Sentences with phrase «heating costs mean»

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Because gas is not evenly distributed around the world, and when regions such as China and Korea look to import gas to heat their homes, these high transportation costs mean that large regional price differences can occur.

To at least a small extent that would mean higher heating costs for U.S. consumers and higher energy costs for U.S. producers.

They save money on their heating costs each month, which means they get a pretty quick return on their investment in the electric mattress pad.

But let's be clear, the simple act of purchasing food / heat / light and other essentials means I am funding commercial broadcasters, because it would be practically impossible to buy most of life's necessities without purchasing things whose price includes the cost of advertising on commercial broadcasters.

Members call on the Government to explore the possibility of means - testing pensioners and to reinvest any savings into insulation and other measures to help the poor to bring down the cost of heating their homes» — The Times (#)

Fuel poverty means that the cost of heating a person's home is high and significantly impacts on their remaining income.

Conversely, Montreal was ruled out because it already receives 99.7 percent of its energy needs from hydroelectric and wind energy, meaning that the investment in geothermal heat pumps would bring little return on investment in both cost and reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

Good luck finding a Panamera that costs anywhere close to this $ 78,095 base price, though, as Porsche's crazy option pricing means that most Panamera sedans, regardless of engine choice, will fall much closer to the range - topping, 570 - hp, all - wheel - drive Panamera Turbo S Executive in terms of price once you add equipment like a full leather interior, heated seats, and a backup camera.

On the Lariat, the 10 - speaker B&O Play Premium Audio is part of the $ 7,335 «Preferred Equipment Group 502A» (German car equipment levels apparently also mean German car package costs) that also adds remote start, blind spot monitoring with cross-traffic alert, a 110 - volt outlet, heated and cooled leather bucket front seats, heated rear seats in SuperCrew models like this one, heated power tilt and telescoping steering wheel, navigation, LED headlpamps, and a heaping helping of chrome.

Step four is adding one of four tiers, or specific features items, such as a panoramic moonroof, heated front seats, or LCD instrument panel that BMW calls: no tier, meaning no extra cost; Convenience, $ 2,850 extra; Premium, $ 6,150 over no tier (and includes Convenience); or Executive, $ 9,650 (includes Convenience and Premium).

That means the total running costs of carrying a home, including heating, taxes and mortgage, can amount to a maximum of 39 % of gross income, up from 32 %.

Solar heating systems are most cost - effective when they are used throughout the year, which typically means in colder climates with lots of sun.

Last month the chairman of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's Natural Gas Subcommittee noted in the Washington Post that increased supplies from shale «has meant, since 2009, that consumers» costs of natural gas to heat homes or generate electricity have fallen by more than half.»

The average grant was estimated to cover less than half of the average home heating costs for a household this winter, meaning that many low - income families and seniors had fewer resources available to meet other basic needs.

This is because power prices often reflect the operating costs of marginal natural gas generators, and natural gas fuel prices are keenly sensitive to winter weather (colder temperatures mean more gas burned for space heating).

More compact form factors (external surface area to internal volume ratios) mean lower heat loss and lower construction costs per sqm.

Does that mean you will happily go to jail if you do not immediately design COST EFFECTIVE «power sources» that can «be switched on or off in a second» and «design boilers that» do NOT «need time to heat up or cool down, or turbines that suffer from inertia»?

This means that Canada and northern Europe and Asia will have considerably more land available to produce crops and fodder for livestock and that heating costs for their resident populations will decrease, leading to lower demand for power.

We do not have a similar, low cost means to heat things up.

Most cost effective means to insulate and heat small houses in mild winter climate with little or no electricity.

At the same time, living standards are increasing, creating demand for ever more power; and coal remains subsidized, meaning that consumers don't see the fuel's true cost in their heating prices.

A relic of «70s - era energy scarcity, the ban was rendered obsolete by the American energy revolution, and studies show that maintaining it would have meant missing out on significant economic benefits — an estimated 300,000 American jobs and $ 5.8 billion per year in consumer savings by 2020 in gasoline, heating oil and diesel costs, according to ICF International.

The report states: «The government is also under pressure to curb rising energy bills with 2.3 million of Britain's 27 million households deemed fuel poor, meaning the cost of heating their homes leaves them with income below the poverty line.»

A fuel allowance is a means - tested payment, payable during certain months, to assist pensioners with heating costs.