Sentences with phrase «fuel crisis of»

For Americans, the AMC Gremlin X was a response to the fuel crisis of the 1970s, resulting in a car whose distinctive shape has become the stuff of legend.

The four - door body was fairly conventional and used a similar style to the existing Alfa Romeo Alfetta, and in fact both vehicles share a great number of parts, including door panels; Design work on the 6 was done prior to the Alfa Romeo Alfetta, but the fuel crisis of 1973 delayed further development and led to the 6's belated 1979 debut.

SUVs have the world by storm, getting a second wind after the high - priced fuel crisis of years past, and ultimately forcing automakers to rethink their whole strategy.

Questionable practices by some real estate agents and a failure to respond by the Real Estate Council of British Columbia (RECBC) fuelled a crisis of confidence in the regulator.

Not exact matches

The energy crisis gave way to an endless cycle of ups and downs, with sales bottoming out anytime fuel prices soared or the economy tanked.

In the season where Formula 1 gets to grip with its own «fuel crisis», we look at two of the biggest global oil companies involved with the business of F1.

One of the countries hit hardest by the 2008 financial crisis, Iceland has lately enjoyed an economic rebound fueled by a tourism boom.

Earlier this year, Soros said China's debt - fueled economy reminds him of the United States ahead of the financial crisis.

To do this, we must take a look at all the factors that play into safeguarding our community from devastation, such as developing smart infrastructure, increasing mobility options, addressing the affordable housing crisis and closing the income inequality gap that is fueling high levels of poverty throughout Miami - Dade County.

In so doing, this flow of saving helped to fuel a credit boom and risk - taking in major advanced economies, particularly in the United States, thereby sowing the seeds of the global financial crisis.

Until we understand this do not expect the global crisis to end anytime soon, except perhaps temporarily with a new surge in credit - fueled consumption in the US (which will cause the trade deficit to worsen) and more wasted investment in China (which, because it is financed with cheap debt, which comes at the expense of the household sector, may simply increase investment at the expense of consumption).

A surge in full - time work fuelled a 10th - straight month of net job gains, the longest streak since the financial crisis

Although Musk's idea doesn't solve Puerto Rico's current crisis — 90 % of the island is still without power, and many are having trouble getting clean water — it could set the island on the path to sustainable, renewable energy, which could reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels and ultimately bolster its economy.

Russia's economy grew at 7.2 % per year from 2000 to the peak of the global financial crisis in 2009, fueled by huge oil and gas revenues.

The storm quickly gave way to a humanitarian crisis, with many of Puerto Rico's residents struggling to access food, water, and fuel to run generators and cars.

These doubts have been fueled by a high (but declining) unemployment rate, worries about a possible «double - dip» recession, and of course, the European debt crisis and U.S. fiscal cliff.

Guy Esnouf, npower's Director of Corporate Responsibility, said expanding the Fuel Bank scheme would enable them the reach thousands more people facing a crisis.

Caritas Internationalis president Cardinal Luis Tagle said: «The poor are suffering greatly from the climate crisis and fossil fuels are among the main drivers of this injustice.

The opioid crisis is fueled largely by young adults — the largest subset of prescription drug abusers in the population.

And if fuel shortages are a bother for us, they are devastating to the poor countries; the energy crisis is widening the gap between the rich and the poor nations of this world at a terrifying pace.

Yet so prone are we to care most about what is near at hand, the fear of atomic destruction is probably less keen in most minds than is the energy crisis which means less oil and gasoline available, less fuel for heating, and an abrupt change in American life - styles.

Extreme nationalism, an idolatry of the nation, fueled the long, harrowing crisis of European modernity that stretched from 1914 to 1945.

The idea of culturing flesh for meat and other animal products is more than a gee - whiz moment for technology geeks — whoever can bring the food technology to market will take a major step toward alleviating one of the key factors fueling humanity's large looming crises.

A typical example is the fuel subsidy crisis last January, when the government wanted to remove the subsidy on fuel and re-channel the savings to develop other sectors of the economy.

Maria Wardrobe, Director of External Affairs, NEA said: «Fuel poverty is now at crisis levels affecting 4.5 million UK households.

If the UK is to emerge intact and as a functioning polity from its current crisis of legitimacy, it must find more equitable and fairer ways of representing the interests of a greater proportion of the electorate, not revert to the majoritarian distortions that are fuelling the current crisis.

Gordon Brown has written to the chairman of the G8 urging international action too avert fears of a growing crisis fuelled by soaring global food prices.

«In addition, the threatening mood music around this legislation of sacking head teachers will do nothing to raise standards as it will simply fuel the recruitment and retention crisis.

Ans: Let me first correct an impression, I want to state it categorically that there is no personal disagreement or face off between the National legal adviser, Dr. Muiz Banire SAN and the National leader of our party, it is just a misconception which has been fueled from a number of quarters to the public, probably those who tend to benefit from the existence of the crisis between the two who would prefer that there should be a crisis.

Hurricane Maria has left 3.4 million Puerto Ricans facing shortages of food, health care and transit, an American humanitarian crisis fueled by the US territory's May 2017 bankruptcy.

The LGA Chairman commended the Commissioner of Police for his undeterred personal efforts at fostering lasting peace in the face of hostilities and misconceptions which fuel the crisis.

He said the crisis had arisen out of the market system itself, blaming a combination of excessive lending fuelled by a lack of effective regulation, mainly in the US.

Declaring that there is a «crisis of leadership in this City» Massey accused de Blasio of employing «dangerous rhetoric» with the goal of fueling acrimony between «rich against poor, black against white.»

«He does not, also, need to run for governorship in 2021 as the two of the persons fuelling and stage - managing the crisis are angling for,» he said.

The senator also denied the allegation by the governor that Dogara and some leaders of the party in Bauchi were fuelling the crisis in the state ahead of the Speaker's political ambition in 2019.

In what was more pronounced in the social media, Nigerians took turns to further query the federal government on how the documentary meant to launder the image of the president will end the fuel crisis.

That said, this information likely only fuels the perception of those who believe Puerto Rico should not receive any help during the fiscal crisis, even in the form of re-extending Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection to municipalities in the territory.

In real terms, adjusted for inflation, motoring fuel has never been this expensive - except for just TWICE in history, during historic crises of supply: the Suez crisis and the OPEC blockade.

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), of fuelling crisis in the state in a bid to effect a state of emergency.

«Furthermore, the issue of fuel subsidy resurfaced in the midst of the crisis.

The PDP further alleged that the lingering fuel crisis and its attendant black market costs were only «a ploy by the All Progressives Congress to justify their intended hike of petroleum prices.»

In addition to detailing the continuing tensions at the top, this volume contains graphic accounts of perhaps the worst domestic crises of the New Labour years: foot - and - mouth disease and protests over fuel prices which almost brought Britain to a halt.

In addition to detailing the continuing tensions at the top, here we find graphic accounts of a variety of domestic crises: foot - and - mouth disease and protests over fuel prices which almost brought Britain to a halt.

Housing benefit no longer covers the rent, heating allowances fail to cover the cost of fuel and crisis loans that used to cover cookers or beds have been dramatically slashed.

«We are using this medium to call on all security agencies to be on alert to apprehend any politician, individual or group, irrespective of party affiliation, that tries to incite ONELGA people with the sole aim of fuelling fresh crisis in our area.

The body pleaded for the immediate intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, the Department of Petroleum Resources, the National Assembly, and the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, to avert an imminent fuel crisis in the nation's commercial nerve centre.

He commended the maturity of his Ekiti State counterpart and the fuel marketers for allowing the crisis to be successfully resolved..

The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has partnered the state chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers (IPMAN) to find a lasting solution the lingering fuel crisis and ensure availability of petroleum products in all parts of the state.

Much as what unfolded during the crisis in Japan, the computer modeling suggested that fuel in one of the two reactors on the Peach Bottom site would begin to melt as soon as nine hours after a loss of cooling water flow.

Lurking behind all this is a potential crisis in the very resource that has enabled this unprecedented expansion of human numbers: fossil fuels.