While many recent studies have documented that agricultural producers must significantly increase yields in order to meet the food, feed, and
fuel demands of a growing population, few have given practical solutions on how to do this.
As reported in 2009, approximately 1,374 bears reside in an estimated 74 bear farms where they are kept for slaughter to
fuel the demands of traditional Asian medicine.
Not exact matches
Entrepreneurs have been
fueled by an explosive enthusiasm for Uber -
of - X on -
demand services in recent years.
Actual operational and financial results
of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially, from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number
of other reasons, including, in addition to those identified above: the challenges and costs
of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits from the acquisition
of ExpressJet; the challenges
of competing successfully in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry; developments associated with fluctuations in the economy and the
demand for air travel; the financial stability
of SkyWest's major partners and any potential impact
of their financial condition on the operations
of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations in flight schedules, which are determined by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and costs; the impact
of global instability; rapidly fluctuating
fuel costs, and potential
fuel shortages; the impact
of weather - related or other natural disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated factors.
«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.
Bitcoin slumped as South Korea's justice minister reiterated his proposal to ban local cryptocurrency exchanges,
fueling concern that a government crackdown will erode one
of the world's biggest sources
of demand for digital currencies.
The explosion
of «free money» gooses
demand briefly, but then debt, even at low interest rates, never declines; and as another bust inevitably follows this latest debt -
fueled boom, then the debt becomes increasingly burdensome as income and wealth both plummet.
The strong growth in coffee category sales over the past five years has been
fueled by
demand for cold coffee beverages, now estimated to contribute over 20 %
of coffee sales in the U.S. Starbucks currently serves over 35 %
of its coffee cold and expects this proportion to grow to 50 % by 2021.
In a recent press release, CPUC stated that consumer cooperation would mean CPUC wouldn't have to rely on inefficient, expensive, and often fossil
fuel — dependent peakers (or «last resort» power plants) to make up for the imbalance
of supply and
demand.
But while Australian
demand for the fruit has been
fueled by its store
of healthy fats, supply has been strangled by heavy rain and bushfires, and because growers in western Australia, anticipating a fall in
demand after Christmas, exhausted their stocks to flood the market in the lead - up to the holiday season.
«But they were insistent,» he said, calling back and
demanding details
of when
fuels would be pumped and through which pipelines.
But fossil
fuels will still serve as a source
of energy
demand, and so the only way to achieve our goal is through carbon - capture technology.
Its central bank has been one
of the most aggressive practitioners
of quantitative easing — in January, it lowered interest rates below zero — which has helped
fuel demand in gold around the world.
Later, a group
of Zetas approached El Marro and
demanded three pesos for every liter
of fuel he stole.
LAUNCESTON, Australia, April 30 (Reuters)- The term «
demand destruction» is again entering the lexicon
of the current crude oil market as the sharp rise in prices raises concerns about when do consumers start cutting back on their
fuel consumption.
High
demand for diesel and home heating
fuel in particular means refineries are willing to pay more for crude oil, said Tom Kloza, global head
of energy analysis at Oil Price Information Service.
The need for specialized care for aging bodies and the expansion
of services covered by health insurance are also
fuelling rising
demand for respiratory therapists, physiotherapists and several other health occupations.
Tiger Woods, who has staged an unlikely comeback and finished in the top five
of the last two golf tournaments, has helped
fuel a surge in
demand for tickets to the Masters.
«While the increase in U.S. production
of crude oil and the reduced U.S.
demand for transportation
fuels will likely reduce the
demand for total U.S. crude oil imports, it is unlikely to reduce
demand for heavy sour crude at Gulf Coast refineries.»
The destruction wrought by the storm affected millions
of people across the eastern United States and could dampen
fuel demand just as the world's largest economy was showing signs
of recovery, analysts said.
The destruction wrought by the massive storm affected millions
of people across the eastern United States and could dampen
fuel demand just as the world's largest economy was showing signs
of recovery, analysts said.
Third, governments worldwide forged an historic climate agreement in Paris that will drive the global phase - out
of fossil
fuel generation over decades — and increase the
demand for the technologies that can replace it.
It didn't hurt that a popular cookbook on making beer can chicken and a barbecue guru extolling the beer - tender fowl's virtues were
fueling demand for his product among American barbecue chefs in love with the idea
of poultry impaled on a can
of suds.
Demand for natural gas is on the rise as more domestic power plants burn the
fuel and a number
of liquefied natural gas export terminals are slated to open in the coming years.
Meanwhile, with a series
of supportive economic factors at play «we expect the country's real estate market to continue the strong showing it posted in the second half
of 2013,» Soper said, noting among other things favourable interest rates and an improving U.S. economy
fuelling demand for Canadian exports.
The company gets 70 %
of its $ 10 billion in revenue from the aerospace industry, as airlines have ramped up
demand for
fuel - efficient jets.
Anticipating this
demand, the manufacturers
of power plant equipment — Siemens, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, GE — are focusing their energies on coming out with new gas -
fuelled systems.
Adjusting for a shift in consumer
demand to larger vehicles, the current rules are projected to hike
fuel efficiency to a fleetwide average
of 46.8 miles per gallon by 2026, according to a letter sent Tuesday by Senator Tom Carper to Pruitt and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
Fuel prices have been in a downtrend since June, losing nearly 50 percent
of their value, on the back
of a price war waged by OPEC (the Organization
of Petroleum Exporting Countries) against the U.S. shale producers and as
demand from China decreased amid slowing growth.
The Strzok - Page texts could
fuel further
demands from Trump and his defenders for a special counsel to examine how the bureau handled the investigation into Clinton's use
of a private server to conduct government business.
It described a scenario whereby gas begins to replace coal and oil as a transportation and electricity - generating
fuel and satisfies a dominant share
of new
demand.
Understand the audiences, platforms, and revenue models that
fuel the
demand, creation, and monetization
of digital content, including video, audio, images, text, and social media.
The CPM Group anticipates palladium
demand to reach an all - time high this year, up 3 percent from last year, on tightened emissions standards and the purchase
of larger cars and trucks in the U.S. on lower
fuel costs.
Following a 7.9 % jump in GDP in 2016, India's economy will likely accelerate going into the second half
of this year and begin firing on cylinders in 2018,
fueled by growth in consumption, public capital expenditures and external
demand.
Optimists argue that the runup in Canadian home prices has been based on strong
demand from homeowners, while construction in the U.S. ran well ahead
of actual
demand and was
fuelled by speculators.
Likewise, announcements by major sites and services are bringing a whole new group
of users to Bitcoin helping to
fuel the
demand.
A slowdown in the growth
of China's coal
demand, due to more tepid economic growth and
fuel substitution, has sent the prices that Australia fetches for its thermal coal plunging from US$ 125 a tonne in early 2012 to around US$ 70 a tonne.
Meanwhile, Beijing has suspended exports
of diesel
fuel indefinitely in anticipation
of surging domestic
fuel demand during the coming peak summer season.
Low supply and high
demand are
fueling the spurt and neither
of those is expected to ease up anytime soon.
Beijing is trying to boost domestic liquidity in the hopes that this will generate stronger domestic
demand, but expanding liquidity
fuels capital outflows, and these put downward pressure on the currency, while increasing PBoC concerns about the monetary impact
of money leaving the economy which, as an article in last week's FT argues, might be worse than we think.
Other countries are facing the problem
of trying to meet energy
demands while changing their
fuel source.
BC Chamber
of Commerce massively promotes and supports these fossil
fuel and energy projects, since they believe it enhances «business growth» in BC, and since it appears only money talks in this province, boycotting their membership is a first step in
demanding those corporations take an ethical stand for the protection
of BC on this matter.
Technology stocks involved in a bubble may be confined to a particular industry (such as internet software or
fuel cells), or cover the entire technology sector as a whole, depending on the strength and depth
of investor
demand.
Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports
of the
fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop
of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support
of December's weather - related
demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories
of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying
demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.
Both all - time highs are being
fueled by steady
demand from move - up buyers coupled with the rising costs
of land, labor and materials.
With
demand likely to keep growing, Michael Dei - Michei, head
of research at JBC Energy in Vienna, Austria, said jet
fuel will more frequently outprice diesel and at times gasoline.
China's natural gas
demand has been boosted by price cuts aimed at switching users from coal to the cleaner - burning
fuel, according to one
of the country's biggest gas distributors.
The oil market is having a stellar month, continuing a rally
fueled by stronger
demand and expectations
of bigger output cuts.
Demand for jet
fuel has increased over the last two years as the global economy has strengthened and airplane passenger traffic has risen, said Sandy Fielden, director
of oil and products research at Morningstar Commodities in Austin, Texas.
What is more, three decades
of financial repression and an undervalued currency have left Chinese economic entities heavily reliant on debt to
fuel growth and heavily dependent on a current account surplus to resolve domestic
demand imbalances.