Not exact matches
Until we understand this do not expect the global crisis to end anytime soon, except perhaps temporarily with a new surge in credit -
fueled consumption in the US (which will cause the trade deficit to worsen) and
more wasted investment in China (which,
because it is financed with cheap debt, which comes at the expense of the household sector, may simply increase investment at the expense of
consumption).
The negative effects of lower oil prices hit the economy right away, and the various positives -
more exports
because of a stronger U.S. economy and a lower dollar, and
more consumption spending as households spend less on
fuel - will arrive only gradually, and are of uncertain size.
Although the Flying Spur's high
fuel consumption is
more likely to inconvenience owners
because of the frequent stops for
fuel rather than the cost of buying it, there's no escaping the fact that both W12 models are expensive to run, claiming official
fuel economy of just 19mpg.
The biomethane that
fuels the Bio-Bus is generated from sewage and food waste (waste which is unfit for human
consumption), and
because the bus» engine produces lower emissions while burning biomethane than conventional diesel does, it could not only help improve air quality, but also help to prove the case for
more waste - to -
fuel projects.
My suspicion is
because the local estimates understand that
fuel consumption is driven by
more urgent needs and a willingness to pay than the global estimates that consider
fuel availability at what they think is an affordable price.
«The underlying energy
consumption trends that resulted in these changes — mainly
because more electricity has been generated from natural gas than from other fossil
fuels — have helped to lower the U.S. emissions level since 2005
because natural gas is a less carbon - intensive
fuel than either coal or petroleum.»
But if it is announced early and done gradually (this is important
because we have an economy to keep rolling), people will slowly migrate toward
more efficient
fuel consumption.
There are good reasons to slow down the rate of fossil
fuel consumption but those all have to do with conservation of a finite resource and not a damn thing to do with global warming
because global warming and
more CO2 is a hugely positive thing for the primary producers in food chain — green plants.
As with any plug - in hybrid, it's a little hard to get an accurate figure on overall
fuel consumption because —
more than your average internal combustion car — how you use it will define your MPGs.
This is
because many Americans still drive oversized gas - guzzling vehicles, and therefore have a lot
more ability to reduce their
fuel consumption by greater efficiency (or smaller vehicles), while Europeans already drive smaller and
more efficient vehicles (due to heavy motor
fuel taxes), so would have extreme difficulty reducing
consumption still further in response to the appeals of climate campaigners.
One of the reasons why they travel at a
more conservative speed is
because they have to control
fuel consumption.