Sentences with phrase «fuels increased about»

Consumer prices for fuels increased about 25-fold.

Not exact matches

LONDON, April 30 - For all the bullish chatter, hedge fund managers have become cautious about increasing their exposure to crude oil, though they are becoming increasingly optimistic about the outlook for refined fuels again.

«This anger will fuel the discussion about affordability well into the future,» adding, «Limit your price increases before we all face the impact of government regulation that stifles innovation and patient care.»

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.

The proposed acquisition, which was signed in late December 2016 and was due to be completed in January 2018, would make the British - based energy company the largest fuel retailer and wholesaler in Australia, increasing the number of BP - supplied sites by about 530 to more than 1930.

Fonterra has revealed that prices were down sharply at its latest auction, as concerns about supply, which had fueled recent price increases, eased.

Health concerns about red meat consumption, as well as the environmental impact of meat production, have fuelled an increased demand in plant - based proteins among Canadians.

I found this infographic about the cost of a baby really interesting, especially the amount of money I am saving breastfeeding, although it doesn't take into account my increased cake expenditure to keep me well fuelled!

Many of the same warnings Mario Cuomo heard in the 1980s about Shoreham are the same ones his son hears today from supporters of Indian Point: Closing a nuclear plant will result in blackouts, a less reliable electric grid and increased air pollution as fossil fuels are burned to replace the lost emissions - free nuclear power; customers could face higher bills; more than 1,000 jobs will be lost, and tax revenue for schools and towns will dissipate.

Inflation rises in October As inflation rose to 2.7 per cent in October, the FSB warned that with energy costs set to rise and potential increase in fuel duty, we are concerned about the pressure this will put on household and business finances.

The Greens make no bones about who will pay for it — they will introduce a 2 % wealth tax on the top 1 %; a Robin Hood tax on financial transactions; increase corporation tax from 20 % to 30 %; increase fuel duty on aviation; impose an additional 60 % top rate income tax band and a plethora of other measures.

They point to the VAT rise in 2011 which increased thetotal tax take on fuel to about 60 % of the pump price.

Commercial drivers nationwide have raised concerns about the fuel price increments, with drivers in the Volta Region recently complaining about the unannounced increment, which they said is killing their business as the increases do not always tally with transport fares.

A trade - off between performance and fuel economy may be inevitable in the long run, and as manufacturers change the performance of their vehicles to increase their fuel efficiency, consumer complaints about performance may not go away.

In addition, only about one tenth of the mined uranium ore is converted into fuel in the enrichment process (during which the concentration of uranium 235 is increased considerably), so less than a hundredth of the ore's total energy content is used to generate power in today's plants.

The trend worries many local environmental groups, such as California's Surfrider Foundation or Australia's Nature Conservation Council of NSW, which are concerned about protecting nearby ecosystems by safely disposing the concentrated brine left from the process as well as increased fossil - fuel use and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions.

It concluded that atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations had already increased by about 25 percent in the past century, and continued use of fossil fuels would lead to substantial temperature increases in the future.

Between the 80's and the 90's, man - made emissions of carbon from fosil fuels increased from about 5 billion tons per year to about 6.5 billion tons per year, which means a 30 % increase in how much CO2 we put into the atmosphere yearly.

By comparison, scenarios for fossil fuel emissions for the 21st century range from about 600 billion tons (if we can keep total global emissions at current levels) to over 2500 billion tons if the world increases its reliance on combustion of coal as economic growth and population increase dramatically.

According to one study that looked at eight fuel aridity metrics in the Western U.S. and modeled climate change's effects on them, human - caused climate change accounted for about 55 percent of the observed increases in fuel aridity between 1979 and 2015 (Figure 6), and added an estimated 4.2 million hectares of forest fire area between 1984 and 2015.7 Based on all eight metrics, the Western U.S. experienced an average of 9 additional days per year of high fire potential due to climate change between 2000 and 2015, a 50 percent increase from the baseline of 17 days per year when looking back to 1979.

That amount increases by about 2,000 metric tons each year as fuel is unloaded from operating reactors.

Health improvement (allowing to post - pone / escape the diseases and thus live, healthier / disease - free longer, but not above human MLSP of around 122 years; thus these therapies do not affect epigenetic aging whatsoever, they are degenerative aging problems not regular healthy aging problem (except OncoSENS - only when you Already Have Cancer - which cancer increases epigenetic aging, but cancer removal thus does not change anything / makes no difference about what happens in the other cells / about what happens in the normal epigenetic «aging» course in Normal non-cancerous healthy cells) Although there is not such thing as «healthy aging» all aging in «unhealthy» (as seen from elders who are «healthy enough» who show much damage), it's just «tolerable / liveable» enough (in terms of damage accumulating) that it does not affect their quality of life (enough yet), that is «healthy aging»: ApoptoSENS - Clearing Senescent Cells (this will have great impact to reduce diseases, the largest one, since it's all inflammation fueled by the inflammation secretory phenotype (SASP) of these senescent cells) AmyloSENS - Dissolving the Plaques (this will allow humans to evade Alzheimer's, Parkinsons and general brain degenerescence, allowing quite a boost; making people much more easily reach the big 100 - since the brain is causal to how long we live; keeping brain amyloid - free and keeping our memories / neuron sharp / means longer LongTerm Potentiation - means longer brain function means longer heavy brain mass (gray matter / white matter retention seen in «sharp - witted» Centenarians who show are younger brain for their age), and both are correlated to MLSP).

The World Energy Outlook 2016, released last week, is just one among an increasing line of studies showing how nations need to slow and, ultimately, phase out investment in new fossil fuel supply infrastructure — from oil fields and pipelines to coal mines — if they are serious about keeping warming to 2C or less.

An adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concerns about Japan's plan to reprocess its spent nuclear fuel, pills citing the ever - increasing plutonium stockpile already in the nation's possession.

10/13/15 An adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concerns about Japan's plan to reprocess its spent nuclear fuel, citing the ever - increasing plutonium stockpile already in the nation's possession.

I have been told to increase my calories to help fuel metabolism and lose weight... I generally eat about 1800 - 2000 calories per day and burn 2500 - 2900 via running, and p90x.

This works by giving your body the fuel it needs to increase your metabolism and create a calorie deficit to increase fat loss (more about this method: http://everydayhealthhero.com/can-carb-cycling-help-you-lose-weight/) At first this may seem an desperate attempt of achieving everything at once but bodybuilders have done this for quite a while and it is that were now adjusted for weight loss purposes

This comment is a bit off topic:) Below is a paragraph from an email sent by the owners of PEERtrainer about the benefits of Nicotinamide Riboside (NR), and a product they are promoting called NiaCel, made by Thorne Research.The PEERtrainer owners claim «When cell fuel increases, so does your energy, and nearly every aspect of your health improves.

Speaking to the Telegraph, Reverend Genders said that a move away from RE is leading to a lack of understanding about theology, creating a «moral vacuum» that is fuelling an increase in extremism among the country's youth.

«Rabbi Johnathon Sack's book «Not in God's name» [talks] about the increasing secularisation that we're living within [which] is actually the thing that is fuelling the surge in extremist behaviour and radicalisation.

Octane level only says something about detonation resistance, the caloric value (amount of energy) in the fuel does not increase with a higher octane level.

When the RPM is increased, the fuel trim drops to about 8 % to 10 %.

According to Champion Spark Plugs, for normally aspirated, gasoline - fueled engines, a good rule of thumb is to go about one heat range colder for each full point in compression ratio increase from 9:1 through about 12.5:1, and two heat ranges colder for each point increase between 12.5:1 and 14.5:1.

DSF adds about $ 350 to the cost of an engine, Gustanski says, and increases a four - banger's fuel efficiency up to 8 percent, though in the VW Passat, Delphi claims a 5 - percent gain.

Because of diesel's increased efficiency, however, the xDrive35d still saves about 15 percent in annual fuel costs versus the xDrive30i and 25 percent versus the xDrive48i.

With its new more powerful system, GM expects to see about a 20 percent improvement in fuel economy; the system previously offered on the Malibu offered a 12 percent increase in fuel economy.

It gives you no information about efficient acceleration as the loads and fuel consumption profiles vary wildly (e.g., increased fuel added to cool the charge under boost).

Increasing the gas tax by, say, just 20 cents per gallon, potentially generating billions in road - repairing funds, would raise the average cost of a tank of fuel by only about $ 3.

But despite the increased size, the 2004 model should get even better fuel mileage than the 2003, Toyota says — combined city / highway mileage should be about 55 mpg, compared to 48 mpg for the current car.

Under the hood, Maserati will place a 4.7 liter V8 engine with some improvements made to increase the final output to 475 HP and to reduce fuel economy by about 15 %.

Despite being larger than the current generation, the next Passat will be about 140 to 220 pounds lighter and will get a family of four - cylinder, turbocharged diesel and gasoline engines to help increase fuel efficiency.

But, truck buyers care less about a 1 - or 2 - mpg increase in fuel economy than they do power, hauling ability and comfort.

• The eAssist «smart electrification» system produces 25 - percent increase in fuel economy • eAssist technology is standard on all 2012 models with the 2.4 L four - cylinder engine • Provides customers with a full - size luxury sedan featuring 37 mpg highway and 25 mpg city for about $ 30,000 (exact pricing has not yet been set) • Boost in fuel economy comes with no compromises in the driving experience

The mix of light duty pickups powered by GM's all - new EcoTec3 V6, which offers best - in - class fuel economy, towing and payload (depending on configuration) increased 2 percentage points month over month to about 20 percent of retail sales.

The 3.2 - liter V - 6 engine pumps out 215 horsepower in regular Mercedes C - Class models, but in the C32, a supercharger — essentially a belt - driven pump that forces air and fuel into the engine under pressure — helps increase horsepower to 349, plenty for a car that weighs about 3,550 pounds.

Fuel economy in gasoline - electric mode comes in at about 32 mpg, but electric drive time will increase that number.

When compared to turbo engines injecting fuel via regular intake ports, this approach increases torque of the new Mazda3 MPS by up to about 10 percent at around 3,000 rpm.

Fuel economy increases about 20 percent as well, and a thorough interior and exterior restyling lends the lineup a slick new look.

A lot of hay has been made recently about how sad it is that 30 years after cars like the Excel, we've only achieved moderate increases in fuel economy, but emissions have decreased dramatically.

Most importantly, when comparing models with the same features, the Toyota was about $ 7,000 cheaper, so even with the slightly better fuel economy of the Ford, the gas savings would never make up for the premium in price (not to mention the increased insurance costs of Fords aluminum body).