At the same time, there is a great deal of support in Washington for measures that would, in effect, subsidize high-carbon fuels.
Shale gas is the same as natural gas - it is a high-carbon fuel, with around 75% of its mass made of carbon.
The more of that need that is met by high-carbon technologies like coal, the harder it will be to make big cuts later.
These investors are beginning to rebalance their portfolios by tilting their strategies toward clean energy and away from the riskiest high-carbon companies, especially coal.
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The group has already allowed modifications that would horrify purists, including high-tech carbon-fiber masts and lightweight aluminum hulls.
The Carbon Nanostructures Consortium an industry-led, multi-sector effort established by Lockheed Martin to accelerate the development and transition of affordable, high-performance carbon nanostructure-enhanced materials.
But high-altitude carbon emissions are reckoned to be more damaging than low-level ones, although nobody is sure by exactly how much.
Part of the investment will be used to install high-volume composite carbon fibre manufacturing equipment.
Airlines get a bad environmental rap for their fuel-burning emissions, but several are taking steps to reduce their mile-high carbon footprints.
Another is to use high-tech pressure vessels made of carbon-fibre.
For the most-aggressive available Gallardo models, the Edizione Tecnica offers buyers a fixed high rear wing and carbon-ceramic brakes.
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And the adjournment debate is on UK exposure to high carbon investment - led by the Green MP Caroline Lucas.
Another team from a public high school in one of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in Philadelphia successfully created a low carbon emissions and ultra-high efficiency alternative fuel vehicle which competed against collegiate and corporate teams.
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His not-for-profit organization, Carbon Manna Unlimited, has developed a system of direct micro-payments to rural people who offset their carbon production through the use of high-efficiency stoves.
It has a joint venture with Teijin, a Japanese company, to develop high-volume production methods for lightweight carbon fiber to improve fuel economy.
Hi-tech, high growth, low carbon, this is exactly the kind of industry ministers are desperate for.
It also looked to less meat-eating to reduce the high carbon cost of producing it.
To do the same job, HSLA (high-strength low-alloy) steels are up to 30% lighter than traditional carbon steels.
Carmakers quickly refocused their manufacturing efforts towards so-called crossover vehicles or compact sports utility vehicles (SUVs) which combine the looks and high-riding positions of full-size SUVs with the better handling, the lower carbon dioxide emissions and the improved fuel economy of ordinary cars.
Carbon fiber illustrates a key criterion in high-tech manufacturing: quality control.
Carbon fiber boasts an almost uniquely high strength-to-weight ratio.
Democrats may have a tougher time at the polls in general next year: Green policies like the state's renewable energy mandate, cap and trade and a low-carbon fuel standard will start kicking into high gear in 2014.
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For a number of reasons, computer models with added atmospheric carbon dioxide preferentially warm the mid-and high-latitude land areas of the northern hemisphere that are ice-free, which also enhances summer melting of the relatively shallow ice in the Arctic Ocean.
Bid organisers said that all the stadiums will be climate-controlled and zero-carbon emitting to combat what could be temperatures as high as 50C during the two hottest months of the year in Qatar.
Casualty insurers have used an antimonopoly exemption to roll out carbon-copy products and identical premiums, keeping rates high enough so that even the least efficient could make money.
As such, it possesses the novel mechanical properties of carbon nanotube-like tensile strength--in addition to high electrical conductivity.
Instead of being produced from all high-grade steel, most of The Guardian is produced in mostly forms of carbon fiber and thick polycarbonate as well as some steel.
Only on carbon emissions (thanks to rising energy consumption per head) did the high-growth countries do worse than the others.
For another, the commercial case for high-speed rail should be strengthened once aviation starts to pay its true environmental costs through carbon pricing.
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Statoil engineer, Michel Myhre-Nielsen says that high uncertainties, big risks, and large investments are all part of carbon sequestration plans.
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