The EU's total renewable energy target for transport fuel is 10% by 2020.
The European Commission proposed capping the use of biofuels to 5% of all transport fuel, rather than raising the benchmark.
Adopting hydrogen as a transport fuel would increase our energy demand.
Part of the calculation is that at least 11% of heat (up from less than 3% at present) will come from renewable sources by 2020, and 10% of transport fuel.
It wants the amount of the stuff used as transport fuel to climb from 13 billion gallons (49 billion litres) in 2010 to 36 billion gallons in 2022, requiring by far the largest part of that increase to come from various advanced biofuels, rather than ethanol made from corn (maize).
That could be a problem if the time comes to transport spent fuel from reactor sites to a central storage facility.
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They require pure hydrogen to produce electricity, and no one has figured out an economical way to store and transport that fuel.
From April Sir Richard's countrymen will begin filling their cars with a blend of petrol and biofuel, as part of the government's plan to ensure that 5% of Britain's transport runs on fuel made from plants by 2010.
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Cost pressures from fuel, transport and food, plus only modest growth in employment, are expected to slow that to 0.7% next year.
It takes weeks to transport, assemble, fuel, and prepare the Taepodong-2, giving U.S. forces many opportunities to destroy the missile on its large launch pad.
Shipping will probably gain market share from less efficient modes of transport, but higher fuel prices may also cause the entire transportation pie to shrink.
That raises the risk of a spectacular official own-goal: if targets encourage people to use the wrong sort of fuel, transport may get dirtier, not cleaner.
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Instead of trying to turn crops into fuel for transport, Europe would do better to burn them for power, says Peder Jensen, of the European Environment Agency.
They argue that it drives up food prices by turning over land that would have been used to produce food crops to those that can be turned into fuel for transport.
"Because all the food in our supermarket will be grown on site we won't need a big processing factory to make packaging and we won't have to burn lots of fossil fuel to transport it across the globe, " he said.
Only last month, Palestinians in Gaza demonstrated against price rises in bread, fuel and public transport.
Think about it: We pay package delivery companies a surcharge for the fuel used to transport our packages.
Environment spokesperson for Plaid Cymru Dafydd Elis-Thomas urged the government to consider tackling fuel poverty and transport infrastructure in the climate change strategy.
He has gained angry middle-class voters, who blame the government for recent rises in fuel, utility and transport costs.
Less fuel is used to transport the vegetables to market, and we get better-tasting veggies with a higher mineral and nutritional content.
Electrical power is necessary to support other critical infrastructures, including supply and distribution of water, food, fuel, communications, transport, financial transactions, emergency services, government services, and all other infrastructures supporting the national economy and welfare.
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If only some way can be found to transport and store hydrogen, the fuel cell has two powerful things going for it: It doesn't pollute and it converts 55% of the chemical energy in the fuel into useful work.
Other green initiatives included promoting fuel-efficient vehicles, rail transport, electricity grid improvements, and pollution control.
Pupils should cycle or walk to school where the fuel shortage has stopped their usual transport, the government is advising.
The new Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2), which took effect on July 1st, limits conventional ethanol to 15 billion gallons of the annual 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel that must be used for transport by 2022, and the administration has just announced extra funding for algae-based biofuels (see article).
Finally, adding ethanol actually raises the price of blended fuel because ethanol is more expensive to transport and handle than gasoline.
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For example, how many gallons of water and fossil fuel does it take to produce and transport one gallon of corn-based ethanol?
In partnership with a local technical college, Stark State in Canton, and Lockheed Martin, TMI is developing a military application that promises to greatly reduce the need for a front-line unit to transport and secure large quantities of gasoline or diesel fuel.
Japan's transport ministry has launched an investigation into what caused two fuel leaks on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet operated by Japan Airlines.
The third option is to direct part or all of the revenues raised by above-inflation increases in fuel duties to public- and road-transport improvements.
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