Sentences with phrase «gallons of gas about»

Typically fill up about 9 gallons of gas about every four months.

Not exact matches

I paid about 1.25 for a gallon of gas.

(There's some silly chatter about the «$ 4 toast» — which is actually $ 3.50 — which is kind of surprising when people are filling up their cars with gas that costs more than $ 4 per gallon, and a glass of wine goes for $ 12, plus tax and tip.

When he last spoke about rising fuel costs throughout New York in April, the average price for a gallon of regular gas was $ 4.15, according to data provided by the Oil Price Information -LSB-...]

Even stepping up from the Volvo V70 to a car that gets an extra two miles a gallon avoids about a ton of greenhouse - gas emissions annually.

Beyond reducing greenhouse gases, recycling saves about 1,000 pounds of solid waste, some 10,000 gallons of water, and 17 million Btu of energy per ton of paper.

The annual consumption of gasoline in the United States, about 131 billion gallons of gas, is equivalent to 25 quadrillion pounds of prehistoric biomass and releases some 2.6 trillion pounds of carbon dioxide.

The company's Prius V, due out this summer and the first model to feature Entune, is a larger version of its gas — electric hybrid (positioned more as a mini station wagon) that gets about 64 kilometers per gallon.

It's a logical strategy for the 2015 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid, since fuel economy is crucial for the future of the SUV, no matter what you might think about the declining price of a gallon of gas.

Others complain about the fact you need premium gas to run this car, but the car has a 8.7 gallon tank and you can get a full weeks worth of driving before the next fill - up at what i average 38.9 city driving.

Even so, compared with an Audi A4, the GS is about 200 pounds too heavy (at 3710 pounds) and comes up at least three miles short for every gallon of gas it swills (at 19/27 mpg city / highway).

Refueling the ProMaster with about 22 gallons of gas every 330 - odd miles, we averaged 15.2 mpg driving almost exclusively on highways.

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.

For that you can buy about 2,000 gallons of gas at about $ 3.50 per gallon.

The record, which was set by fellow scribe Gavin Conway of the Sunday Times, covered a distance of 1,526.63 miles while carrying 77.25 liters — about 20.41 gallons — of gas.

at an annual savings of 130 gallons it would take about 8 years to pay off assuming $ 4 a gallon gas and $ 15k miles a year.

The gas XD uses a same - size 26 - gallon fuel tank as the diesel, and we expect range to be more than 400 miles if our unscientific observed highway fuel economy of about 18 mpg holds true.

That means the Ford Focus Electric could charge in about 3 hours — but this is still a lot slower than the 3 minutes to add a gallon of gas to your 100MPG gasoline engine vehicle.

Since most of our driving is in the city, we are currently getting about 500 miles per gallon of gas.

Since the invasion, the price of a barrel of oil has more than doubled, and prices at the gas pump have increased about 30 cents per gallon, according to the American Automobile Association.

However, hiding in deep within the engine was its biggest sore spot, a puny 159 pound - feet of torque that sucked up a gallon of gas after only about a dozen miles.

A new, 36 - gallon (136 L) fuel tank is standard on all models and, with the improved fuel efficiency of the powertrains, enables a cruising range of about 680 miles (1,090 km) with the Duramax 6.6 L. Cold - weather customers will appreciate the Duramax 6.6 L's quick, reliable start - up, with a starting time on par with gas engines.

We travel about fifty miles a day and generally put less than seven gallons of gas in the car each week.

The AAA says the average price for all grades of self - service gas was $ 1.04 per gallon, down about 2 cents from November.

That represents about 23 percent of the cost of a gallon of gas.

I can see $ 9.99 as being a reasonable price for a new release that would hold for a few months and then fall to perhaps $ 5.99 or $ 6.99 for a year or so before leveling out at right around the price for a gallon of gas - presently about $ 3.99.

A gallon of gas and a book used to cost about the same.

Today, a gallon of gas would cost about $ 3.99.

«As of January 5, 2015, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that the price of regular gasoline was $ 2.20 / gallon, the lowest since gas prices peaked to about $ 4 / gallon in May 2011.»

Gas prices average about $ 4 per gallon, but with 43 % of people commuting a half hour or more to work, public transportation is not a viable option for as many people compared to the cities higher on the list.

Starting in January, gas prices zoomed up by about 25 percent, causing consumers in some states to pay in excess of $ 4.50 for a gallon of gasoline.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), about 54 million Americans mow their lawns each weekend, using 800 million gallons of gas per year and producing tons of air pollutants.

At about $ 78 per person in total fees, that's the equivalent of 792 miles per gallon compared to similar length travel by car at $ 4 per gallon of gas.

Think about it — on a $ 3 gallon of gas, you'll get a three cent rebate per gallon.

Gasoline is still 35 Cents a gallon... IF you pay for it in «Real Money» i.e. a pre 1965 silver quarter and dime, the melt value is ~ $ 3.59, about the cost of a gallon of gas.

(I'm thinking of supply side economics and the obvious need for a larger rather than smaller gas tax to help us get moving away from it; in England in April it was about $ 9 per gallon, though I'm sure it's more than that now.)

Ask any Briton about the eye watering cost of fuel for their cars (around US$ 10.40 for a gallon of petrol (gas) and the expense of heating their homes.

The average American household is currently paying about $ 2.24 a gallon for gasoline and expects to buy 769 gallons of gas this year, for an anticipated cost of $ 1,725, according to AAA.

Each weekend, about 54 million Americans mow their lawns, using 800 million gallons of gas per year and producing tons of air pollutants.

Requiring about 5 million gallons of fluid (mostly water) per well, it's clear that the water intensity of Marcellus Shale gas is more significant than first thought and likely compels more oversight of the oil and gas industry and its water use.

Therefore, if taxes were eliminated, the cost of gas at the pump would be about $ 1.50 per gallon (as of May 2006), instead of the $ 3.00 we now see.

For example, a $ 100 per ton of CO2 allowance price would increase the average cost of electricity generation from coal - fired power plants by about 400 %, the average cost of electricity generation from natural gas plants by about 100 %, and gasoline prices by about $ 1.00 per gallon.

With all the promotion of NG, we're only now beginning to hear about the dark downside of hydraulic fracturing or «fracking» — using millions of gallons of water mixed with undisclosed chemicals and sand to release natural gas.

Ten miles of gasoline usage would burn about 0.2 gallon of gas.

By contrast, natural gas plants take about 200 gal / MWh, and coal and nuclear plants take 500 to 800 gallons of water / MWh.

Note: each $ 10 / ton CO2 cost adds about 1 cent / kWh to the portion of electricity from coal, half that to the portion from natural gas, and 9 cents / gallon to gasoline.

For normal commuters (not NYC, or anywhere else with a good metro system), a plug - in hybrid with a 40 mile range will almost completely eliminate the need for gasoline as the average commute is only 29 miles and the only time any gas will be used will be on the odd ski trip or other long trip, and with no demand for gasoline, gas will drop to 90 cents / gallon to compete with electricity which costs the equivalent of about 60 cents / gallon.

Though the Altima frankly doesn't get exceptional gas mileage, only about 35 miles to the gallon, they do get double the mileage of the NYPD's regular patrol cars.

So, burning two gallons of gas in a moving truck will net about 39 pounds of CO2; five gallons in your passenger car, on the other hand, nets 97 pounds.

So, if you can get 10 miles on less than a gallon of diesel, the carbon emissions will be less than gas; if the 35 percent efficiency upgrade holds (depending on your truck, how big the load is, etc.), then those 10 miles would produce about 14 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions — less than the 19.4 produced from burning a gallon of gas.