Pylons are a necessary evil if we are to wean ourselves off carbon-based energy.
Dropping it to 16C - the lowest setting in this virtual world - only shaves 7% off carbon emissions.
What make algae particularly useful as a feedstock is that they thrive off carbon dioxide (C02), which makes them great carbon sequesters.
"We need a dramatic shift off carbon-based fuel: coal, oil and also gas, " Bill McKibbern, the founder of 350.org, wrote in an email to The Associated Press.
So there is an appetite to wean us off of carbon producing energy sources with seemingly increasing public support.
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The bipartisan trade-off: implement a budget-neutral carbon tax off-set by lowering income or corporate taxes elsewhere.
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Carbon-emissions trading is becoming increasingly widespread within the industry, as is carbon off-setting, the latter involving passengers paying a voluntary surcharge to help finance the planting of trees or other green projects and so balance out the environmental damage caused by their journey.
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Two of the samples, when mixed with radioactive nutrients, gave off bursts of radioactive carbon dioxide a sign that the nutrients had been metabolized.
It has taken 3, 000 cars off the road and reduces carbon emissions by 16, 000 tons annually.
Turning fossil-fuel plants on and off adds inefficiencies, producing carbon emissions just to heat up boilers before energy production can begin.
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But Google had previously declined to state just how much carbon was thrown off by its massive complex of data centers.
That death and the illnesses of several others exposed to carbon monoxide set off a flurry of safety warnings from public officials.
All life as we know it on Earth trades off a source of complex carbon molecules, such as amino acids - just as it needs water and energy.
During photosynthesis -- the process when the plant absorbs carbon dioxide and gives off oxygen -- organic tissue absorbs airborne toxins.
The combustion is slow and rich, using just enough oxygen to bust apart the diesel molecules into hydrogen and carbon monoxide without burning off the diesel entirely.
In contrast, reducing emissions of the sooty particles known as black carbon, which are given off by inefficient combustion in cooking fires and brick kilns, and by dodgy diesel engines, offers rapid, huge and tangible public-health benefits (see article).
Many farmers using these seeds have even been able to implement a "no-till" system, which offers tremendous environmental benefits by preventing soil erosion, keeping farm water and chemical run-off out of local watersheds and releasing less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
The report blames industrial pollution from the 19th century for climate change from the mid-20th century, although the recent warming trend set in about 20 years ago from the cumulative use of fossil fuels giving off clear greenhouse gases such as methane and carbon dioxide.
The switch-off is also expected to reduce the council's carbon emissions by around 8%.
It was to fend off utter disaster that we needed the Kyoto Treaty, carbon taxes, and Priuses.
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That means fewer tractors and the carbon-sparing equivalent of taking 6 million cars off the road.
And Houston, which encompasses two of the most polluted counties in the country and leads the nation in carbon dioxide emissions, is good at making money off of energy.
Later this year, it will take the wraps off a demonstration plant outside of Shanghai that will convert the carbon monoxide from a steel mill into 100, 000 gallons of ethanol a year.
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Second, the benefits of reducing carbon-dioxide emissions can seem abstract and far-off.
Simply getting the tens of thousands of U.S. Postal Service vehicles that bring us our mail on Saturday off the road would be a good start for those concerned about carbon pollution.
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Some of the district's lights were first turned off early in December in a bid to cut costs and help reduce carbon emissions.
The production model is a polished-looking assemblage of aluminum and judiciously placed titanium and carbon fiber, along with sensors, motors, joints, off-the-shelf DSPs and custom circuitry and software.
Meanwhile, Governor Romney once supported a cap-and-trade mechanism to control carbon emissions but as the 2008 presidential race neared, he backed off and favored modest penalties for coal-fired power plants.
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"The amount of gas that was taken off the streets today, is equivalent to one year's worth of carbon dioxide emissions from a small petroleum refinery in the heart of Los Angeles, " Johns said.
In this case the fatty acids would have 18-30 carbon atoms, and the final stage of the synthetic pathway would clip off the oxygen atoms to create pure hydrocarbons.
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