If you look at across the whole life cycle of growing corn, making ethanol and burning it in a car, and compare that to what happens when you find oil and make gasoline and burn it in a car, you only have about 15 percent less greenhouse gas going into the air from burning ethanol than you would if you're burning gasoline.
He would wake up in eastern Baghdad, inhale its bitter, burning air, and say it.
In a flash the foil was clean, and a clear mist hung in the air without any burning taking place.
For extra credit, perhaps one of you enterprising readers would like to calculate how much carbon dioxide has been released into the air by the burning of 6.3 million gallons of oil.
Enormous quantities of air pollution from burning forests led to a dramatic rise in the number of cases of eye irritation, respiratory illness and cardiovascular disease -- examples of the unexpected public health surprises which become more likely in a warming world.
Inside the hangar-like halls, the air is thick with burning incense, the pungent odours of durian fruit and fresh herbs, and the rubbery, plastic smell of a thousand useless trinkets.
As well as destroying such native ecosystems, deforestation also diminishes so-called "carbon sinks" -- thereby reducing the Earth's capacity to absorb and re-process atmospheric carbon dioxide -- while also adding to air pollution through the burning of land to clear it for cultivation (sugarcane fields are traditionally fired prior to harvest to remove leaves and drive away snakes).
The engines increase airflow, creating a more complete burning of the air-fuel mixture--and a more powerful vehicle.
And that means Air Force planes will keep burning more fuel, and their crews will keep flying long hours.
But the government is desperate to keep the lights burning and the air-conditioners humming in Beijing during the Olympics.
John McCain made an unusual campaign stop this week, at a rally for motorcycle enthusiasts whose roaring machines filled the air with the fumes of burning gas.
Toxic chemicals have been detected at levels exceeding federal safety standards in the soil and air around the still-burning rubble of the World Trade Center, according to documents compiled by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Within the passages, his Shamanistic figures stalk burning landscapes, levitate in air or float in water.
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They added central air-conditioning, a wood-burning furnace and a second bathroom.
Our correspondent, who went to Tizi Ouzou, said streets were deserted and the air was thick with black smoke from burning tyres set ablaze by the protesters.
But burning less oil to keep air cool so ice stays ice and the seas don't warm is too expensive and roundabout a way to meet the danger, Mr Mendelsohn thinks.
The air was horrible, difficult to breathe and burning eyes, so they put a blanket over my Gram's face on the way to the car.
"The air was horrible, difficult to breathe and burning eyes, so they put a blanket over my Gram's face on the way to the car, " Storke said.
Part of a UN compound burned down after it was hit by chunks of the burning chemical which ignites on contact with air.
As with the Burning Man doodle, there's often an air of mystery as to what is being depicted.
Another ad, which will air later this week, features activities that add up to burning off the "140 happy calories" in a can of Coke.
By augmenting the drug's surface area, Rabinowitz had increased its exposure to air, allowing it to quickly escape the heat and vaporize without burning.
Summer or winter, firefighters walk into dark passageways in burning buildings, burdened by heavy fireproof coats and pants, air bottles strapped to backs, faces masked and vision tunneled, each in a private world.
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This huge abundance of natural gas is a blessing for Texas in the power generation sector, as electric providers look for alternatives as increasingly strict EPA air quality regulations make it more and more difficult to generate electricity by burning coal.
It is important to note, however, that human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels for transportation and energy generation are the main sources of air pollution, said Wotawa.
Boilers burning dirty heating oils No. 4 and No. 6 produce 50% more air pollution than all of the cars and trucks in New York City and contribute to more than 3, 200 premature deaths every year, according to recent reports by the Environmental Defense Fund and the New York City Department of Health.
He said the air is being monitored "constantly" and that any smell is a result of the fires still burning at the World Trade Center site.
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