Sentences with phrase «of a gallon of gas per»

For customers who desire the performance and capability of a large SUV, the Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango Hybrid vehicles will reduce fuel consumption by several hundreds of gallons of gas per year.

The Environmental Defense Fund estimates that idling wastes as much as 7/10 of a gallon of gas per hour.

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And across the U.S., 13 percent of gas stations are charging $ 3 per gallon or more, AAA said last week.

The average price of unleaded gas was $ 3.28 per gallon as of Dec. 6, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report.

According to gasbuddy.com a gallon of gas in Washington, D.C. carries an average price of $ 2.53 per gallon.

Go to any number of Prius forums and you can see how, like any enthusiastic World of Warcraft gamer, Prius drivers are a tight - knit community, constantly sharing tips and tricks with each other in the hopes of getting to that next level — 70 miles per gallon or 700 miles on a single tank of gas.

FUEL ECONOMY - Diesels can get up to 30 percent more miles per gallon of fuel than similar gas powered cars and can be more economical than gasoline - electric hybrids.

Using the nationwide average fuel economy, we calculated the average gallons of gas used per capita in each city and multiplied that by the fuel tax.

That means the total tax on gasoline and ethanol is 27.9 cents per gallon, slightly below the national average gas tax of 29.9 cents per gallon.

Florida was one of seven states to raise gas tax prices in 2017 — overall, Florida's gas tax is also one of the highest in the country at 34.77 cents per gallon, priced to restore and maintain the state's aging infrastructure.

In addition, Oregon has one of the higher gas taxes in the nation at 34 cents per gallon.

Maine also has a gas tax of around 31 cents per gallon.

The state also has one of the higher state gas taxes in the nation at over 37 cents per gallon, which also affects prices for New Jersey drivers.

Add that to the federal gas tax of 18.4 cents, and you're paying a total of 52.4 cents per gallon in taxes at the pump.

Although other states implement a fixed - rate per - gallon no matter how much gas costs, Kentucky's tax changes with the actual cost of gas.

Currently, the average price of gas in the Peace Garden State is well below its highest recorded average in 2013 of $ 4.24 per gallon.

The state currently charges a little over 39 cents in total taxes and fees for every gallon of gas — quite a difference from the 52 cents it collected per gallon a decade ago.

Using the nationwide average fuel economy, we calculated the average gallons of gas used per driver in each county and multiplied that by the fuel tax.

In short, it's a tax credit worth $ 0.50 per gasoline gallon equivalent of compressed natural gas, or diesel gallon equivalent of liquefied natural gas, and Clean Energy has been able to claim this tax credit for a portion of its fuel sales each year.

This credit exceeds the current gas and diesel excise tax of $ 0.184 and $ 0.244, respectively, per gallon.

If you shop at Costco, the Costco Anywhere Visa ® Card may be the best credit card for you, since it combines a great gas rewards rate of 4 % with some of the lowest gasoline prices per gallon.

My 100,000 - square - foot roof produces two million gallons of rainwater per year and as the first solar array farm in the world, I will have no electric, water or gas bill.»

(There's some silly chatter about the «$ 4 toast» — which is actually $ 3.50 — which is kind of surprising when people are filling up their cars with gas that costs more than $ 4 per gallon, and a glass of wine goes for $ 12, plus tax and tip.

He added that the majority of the state's transportation dollars comes from the federal budget and from the gas tax which is 18.4 cent per gallon.

The cost of gas in June of 2008, the early stages of the heavy summer driving season and during the presidential campaign, was $ 4.10 per gallon.

Projections made at a time when gasoline was selling for roughly $ 4 per gallon had estimated that removing the tax cap could bring in $ 3 million in 2009 if a gallon of gas averaged $ 3.50 next year.

Those modifications include stop — start (idle - off) systems in which the engine shuts down when the car is stopped during driving; low rolling - resistance tires (which are harder and thus less flat, reducing friction); variable valve timing for engines, which increases gas consumption efficiency; and fuel economy computers or displays to encourage eco-driving, such as such as those in the Toyota Prius, which show miles per gallon averages for that moment, hour, week or month, or when riding downhill, so that drivers are more aware of how their driving impacts fuel efficiency.

«We realized that we were discovering (or had blundered into) a huge oil and gas field buried in our cities (buildings), factories, and roads (cars), which could be «extracted» at pennies per gallon of gasoline equivalent,» he wrote.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DoT) released rules that set limits on the amount of greenhouse gas emissions allowed and accelerate an increase in overall fuel efficiency to 14.5 kilometers per liter (34.1 miles per gallon) by 2016.

Using greenhouse - gas figures for truck and rail from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (and assuming tractor trailers running at six miles per gallon of gasoline), we found that moving this monthly 174 - ton load kicks out 13.7 tons of Cgas figures for truck and rail from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (and assuming tractor trailers running at six miles per gallon of gasoline), we found that moving this monthly 174 - ton load kicks out 13.7 tons of CGas Protocol (and assuming tractor trailers running at six miles per gallon of gasoline), we found that moving this monthly 174 - ton load kicks out 13.7 tons of CO2.

Beyond reducing greenhouse gases, recycling saves about 1,000 pounds of solid waste, some 10,000 gallons of water, and 17 million Btu of energy per ton of paper.

«My average right now is 44.4 miles [71.5 kilometers] per kilogram [of compressed hydrogen gas], which is supposed to be the equivalent of a gallon of gasoline,» Recchia - O'Neill says.

Depending on the quality of the natural gas itself, the process can then make gasoline at a cost of roughly $ 31 to $ 63 per barrel (73 cents to $ 1.50 per gallon), depending on whether the natural gas is pure methane (more costly to transform) or has other hydrocarbons mixed in.

The company's Prius V, due out this summer and the first model to feature Entune, is a larger version of its gas — electric hybrid (positioned more as a mini station wagon) that gets about 64 kilometers per gallon.

«The president is opposed to mandatory caps on greenhouse gases, opposing a mandatory 10 -[mile - per - gallon] increase in cars and trucks, opposing a national renewable electricity standard, opposing state efforts to cut emissions from cars, and pushing for new sources of dangerous pollution from liquid coal,» said Rep. Ed Markey (D — Mass.), chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, in a statement released after the speech.

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

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.

And here consumers can save big money... you are committing yourself to a gas bill of $ 180 per month if you drive 1,200 miles a month at 20 mpg with gas at $ 3 per gallon.

Small, budget - friendly cars and the 40 - mpg fuel - efficiency barrier are on the minds of many people, what with gas prices trampolining around the $ 4 - per - gallon mark and the economy very slowly recovering from grim times.

Yes, it was a ridiculously long wait, and Honda missed a golden opportunity to market the hybrid to Americans in the summer of 2008, when an historic gas - price spike saw regular unleaded soar to $ 4 per gallon.

All of a sudden gas is four dollars per gallon and creeping up.

In 2013, AAA reports that half of participants questioned believed gas was too high at $ 3.44 per gallon, while the national average price per gallon was $ 3.64 at the time.

To avoid vibration in the future, regularly add ATF to the gas tank at a rate of four ounces per ten gallons of fuel.

A one once treat rate per gallon of gas in the gas take is an aggressive treatment; perform the high RPM drive every 1/4 tank of gasoline after driving around stop - n - go.

The federal gas tax of 18.4 cents per gallon hasn't increased since 1993 — largely because even suggesting such a thing, most lawmakers believe, is political suicide.

Increasing the gas tax by, say, just 20 cents per gallon, potentially generating billions in road - repairing funds, would raise the average cost of a tank of fuel by only about $ 3.

We managed a very good 38.2 miles per gallon of regular grade gas.

The Hybrid Synergy Drive system of the Prius combines an electric motor with a gas engine, providing incredible efficiency — the 2015 Prius has an EPA - estimated 51 miles per gallon in the city.

For that you can buy about 2,000 gallons of gas at about $ 3.50 per gallon.

This high - performance pickup truck is powered by a 10 - cylinder gas engine and has an EPA fuel economy rating of nine miles per gallon in the city and 12 on the highway.