Sentences with phrase «fuel costs more»

The Accord hybrid gets 48mpg avg, I believe Diesel fuel costs more as well.

Diesel fuel costs more in the US than unleaded, 10 - 15 % more at a minimum, and the Diesel engine option is significantly more expensive as well.

All of these fuels cost more than petroleum - based jet fuel.

Of course alternatives to fossil fuels cost more than fossil fuels do, provided you neglect the environmental impact of fossil fuels.

So even without accounting for climate change, in most cases fossil fuels cost more than they're worth.

Not exact matches

The world added more energy from renewable sources than from fossil fuels in 2015 and 2016 — because they finally became cost effective.

«The energy market is changing more rapidly than we could have imagined, and it's changing because the costs of competitive fuels are coming down,» says Simon Flowers, chief analyst at Wood Mackenzie, who predicts global demand for gasoline and diesel fuel will peak as early as a decade from now and «certainly» by 2030.

It reflects the type of commercial venture that's become more common over the past decade, fueled by decreases in launch costs and an influx of venture capital.

Valeant has been at the center of a political firestorm over prescription medication costs and pharmaceutical companies, which depend more on acquiring or licensing existing therapies (and then raising their prices) rather than fueling R&D into new drugs.

Newton, who doesn't own the stock but has his eye on it, says investors have to believe that the U.S. will continue its push for energy independence and that natural gas prices will remain low enough to keep it a more cost - effective way to fuel up.

Fuelled by a low peso and cheap labour costs, Mexico's booming manufacturing industry has already overtaken Canada's in terms of the dollar value of exports to the U.S. Indeed, Canada is contending with more than just low oil prices.

Spirit Airlines — Spirit received a double upgrade to «overweight» from «underweight» at JPMorgan Chase, which noted the battering in Spirit's stock price this year and a more favorable overall cost structure amid rising fuel prices.

The EPA's recent move to roll back automobile fuel efficiency standards benefits almost no one except auto manufacturers, who save on R&D costs, and oil companies, for whom greater fuel consumption translates into more revenues.

The 2018 Nissan Rogue, which I also tested recently, costs just $ 24,800 and is remarkably similar in terms of what you can load in the back, the overall feel on the road at least in terms of wind noise (a crossover is literally a cross between a full - size SUV and a car, but tends to drive more like an SUV), and even the fuel economy (around 33 highway for the Rogue, 28 highway for the Stelvio).

The improvement will be driven by a combination of stronger passenger and cargo markets, cost - cutting measures, a more fuel - efficient fleet, better fuel hedges and revenue gains from new long - haul routes, CEO Rupert Hogg told Reuters.

In a statement, transport minister Paul Maynard said it could help make vehicles more energy - efficient and save costs: «Advances such as lorry platooning could benefit businesses through cheaper fuel bills and other road users thanks to lower emissions and less congestion.

Other benefits are more socioeconomic, such as parking assistance, a reduction in labor costs, fuel conservation, and the ability to move the elderly and people with disabilities around.

Adding more routes would probably fuel growth but also costs.

``... to wean our economy off its overreliance on high - cost carbon fuels...» And how do you propose to do this with fossil fuels representing more than 80 % of the energy budget?

Hope this doesn't put off new Tesla owners who see this charging at the superchargers, the guy must have more money than sense to spend that kind of cash on one car just so that he can say he has an electric estate car for his dog, nice gimmick but he is not going to be offsetting the cost of fuel anytime soon.

Yet although the price of jet fuel — which makes up around 30 % of airlines» costs — is down by more than half since January 2014, domestic air fares in America have barely budged (see chart).

The rising cost of oil, its impact on global warming, the geopolitical risks associated with oil dependency (especially as fuel for automobiles), followed more recently by the rise of cost effective alternatives presents a «change the world» opportunity for Apple.

Trucking Efficiency informed the government's new, more - stringent fuel economy and emissions standards for heavy - duty trucks — estimated to save 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and $ 170 billion in fuel costs.

It is also a way to visually show where the revenue and cost lines cross, i.e. where we start to make a profit on each user or customer (which ultimately is what gets investors excited to pour more fuel on the fire), and where the «search for business model» crosses over into «execution of the business model.»

The need for more fuel - efficient automobiles will greatly increase the cost of parts — by more than $ 2,500 per vehicle.

This should more than offset the sharp increase in fuel costs that Spirit will face.

Reducing those fuel costs by switching to wind or solar could permanently set these island economies on a more positive trajectory.

The new calendar year has witnessed a sharp improve in revenue downgrades from oil and fuel firms, which have been strike by the cost of Brent crude a lot more than halving from its peak of $ 115 a barrel in June.

The effect of the tariffs on the cost of imported solar panels makes it more difficult to compete with other sources of power like wind, or even makes fossil - fuel plants look attractive again, Mr. Freeman said.

As such it enables organisations with a mobile workforce to complete more jobs while driving down administration and fleet costs, as well as reducing CO2 and other emissions associated with fuel consumption.

Gasoline prices up: Americans are expected to spend an average of $ 400 per household more on fuel this year than in 2016, as the rebound in crude prices is reflected in the cost of petrol at the pump.

Thanks to a steadily improving economy, rising GDP, strong consumer confidence and affordable airfare and fuel costs, more people than ever before are expected to fly on U.S. airlines this summer.

The Web - based software helps you locate your vehicles, while also helping you get more savings from operating costs and lesser fuel use.

Although it is now clearly demonstrated that the most cost - effective step for most utility companies and industries is to invest in more efficient equipment so as to reduce the use of fuel, the energy policy of the Bush administration, supported by prevailing preferences among economists, gives only lip service to this approach.

I'd like to think we did it because we didn't want to press our luck anymore, because repairs cost more than the Blue Book said you were worth, because you didn't have anti-lock brakes or passenger - side airbags, because we really couldn't have you breaking down on a late - night drive home from the airport or on a busy interstate, because of fuel economy and our deepening concern over climate change.

Food is to double in cost by the end of this year and fuel oil is already more than a burden that most of us take until the end of summer to pay off to only start again.

Trucking costs and the impact on the environment have been lowered by using biodiesel fuel, which allows the engines to operate more efficiently.

Inderbitzin says the rising cost of fuel has made the company's operations more difficult, putting more pressure on the company to provide the same level of service to customers without passing along the added costs to them.

Fluctuating produce prices make it difficult for A.J.'s Produce to predict where its costs will be very far into the future, and the rising costs of fuel make transporting that produce more expensive as time goes on.

In the same way that higher grade fuel gives more miles per gallon, the newer films will wrap more pallets — which significantly reduces the cost per pallet wrapped.»

Sale of packaged alcohol (wants convenicence stores to be allowed to sell packaged alcohol); Excise increases on fuel and tobacco (negatively impact small business more than larger chains); Penalty rates (claim huge cost burden for small business)

Of the total cost reduction of more than $ 400 million, Arla expects to return approximately $ 300 million to the farmers through the farmgate milk price with the additional savings being reinvested in the company's Good Growth 2020 strategy to fuel further growth and improve profitability.

However, stories like this one just add fuel to the «large school districts are just inefficient in the way they spend their money» fire, and weakens what should be the unified message of school food reformers — «it just costs more to do it right.»

Improving the homes of all low income households, rather than «LIHC fuel poor», households is required as it helps overcome the difficulty of «churn» arising from the relative Low Income High Cost (LIHC) definition and make the delivery and targeting of programmes much more straightforward.

This popular campaign called for the Government to impose a levy on the Big Six, with funds raised ring - fenced to help people with their energy costs, prioritizing those living in fuel poverty, by making homes more energy efficient (amongst other things).

That means richer pensioners will lose their fuel allowance and may have to contribute more to the costs of their care.

3) Fuel poverty is defined as when a household is required to spend more than ten per cent of its income after housing costs on total fuel Fuel poverty is defined as when a household is required to spend more than ten per cent of its income after housing costs on total fuel fuel use.

«I continue to strive toward a clean energy future for the State of New York, including: the addition of more renewable energy generation, greater energy efficiency, reliability for all consumers, improved transmission infrastructure, fuel source diversity, and innovative environmental stewardship, all at a reasonable cost to ratepayers,» said Sen. Joe Griffo.

The worst kind of universal benefit — everyone gets it, even the people that don't need it, to the detriment of people who need more of it, except it'll cost huge amounts more than, say, Child Benefit or the Winter Fuel Allowance.

If people are not worried about their mortgages, food bills, energy prices, fuel cost or, more importantly, job security, they drive the economy forward.