Sentences with phrase «because rising fuel prices»

(Unlike the original, it's not here because rising fuel prices dictated the need for smaller, more efficient cars.)

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Because of possibly rising gasoline prices, U.S. drivers are expected to spend about $ 52 billion more at the gas pump this year compared to 2016, according to GasBuddy's 2017 Fuel Price Outlook.

The long - run trend indicates that demand for smaller, more fuel - efficient cars has increased relative to demand for light trucks because of rising gasoline prices.

Because the sail can easily be added onto existing ships, Wrage believes that shipping companies will embrace the technology as fuel prices continue to rise.

Get used to eating less cow, people, because that industry will not be sustainable as grain and fuel prices rise.

Blessed will be the countries (such as Germany) that will use rising fuel prices as the impetus to switch to alternative, renewable energy sources, but don't get your hopes up because America, China, India, Brazil and Russia will not likely follow suit.

However, the short - term flexibility to take immediate advantage of low natural gas prices is limited in this sector, because many manufacturers that relied heavily on natural gas as fuel or feedstock closed down or moved abroad in the late 1990s and early 2000s in the face of rising natural gas prices.

This is not because these fuels» hidden costs have been properly internalized yet into their market prices, but rather because those market prices today are too high and volatile to sustain sales against rising competition.

In fact, the move to renewables is cheaper because of projected rises in fossil fuels owing to scarcity and the accompanying price rises.

Second, the prices of fossil fuels have to rise, either because reserves become depleted or through the passage of regulatory encumbrances, such as a massive carbon tax.

The car of the future may not be very far off; it is quite possible that the heavy 4WDs and big V8s that people are buying in 2005 may become unusable in a few years time because of steeply rising fuel prices.

Our carbon dividend strategy has four interrelated elements that account for its strength: a gradually rising and revenue - neutral carbon tax; carbon dividend payments made equally to all Americans, to be funded using all the carbon - tax revenue; rollback of costly command - and - control regulations that were implemented because the environmental costs of carbon fuels have not been incorporated into their price; and border adjustment to ensure a level playing field and U.S. competitiveness.

This is because fossil fuel prices have been steadily rising but after the infrastructure is built prices would begin to fall for renewable energy due to the fact that raw materials are free.

While car companies successfully lobby for gutting fuel efficiency standards — and cite upward pressure on car prices as justification — the real truth is that car prices are rising primarily because of gadgets, gimmicks and additional safety features.

It is because so little energy is being used, and because alternatives are ruled out ab initio (the model contains no nuclear power, and no technology for storing away carbon emissions from fossil fuels; natural gas prices rise strongly and coal plants are retired well before they are clapped out) that the model ends up with such a high percentage of renewables; indeed given the premise it's slightly surprising it doesn't end up with even more.

Earlier in the week, Mr Huhne had commented that energy prices in France were rising more slowly than in the UK because of much lower French dependence on fossil fuels for electricity generation.

Developers and economists alike say condo prices, up 21 per cent in a year according to the Toronto Real Estate Board, can not keep rising at such a pace, in part because it was their relative affordability compared to single - family homes that fueled the boom in the first place.