Sentences with phrase «given gallon of gas»

But I offer you a solution, based on American ingenuity, sweat and spirit: with proper maintenance and driving behavior, it's possible to ooze many fewer miles out of a given gallon of gas than whatever standard the feds might impose on us.

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Caldeira said the study's most significant finding is that the carbon released from burning a gallon of gas — or any fossil fuel — heats the climate dramatically more than the heat given off during burning.

Among Freeman's specific recommendations are a «20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient use of the energy they supply,» and ban on new coal or nuclear plants and retirement of the existing plants within the next 30 years, government - funded demonstration plants for Big Solar and hydrogen, increasing federal fuel economy standards one mile - per - gallon a year over the next 24 years, tax credits for plug - in hybrids or flex - fuel vehicles, and an excess - profits tax on oil to fund the tax credits.

In fact, as Congress looks at offsets, we should factor in the broader impact — such as giving people $ 39 billion worth of lost time back; or saving 830 million gallons of fuel; or eliminating more than 17 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions; or preventing more than 200,000 crashes.

While most automotive publications barely gave it a passing notice (gas was still just $ 1.50 a gallon), we knew it represented the future of personal transportation.

The tank holds 16.9 gallons of gas, giving the 626 great cruising range, especially with the four - cylinder engine.

The Civic Natural Gas holds the equivalent of just over eight gallons of fuel, which gives it a highway range of more than 300 miles.

Its 22.2 - gallon gas tank (a visit to the World's Slowest Gasoline Pump this morning made it feel far more capacious) gives it a theoretical range of 399.6 mph, which I could actually see if you kept it right at the speed limit in eco mode for hours and hours again.

As a reward for just receiving the credit card, Sunoco will give you a five cent discount on every gallon of gas purchased with the Sunoco gas card.

The way to bring gas prices down is to end our dependence on oil and use the renewable sources that can give us the equivalent of $ 1 per gallon gasoline.

That's the conclusion of a Carnegie Institution for Science study... that shows two things: Emissions from burning a lump of coal or a gallon of gas has an effect on the climate 100,000 times greater than the heat given off by burning the fossil fuel itself.

Of course, they've got a full ranking of 2508 neighborhoods nationally that you can search to determine where your favorite locale stacks up, and with gas at over $ 4 a gallon there's really no reason not to give Walk Score a shoOf course, they've got a full ranking of 2508 neighborhoods nationally that you can search to determine where your favorite locale stacks up, and with gas at over $ 4 a gallon there's really no reason not to give Walk Score a shoof 2508 neighborhoods nationally that you can search to determine where your favorite locale stacks up, and with gas at over $ 4 a gallon there's really no reason not to give Walk Score a shot.

Hydrogeologist David Yoxtheimer of Penn State's Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research gives the withdrawals more context: Of the 9.5 billion gallons of water used daily in Pennsylvania, natural gas development consumes 1.9 million gallons a day (mgd); livestock use 62 mgd; mining, 96 mgd; and industry, 770 mgof Penn State's Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research gives the withdrawals more context: Of the 9.5 billion gallons of water used daily in Pennsylvania, natural gas development consumes 1.9 million gallons a day (mgd); livestock use 62 mgd; mining, 96 mgd; and industry, 770 mgOf the 9.5 billion gallons of water used daily in Pennsylvania, natural gas development consumes 1.9 million gallons a day (mgd); livestock use 62 mgd; mining, 96 mgd; and industry, 770 mgof water used daily in Pennsylvania, natural gas development consumes 1.9 million gallons a day (mgd); livestock use 62 mgd; mining, 96 mgd; and industry, 770 mgd.

Moreover, energy from oil and gas drilling is much less harmful to the environment — especially given the high usage of water, the unbearable flow of life - killing nutrients into the Gulf of Mexico, and of course the negative impacts on gasoline and diesel engines from the added ethanol (and the lower miles per gallon it delivers).

If you'll be driving, use Google Maps to give you the total distance and use your car's average miles per gallon and the price of gas to calculate how much you will spend on a weekly basis.