Solutions to Climate Change: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, September 21, 2000U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003 - 71 pages |
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... Carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles in the United States ex- ceed the total CO2 emissions of all but three other countries . Car- bon dioxide is the No. 1 greenhouse gas . Therefore , if you attack carbon dioxide you attack the ...
... Carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles in the United States ex- ceed the total CO2 emissions of all but three other countries . Car- bon dioxide is the No. 1 greenhouse gas . Therefore , if you attack carbon dioxide you attack the ...
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... carbon dioxide emissions have begun to increase signifi- cantly . If SUVS and other light duty trucks were simply required to meet the same fuel economy standards as automobiles , we would reduce CO2 emissions by 237 million tons each ...
... carbon dioxide emissions have begun to increase signifi- cantly . If SUVS and other light duty trucks were simply required to meet the same fuel economy standards as automobiles , we would reduce CO2 emissions by 237 million tons each ...
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... carbon dioxide over its lifetime . The average new car will emit only 74 tons , but the new Honda Insight , which utilizes gasoline - electric hybrid technology , will emit only 27 tons . Even Ford Motor Company has recognized that SUVs ...
... carbon dioxide over its lifetime . The average new car will emit only 74 tons , but the new Honda Insight , which utilizes gasoline - electric hybrid technology , will emit only 27 tons . Even Ford Motor Company has recognized that SUVs ...
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... carbon dioxide and other " greenhouse gases ” in our atmos- phere is the source of the problem . Over the last 100 years we have increased the concentrations of key global warming pollutants in our atmosphere . For example , carbon dioxide ...
... carbon dioxide and other " greenhouse gases ” in our atmos- phere is the source of the problem . Over the last 100 years we have increased the concentrations of key global warming pollutants in our atmosphere . For example , carbon dioxide ...
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... carbon dioxide pollution are seeking to deny the truth . Rather than face the fact that our increas- ing dependence on coal , oil , and gas is altering our climate , many in industry have spent millions of dollars in an effort to ...
... carbon dioxide pollution are seeking to deny the truth . Rather than face the fact that our increas- ing dependence on coal , oil , and gas is altering our climate , many in industry have spent millions of dollars in an effort to ...
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Page 15 - the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate...
Page 7 - Greenhouse gases are accumulating in Earth's atmosphere as a result of human activities, causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise.
Page 7 - Because there is considerable uncertainty in current understanding of how the climate system varies naturally and reacts to emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols, current estimates of the magnitude of future warming should be regarded as tentative and subject to future adjustments (either upward or downward).
Page 16 - For purposes of this section, in determining maximum feasible average fuel economy, the Secretary shall consider — ( 1 ) technological feasibility ; (2) economic practicability ; (3) the effect of other Federal motor vehicle standards on fuel economy ; and (4) the need of the Nation to conserve energy.
Page 71 - Protocol sets unrealistic targets that cannot be achieved without "severely harming the US economy and all American families, workers, seniors, and children" (http://www.globalclimate.org).
Page 43 - MD. The workshop was attended by nearly 100 Canadian and US scientists, practitioners and policy-makers representing agricultural commodity groups and industries. Congress, government agencies, national laboratories, universities and the World Bank. Support for the workshop was provided by the Environmental Protection Agency, the US Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, the Monsanto Company and NASA.
Page 16 - And the biggest single step we can take to curb global warming is to make cars go further on their fuel.
Page 56 - ... major opportunities to reduce its dependence on petroleum Almost thirty years after the first OPEC oil embargo the United States is still dependent on petroleum for 97% of its transportation energy needs. As a result, two-thirds of our petroleum consumption goes to fuel transportation. With average efficiencies declining for new vehicles, and a 21 percent increase in miles driven between 1990 and 1998, the petroleum dependence of transportation is continuing to rise. CAFE standards helped double...
Page 14 - The human race is engaged in the largest and most dangerous experiment in history — an experiment to see what will happen to our health and the health of the planet when we make drastic changes to our climate. This is not part of some deliberate scientific inquiry. It is an uncontrolled experiment on the Earth, and we are gambling our children's future on its outcome. The rapid buildup of carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse gases" in our atmosphere is the source of the problem.
Page 33 - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the US Department of Energy on October 20, 1993.