Sentence examples for petroleum use from inspiring English sources

Wasted wheat straw often burned by Canadian farmers has been blended into a plastic feature of the Ford Flex to reduce petroleum use.

It mandates a 50% reduction in petroleum use by vehicles by 2030, the equivalent of removing 36m cars and trucks from the road.

Even if the nation's entire corn crop were converted to ethanol production, it would replace only about 15percentt of petroleum use, according to an Energy Department report.

"The real issue is whether biofuels reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to continued petroleum use, assuming that land use issues are accounted for," Mr. Hansen said.

The only way to prevent large growth in petroleum use in rapidly developing nations is for prices to make such growth unattractive.

He pitched the plan to cut petroleum use by half, boost renewable electricity production and double energy efficiency in existing buildings without specifying how California could achieve those far-reaching goals.

The workshop highlighted the potential of biodiesel to reduce petroleum use and to reduce air pollution from home oil burners and heavy-duty diesel trucks, buses and construction equipment.

One of the two main bills, SB 350, calls for a 50% reduction in petroleum use by vehicles by 2030, the equivalent of removing 36m cars and trucks from the road.

Governor Jerry Brown approved the measure after losing a political battle against oil interests as he also tried to cut petroleum use by half in the most populous US state.

The packaging and printing processes also emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, as does the petroleum used to deliver those crisps to stores.

While nearly 60percentt of the petroleum used in the United States is imported from overseas, often from volatile regions, 99percentt of the natural gas used in the United States is produced in North America -- and supplies are abundant.