alternative Fuel Car of the Year.

While both these alternative fuel vehicles made their debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show earlier this year, the Los Angeles show marks the first stateside showing of this new family of vehicles from the Bavarian automaker.

Experimenting with alternative technologies represents the company's long - term strategy after the announcement in 2007 of a five - year plan to reduce fuel consumption and emissions across the range.

VED rates for the model tested come in at # 130 for the first year - included in the car's OTR price - because of an official CO2 figure of 106 g / km and then # 130 standard rate since the mild hybrid system qualifies it for the # 10 alternative fuel discount.

The alternative fuel cars of today have definitely evolved from being the tiny (and tinny) hybrids of just a few years ago.

Akerson said that GM is committed to saving 45 billion litres of gasoline in its 2011 to 2017 model year vehicles with technologies that include lighter materials to reduce vehicle mass, alternative fuels, clean diesel and electrification.

It offers a very low list price, potentially great fuel economy and an excellent standard warranty although taking advantage of that last point would require you to keep it for a number of years, something you may not want to do considering the number of far more accomplished alternatives out there.

Especially alternative fuel carmakers Over the last few years, demand for hybrid and electric vehicles has closely paralleled the rise and fall of gas prices.

10 years ago no one ever thought of making an alternative fuel vehicle because gas prices and the cost to change a car's engine keep the overall cost of acceptance too high, but now, as oil and gas prices skyrocket, they're beginning to seep into the awareness of the general public..

One of them last year — it was in the 2007 State of the Union, he announced the 20 - in - 10 program, which is to reduce traditional gasoline use; replace it — replace 20 percent of it with renewable or alternative fuels within 10 years.

More from The Guardian: «Sarah Evans, vice-president for communications at the X Prize Foundation, said that the foundation would bring together experts in the aviation and green technology sectors, including representatives from the Federal Aviation Authority's commercial aviation alternative fuel initiative, to hammer out the exact details of the competition, with the aim of announcing final plans in summer next year.

The Times» series on China shows that we are not the only ones who need to rethink pell - mell development; on the other side of the coin, the oil shock of the l970's showed how a crisis could lead to fuel conservation measures and alternative energy investments that helped slow CO2 emissions in this country for quite a few years.

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.

Bush's proposal would be to increase our level of biofuels production by 35 billion gallons in the next 10 years (although some have informed me that this is actually for all alternative fuels, which would include coal to liquids).

The Commission might well question Dominion's plan to lock its customers into a bad investment in fossil fuels over the next twenty years at the expense of smarter renewable alternatives.

Man for thousands of years has tried to find ways of «roping the wind», and it wasn't until the 1970's that science and industry really got going, when the emergence of wind farms as a viable alternative to fossil fuel power began to gain momentum.

Earlier this year the European Union agreed to binding targets: By 2020, ten percent of its transportation industry's annual 300 million ton fuel consumption must come from alternatives such as biodiesel.

«Every year, indoor air pollution is responsible for the death of 1.6 million people — that's one death every 20 seconds... In sub-Saharan Africa, the reliance on biomass fuels appears to be growing as a result of population growth and the unavailability of, or increases in the price of, alternatives such as kerosene and liquid petroleum gas.»

To receive Green Community designation, communities must develop and implement a plan to reduce energy use by 20 percent within five years and meet additional criteria including allowing for permitting and siting of renewable energy, purchasing fuel - efficient and alternative fuel vehicles, and adopting more stringent building codes.

Bloomberg Businessweek explains more clearly than EPA does why the agency had to back - peddle so furiously: «The Environmental Protection Agency proposed requiring less cellulosic ethanol to be blended into gasoline next year than sought under U.S. law because production of the alternative fuel hasn't reached commercial scale.»

We have had alternatives to fossil fuels for hundreds of years in some cases.

(Sec. 1514) Directs the EPA Administrator to: (1) establish an Advanced Biofuel Technologies Program to demonstrate advanced technologies for the production of alternative transportation fuels; (2) give priority to projects that enhance the geographical diversity of alternative fuels production and utilize feedstocks that represent 10 % or less of domestic ethanol or biodiesel fuel production during the previous fiscal year; and (3) fund demonstration projects to develop conversion technologies for producing cellulosic biomass ethanol, and for coproducing value - added bioproducts (such as fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides) resulting from biodiesel fuel production.

Starting with model year 2016, EPA believes the appropriate approach is to ensure that FFV emissions are based on demonstrated emissions performance, which will correlate to actual usage of alternative fuels.

The oil companies bring enormous cash reserves, years of experience in large projects, and a can - do spirit to an alternative - fuels industry that has largely been driven by speculators, small developers, and utilities.

Plug In America has been working with Republican leaders on this bill to have supportive EV provisions included: a two year extension of the EV tax credit for 2 and 3 wheeled plug - in vehicles until January 1, 2019, AND a two year extension of the Section 30C Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit, which applies to EV charging infrastructure for homes and businesses.

Lest you have doubts that renewable energy won't be able to take over from fossil fuels: A new report from NRDC looks at future energy usage in Michigan and comes to the conclusion that through a combination of renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements, the state can easily meet future power needs: Energy Efficiency Could Save State $ 3 Billion by 2030 The report, A Green Energy Alternative for Michigan, was written by Synapse Energy Economic for NRDC and shows that simply making energy efficiency improvements to offset fossil fuel usage the state could save $ 3 billion over the next 20 years.

After calling America's «addiction to oil» one of the most serious challenges in America today, President Bush renewed calls for a higher mandatory alternative fuel standard and higher fuel efficiency standards for motor vehicles in an effort to conserve 8.5 billion gallons of gas in the next 10 years (click above for the entire speech).

With more than a touch of irony, a motorcyclist who spent about 20 years as an off - shore oil driller is demonstrating that there are alternatives to fossil fuels.

In rough or approximate terms, achievement of this alternative scenario requires that fossil fuel CO2 emissions in the next 50 years average about what they are today and the net growth of other human - made forcing agents must be halted.

Things like more fuel efficient vehicles, better transit and alternative forms of transportation have alleviated some of the demand over the past few years.

Vehicle manufacturers are coming out with more efficient cars every year, whether those cars are hybrid gasoline and electric vehicles, they run on bio-fuels or alternative fuels, or the fuel efficiency of standard gasoline - powered cars is being improved.

Underground storage tanks can also be an issue for older multifamily assets as they have a useful life of only 15 to 20 years, resulting in multiple generations of tanks that often lack proper closure reports when replaced or during conversion to an alternative fuel source.