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Fill Up on Carbs to Help Stay Slim? [FOX: 5-31-2011]

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Tuesday May 31 2011 4:09 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-carbon_fuel_standard
A low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) is a rule enacted to reduce carbon intensity in transportation fuels as compared to conventional petroleum fuels, such as gasoline and diesel. The most common low-carbon fuels are alternative fuels and cleaner fossil fuels, such as natural gas (CNG and LPG). The main purpose of a low-carbon fuel standard is to decrease carbon dioxide emissions associated to fuel-powered vehicles considering the entire life cycle ('well to wheels'), in order to reduce the carbon footprint of transportation. The first low-carbon fuel standard mandate in the world was enacted by California in 2007, with specific eligibility criteria defined by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in April 2009 but taking effect until January 2011. Similar legislation was approved in British Columbia in April 2008, and by European Union which proposed its legislation in January 2007 and which was adopted in December 2008. The United Kingdom is implementing its Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Program, which also applies the concept of low-carbon fuels. Several bills have been proposed in the United States for similar low-carbon fuel regulation at a national level but with less stringent standards than California. As of early 2010 none has been approved. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final rule regarding the expanded Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) for 2010 and beyond on February 3, 2010. This ruling, as mandated by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), included direct emissions and significant indirect emissions from land use changes. Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued Executive Order S-1-07 on January 19, 2007 to enact a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS). The LCFS requires oil refineries and distributors to ensure that the mix of fuel they sell in the Californian market meets the established declining targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions measured in CO2-equivalent grams per unit of fuel energy sold for transport purposes. The LCFS directive calls for a reduction of at least 10 percent in the carbon intensity of California's transportation fuels by 2020. These reductions include not only tailpipe emissions but also all other associated emissions from production, distribution and use of transport fuels within the state. Therefore, California LCFS considers the fuel's full life cycle, also known as the 'well to wheels' or 'seed to wheels' efficiency of transport fuels. The standard is also aimed to reduce the state's dependence on petroleum, create a market for clean transportation technology, and stimulate the production and use of alternative, low-carbon fuels in California. The LCFS is a mix of command-and-control regulation and emissions trading, as it will use market-based mechanisms that allow providers to choose how they will reduce emissions while responding to consumer demand. Some believe that oil companies could opt for several actions to comply. For example, they state that refiners and producers could improve the efficiency of the refineries and upstream production, or may purchase and blend more low-carbon ethanol into gasoline products, or purchase credits from electric utilities supplying low carbon electrons to electric passenger vehicles, or diversifying and selling low carbon hydrogen for use by vehicles as a product, or any new strategy as the standard is being designed. The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 authorized the establishment of emissions trading in California, with rules to be adopted by 2010, and taking effect no later than January 2012. In accordance to the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and the Governor's Directive, the California Air Resources Board is the agency responsible for developing the 'Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Program', and it was directed to initiate the regulatory proceedings to establish and implement the LCFS.' CARB identified the LCFS as an early action item with a regulation to be adopted and implem

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  • lol she said there are protein in carbs

    stupid cereal&bread company spokesperson talking to stupid people

  • One day, maybe a long time from now, but one day the term "healthy whole grains" will be about as oxymoronic as the words "moral pedophile". Of course, this process would be expedited if the government would stop subsidizing grains and grain based products, which allow food corporations to reap huge profits off these items. You take away the profitability of these items, and you remove the corporate incentive to sponsor bad research that misinforms the public.

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  • carbohydrates are not the preferred fuel. it's true they are burned before fat, but that's only because the body needs to do anything it can to get glucose out of the blood, high blood glucose is toxic. that doesn't mean the cells prefer glucose. and you don't need them for a healthy heart. research actually shows the heart runs better on ketones than glucose

  • idiots

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