Sentences with phrase «higher energy prices making»

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.

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He added that a combination of cheap land, reasonable energy prices and other incentives means that, despite higher manufacturing costs, he can still make more money by making glass in the U.S. than by exporting Chinese - made panes to the U.S. market.

Higher prices give businesses and consumers the incentive to modify energy use and make wise investments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over time.

Santos chairman Keith Spence said the substantial rise in the oil price since US predator Harbour Energy made its indicative buyout overtures will need to be reflected with a higher proposal if it makes a firm and binding bid after due diligence is finished in the next two weeks.

Which brings me to the deeper reason you will need not simply to address food prices but to make the reform of the entire food system one of the highest priorities of your administration: unless you do, you will not be able to make significant progress on the health care crisis, energy independence or climate change.

The lower levels of baseline sugar sweetened drink consumption in the UK compared with the US may in part explain why the effect on obesity that we estimate in the UK is much less than that estimated in the US.12 The differences with respect to other modelling studies may also be partly explained by their use of higher own price elasticity values for sugar sweetened drinks than we have calculated and used here.18 22 52 We can not make direct comparisons between the results of our study and the results of recent studies of the effect of reducing sugar sweetened drink consumption on body weight in children, 5 7 as the relation between energy balance and change in body mass index in children who are growing is different from that in adults.

But the script accuses Higgins of being «so detached from reality that while families in New York are forced to pay more than $ 3.70 a gallon, Higgins has been in Washington supporting big - government policies that lead to higher gas prices and restrain the production of American - made energy.»

So they're trying to enter into these negotiations with Western countries to make sure that our energy prices stay higher than theirs.»

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.

Environmentalists often cheer rising energy prices, hoping they will encourage conservation, boost support for higher efficiency standards, and make renewable sources more cost - effective.

It turns out that for the past 3 decades, we've had a George Costanza Energy policy — every decision we have made as a country has worked to drive energy prices hEnergy policy — every decision we have made as a country has worked to drive energy prices henergy prices higher.

I'm confident that high energy prices will make all sorts of alternate technologies cost - competitive and speed their adoption.

Recent reports indicate that there is much more gas and oil around the UK (more than we have used already) now that higher oil prices make recovery of it more economic We are also getting better day by day at producing energy from other sources and reducing the energy we need for specific functions.

UNITED NATIONS — Aid to poor nations has slumped even as higher food and energy prices and slowing global economic growth have made such assistance more urgent, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki - moon.

A combination of high retail electricity prices and industry efforts to brings offshore wind's levelized cost of energy (LCOE) down will make the Northeast and some Eastern Seaboard regions the most likely early leaders in cost - effectiveness, NREL reported.

In so doing, Mann and his colleagues promoted laws, treaties and regulatory schemes that imposed higher prices and greater government / activist control over energy use, economic growth, and virtually everything modern societies eat, drive, make, ship and do.

Making use of off - peak energy prices to pump water to an upper reservoir at Highbury Quarry, water will flow back down through turbines to generate power when prices are high.

High oil prices make Asia pursue green energy High oil prices make Asia pursue green energy By David Fogarty Reuters September 9, 2005 For energy - hungry Asian governments, the answer could...

High oil prices make Asia pursue green energy September 9, 2005 For energy - hungry Asian governments, the answer could literally be blowing in the wind.

Because ethanol has one - third less energy than gasoline and does not make up the difference in price, the higher the ethanol blend, the more money you spend on each mile driven.

Because low - carbon technologies cost so much more, no political economy in the world has been willing to raise fossil energy prices high enough to make renewable energy cost - competitive at any scale that matters.

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL FIRST TO STATE THE OBVIOUS: with all the grandstanding about what to do about high prices at the pump, in today's NY Times Lead Editorial «Energy Follies» August 4, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/­2008/­08/­04/­opinion/­04mon1.html here's something we haven't seen said ANYWHERE: «plug - in hybrid cars that over time could actually make a difference in fuel prices.»

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.

But Romm never grapples with why cap and trade can not achieve large emissions reductions, which is that voters and policymakers will not raise the price of fossil fuels high enough to make clean energy cost competitive.

As a result, without effective mitigation, total energy - related carbon dioxide emissions (including transformations, own use and losses) will rise from 26.1 GtCO2 (7.2 GtC) in 2004 to around 37 — 40 GtCO2 (11.1 GtC) in 2030 (IEA, 2006b; Price and de la Rue du Can, 2006), possibly even higher (Fisher, 2006), assuming modest energy - efficiency improvements are made to technologies currently in use.

The regulation - centered approach is thus doomed to fail in one way or another: Price carbon too high and risk economic consequences and political backlash; price it too low, and dirty - energy sources will not cost enough to make clean energy cost - competiPrice carbon too high and risk economic consequences and political backlash; price it too low, and dirty - energy sources will not cost enough to make clean energy cost - competiprice it too low, and dirty - energy sources will not cost enough to make clean energy cost - competitive.

Because changes in the market away from fossil fuels will inevitably make those energy sources less expensive, carbon taxes keep their prices high, reflecting the costs imposed on society by carbon emissions.

So as we ponder how we are going to deal with energy prices, climate change, dependence on foreign oil and unlivable cities, let's make sure we incentivize the low hanging fruits of efficiency and cycling in order to offset the higher costs of renewable energy, mass transit, and advanced vehicle infrastructure.

Let's face it: nothing but drastically higher prices will deter most of us from consuming more carbon - based energy... Of course, it would be nice not to have to rely on cartels and circumstances to make us moderate our consumption.

Though the effectiveness of the two power plants is not very high, existing Russian legislation, as well as low energy prices, make them promising as a basis for the creation of data - centers.

Newer LEDs, LED tape, and CFLs make lighting more energy - efficient and cost - effective over the long term, even if the initial purchase price is higher than incandescent lights.

(MCT)-- Replacing old or damaged siding on your house with new siding can add curb appeal to your home, make it more energy efficient and improves your chances of selling it fast and at a higher price.