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The refining process of breaking down the larger, heavier, and more complex hydrocarbon molecules into simpler and lighter molecules. Catalytic cracking is accomplished by the use of a catalytic agent and is an effective process for increasing the yield of gasoline from crude oil

Taxes levied on fossil fuel. The amount is based on the carbon foot print / carbon content of the actual fuel. The concept is to incentivize consumers to reduce consumption of high polluting fuels A surcharge on the carbon content of oil, coal, and gas that discourages the use of fossil fuels and aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

Reductions of greenhouse gases achieved by a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project. A CER can be sold or counted toward Annex I countries’ emissions commitments. Reductions must be additional to any that would otherwise occur. CERs are verified and authenticated units of greenhouse gas reductions from abatement or sequestration projects which are certified by the Clean Development Mechanism.

A device containing a catalyst for converting automobile exhaust into mostly harmless products.

Is the natural or human activity or mechanism that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, such as the absorption of carbon dioxide by growing trees. The concept of carbon sinks is based on the natural ability of trees, other plants and the soil to soak up carbon dioxide and temporarily store the carbon in wood, roots, leaves and the soil. Proponents of carbon sink credits suggest that the absorption of carbon dioxide by trees and the soil would be just as valid a means to achieve emission reduction commitments under the Kyoto Protocol as cutting emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. Carbon sinks have dominated the climate change agenda, diverting attention away from the inescapable need to drastically curb greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized countries

A pump with an impeller or rotor, an impeller shaft, and a casing, which discharges fluid by centrifugal force. An electric submersible pump is a centrifugal pump

Those products of the crude distillation process which are further refined through catalytic cracking

An international climate change initiative that focuses on sequestration technology development