alternative fuel

collocation in English

meaningsofalternativeandfuel

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alternative
adjective
uk
/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us
/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
An alternative plan or method is one that you can use if you do not want to use ...
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fuel
noun
uk
/ˈfjuː.əl/us
/ˈfjuː.əl/
a substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by ...
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(Definition ofalternativeandfuelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofalternative fuel

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In these cases, policies geared toward lowering fuelwood use such as fuelwood taxes oralternativefuel subsidies may not have much, if any, environmental impact.
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Starting with thealternativefuelmodel, we find five variables are positively correlated with collection of alternatives.
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The supporting models show how travel cost andalternativefuelcollection vary across our sample.
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The coefficient on thealternativefuelvariable, though no longer significant, is approximately one-tenth of the coefficient in the exogenous model.
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Although coal, as analternativefuel, was widely available it was often too expensive for many of the rural poor.
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Will they choose instead to use analternativefuelbefore fuelwood scarcity attains this level?
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Estimated coefficients in columns 2 and 3 refer to the models (a) without instruments, labeled 'exogenous model', and (b) with instrumentedalternativefueland travel cost, labeled 'endogenous model'.
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Can it be right that combined cycle gas turbine stations depend on such contracts, and will receive extra payments when they usealternativefuel?
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There is in fact no national attitude towards analternativefuel-using vehicle or an environmentally pollution-free vehicle.
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We have talked about putting in the cheapestalternativefuelthat can be used, and if a new chimney is needed it must be provided.
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This is one of the rare documents that takes a deliberate approach to the problem ofalternativefuelfor vehicles.
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What is wrong is the deliberate conversion from coal to analternativefuelwhich results in a permanent loss to the industry.
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The number of vehicles now running on gas as analternativefuel, though small, is steadily increasing.
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We are talking about analternativefuel—gas—that will offer security and continuity of supply.
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I stress that there is widespread availability ofalternativefuel.
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There is a second alternative, which is to ensure the provision of analternativefuel, if it works.
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He raised the question of the provision ofalternativefuel.
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Where a gas facility is dual fired, power stations usually hold stocks of theiralternativefuel—predominantly coal or oil products.
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Thisalternativefuelis purchased just like petrol, by simply filling up at the designated pumps.
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Alternativefuelcycles are the subject of continuous consideration by most of the major nuclear power organisations in the world.
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