Sentences with phrase «higher energy prices»

When you were talking about growing the economy with high energy prices were everywhere you lost me.

While public tolerance for higher energy prices may vary in different political economies, it is always fairly limited.

The week's headlines have been dominated by high energy prices and how to react to the problem.

Industry experts are wary of a possible slowdown in retail as high energy prices and a slowdown in home refinancing drag down consumer spending.

Not hope that the recession or high energy prices do the job for us.

Even though higher energy prices hit the poor the hardest, the poor actually gain when dividends are added in.

Real income growth moderated in the second quarter as the pace of job gains slowed and the inflation rate rose, boosted by somewhat higher energy prices.

Higher energy prices coupled with rising unemployment could push hundreds of thousands more homes into fuel poverty, a group of influential government advisors has said.

Even if you don't travel, higher energy prices lead to higher utility and grocery bills as suppliers must pay more for oil.

Because global oil demand is increasing, declining production will soon generate high energy prices, inflation, unemployment, and irreversible economic depression.

But, drops in temperatures outside don't have to translate into higher energy prices.

But higher energy prices helped slow that advance, and emissions in developed countries began to decline in 2007 and are now 8 % below the 2007 peak.

They simply can't abide carbon regulations and think that attacking higher energy prices is a winning issue for them.

So, the government has in fact anticipated higher energy prices.

Energy companies don't want to take the blame for high energy prices.

I suspect they're perfectly happy with high energy prices, thank you very much, more profit for them.

This is a bold claim, an one that I think will be partially falsified, as men make efforts to expand energy with the incentives that come from high energy prices.

Reducing household energy use is the only real way to offset high energy prices from the wholesale market, National Energy Action has said.

If, on the other hand, the tax provides «carbon dividends» to offset the impact of higher energy prices on poor households, it will create a new class of welfare dependents.

One of the lingering fears about NOC investment is that companies might just sit on high - cost Canadian assets for years without developing them, as a hedge against higher energy prices.

CPI inflation rose to 2.1 per cent in January, reflecting higher energy prices due in part to carbon pricing measures introduced in two provinces.

Without sustained high energy prices or concerted, high - profile federal government leadership, U.S. consumers are unlikely to change their energy - use patterns, and the United States will continue to rely upon its current energy portfolio.

Take, for example, the principal - agent problem through which despite higher energy prices, both landlords and tenants lack incentives to make economically - efficient energy - conservation investments, such as installing thermal insulation.

Societies do sometimes opt to pay slightly higher energy prices for cleaner air, domestic energy production, or other «intangible» goals.

The first was the continuing debate I hear about whether expensive oil is a good thing (the Bush administration said high energy prices were a big reason carbon dioxide emissions declined slightly in 2006) or a bad thing (if you're a truck driver or behind on your heating bills).

This coincided with the government responding to fears about high energy prices by paring back the price guarantee system know as feed - in tariffs.

At the same time, the political turmoil over high energy prices has created a new hurdle facing those — including both presidential candidates — who say they want to blunt the unabated climb in emissions of greenhouse gases with a cap or tax.

With the potential of a change in political winds — remember the solar supporters all seem to be left - leaning, big government believers who want higher energy prices — the campaign for America's energy future is embedded in the presidential election.

If OPEC can limit oil supplies (thus creating high energy prices) I see no reason why the rest of the world can't divert grain to fuel generation to create high food prices.

Punishers of the Poor Some politicians like higher energy prices because it forces Americans to use less energy and adopt a lower standard of living — just what environmental extremists want.

Euro area consumer prices rose by 2.4 per cent over the year to December, with higher energy prices making a significant contribution, along with hikes in prices of administered items, such as health care and tobacco.

Higher energy prices though was the main catalyst as CPI ex food and energy grew by just.3 %, unchanged with November.

NEA are campaigning for the UK to pursue these policies in a progressive manner and illustrate that energy efficiency is key to mitigating high energy prices and should play a major role in the Government's proposals

Now Tata is pointing to unrealistically low prices of Chinese steel as a factor behind the closure of Port Talbot plant, alongside high energy prices and the extra cost of climate change policies.

o Some portion used to very selectively create tax incentives for private investment in clean energy R&D, without giving money away in situations where an industry can afford to invest in its own R&D and where such investments would be attractive given higher energy prices anyhow.

All in all high energy prices are regressive to the extreme and its just the type of cost the wealthy can shake off but the rest of us get pinched.

Yet again, it seems the political imperatives surrounding high energy prices are trumping building climate concerns and the inevitable need for a shift away from fossil fuels.]

The nation is once again assessing how best to stimulate the deployment of advanced energy technologies in response to recent high energy prices — caused by the growing world demand for energy, wars in the Middle East, and last year's hurricanes — and concerns about the adverse environmental effects, particularly greenhouse gas emissions, of using conventional fossil energy.

Suppose you pay a relatively high energy price of $ 0.13 per kWh you consume it would still take 17 years to justify the investment.

The Carbon Fee - and - Rebate creates a sustainable long - term strategy for reducing CO2 emissions, because citizens are highly likely to support a policy that will help them cope with higher energy prices during the economy's transition to clean, renewable energy.

How high energy prices as a policy good became a mantra of self respecting liberals simply boggles my mind.