Sentences with phrase «of oil in my car»

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With oil selling for around $ 100 a barrel and gasoline prices high, sales of cars that plugged in rather than filled up were beginning to climb.

I was just watching how he changed the oil in his car or did this negotiation at the counter of a store.»

Since 2011, the rail industry has voluntarily adopted tougher safety standards for all new cars, but with literally only a handful of tank car - makers in North America and a huge boom in oil - by - rail shipments, demand far outstrips supply.

There are an estimated 65,000 of the older cars, known as DOT - 111s, currently hauling oil or ethanol in a largely integrated North American fleet — up to a third of which are being used in Canada at any given time.

Imagine Google putting its image - recognition capabilities to work to identify and track all of the world's oil tankers, or count the number of cars in the parking lots of all the Walmarts in the United States, and making that information searchable via the Internet.

According to the terms of the partnership, Lego manufactured Shell - branded gas stations and racing cars in exchange for the oil giant making those products available through its global network.

Production has risen in the world's fifth largest oil producer, but full pipelines and a rail car shortage have made it difficult for drillers to ship out of Canada.

Blackstone's Foley added that oil will still be part of the equation in 25 years, despite a move to electric cars and lower long - term production.

Harrison, who grew up in Memphis partying with Elvis at Graceland, became a railroader oiling the underbelly of rail cars in 1964.

Raitt's three - year timeline to fully dispose of older DOT - 111A tankers (and immediate phase - out of 5,000 of the most vulnerable cars) is going to be a difficult one to meet given the existing capacity for suppliers to build new tankers, as well as the desire of oil and gas companies to continue the exponential increases in oil - by - rail shipments into the future.

(Remember, 85 % of the cars and trucks made in Canada are for export, mostly to the U.S.) When oil prices tumbled, bringing down the loonie, there were hopes of an automaking renaissance, but this has so far failed to transpire.

Production has risen in the world's fifth largest producer but full pipelines and a rail car shortage have made it difficult for drillers to ship oil out of Canada.

In keeping with the idea that every company is a tech company, we'll have plenty of speakers representing other industries, including General Motors President Dan Ammann, who is trying to keep his company relevant in an era of ride sharing and self - driving cars; Charles Koch, CEO of Koch Industries, which owns oil pipelines, a lumber business, and a fertilizer producer; and Toys R Us CEO Dave Brandon, who must grapple with the shift by customers to buy onlinIn keeping with the idea that every company is a tech company, we'll have plenty of speakers representing other industries, including General Motors President Dan Ammann, who is trying to keep his company relevant in an era of ride sharing and self - driving cars; Charles Koch, CEO of Koch Industries, which owns oil pipelines, a lumber business, and a fertilizer producer; and Toys R Us CEO Dave Brandon, who must grapple with the shift by customers to buy onlinin an era of ride sharing and self - driving cars; Charles Koch, CEO of Koch Industries, which owns oil pipelines, a lumber business, and a fertilizer producer; and Toys R Us CEO Dave Brandon, who must grapple with the shift by customers to buy online.

Planned investments in loading terminals in Alberta and anticipated deliveries of specially designed tank cars could see an incremental 425,000 barrels per day of heavy oil railed to market by the end of 2014, it said in a report.

Moving viscous Canadian oil in tank cars used to be «more of a temporary fix» to transportation bottlenecks that earlier this year pushed prices for Western Canada Select to US$ 40 below the West Texas intermediate benchmark, he said.

1) China's emergence as a dominant player in the low - carbon market, 2) global oil majors» shift to renewable energy, 3) big corporate brands moving to 100 % renewable power, 4) the rise of electric vehicles and expiration dates for gas - fuelled cars, and 5) energy getting smarter through digitization.

'' «Yet in 2011 export growth for passenger cars was two times that of oil, while gold was three times that of oil.

Stable oil prices, improvements in SUV and truck design, and a big shift in consumer tastes seem to spell the end of sedans and small cars in the U.S.

One of the largest accidental releases of oil in Alberta's history isn't a burst pipeline and it doesn't involve a train of tanker cars derailing into a river.

Think about the disruption being caused by electric and autonomous cars in automotive; by regulatory challenges in banking; by shale resources in oil and gas; and by a groundswell of public dissatisfaction in political institutions, to name just a few.

The price gap between Canadian and world oil prices has shrunk as more oil has been loaded on to train cars and smaller pipeline projects in the US have helped siphon off the backlog of crude piling up in the Midwest.

Oil plays in North Dakota, Texas, and elsewhere around the country may have reversed declining US production, but much of that oil is also ending up on rail cars bound for coastal refineriOil plays in North Dakota, Texas, and elsewhere around the country may have reversed declining US production, but much of that oil is also ending up on rail cars bound for coastal refinerioil is also ending up on rail cars bound for coastal refineries.

«Consider that cars on average are in operation for only about an hour each day, but they account for 45 % of global oil demand and, on average, 3,500 daily deaths worldwide.»

Imports from the U.S. rose 3.1 per cent in March due in large part to higher imports of passenger cars and light trucks, while exports to the U.S. rose 1.2 per cent, led primarily by higher exports of crude oil.

Keith Stewart, a climate and energy campaigner with Greenpeace Canada who has examined the increased use of oil trains, criticized railways in Canada and the United States for continuing to use older oil tank cars that he said were found to be unsafe more than 20 years ago.

Certainly the public is legally able to sell their property without the aid of an agent, just as most people are able to change the oil in their cars without a service station.

To boldly go... Consumers embrace voice assistants at CES 2018 A milestone for digital pink slips Taking paper out of the process Cyber risks in oil and gas «Hey Google, get me a car insurance quote.»

National Bank analysts Travis Wood, Dan Payne and Brian Milne said in the note they were watching to see if more oil was moving out of Alberta and Saskatchewan on railway cars to clear out of the glut of crude in storage in Western Canada, which has weighed on domestic oil prices and producers.

Exports of cars and auto parts posted big increases in February as did imports of pharmaceuticals, crude oil and civilian aircraft.

Like seriously just go back to your house and run your car in your garage while you think of another anti oil campaign to attend.»

The move comes as car makers and investors are pumping in billions of dollars into the so - called new energy vehicle sector in China, the world's biggest auto market, which is preparing to roll out tough norms to promote the sector to fight urban smog and cut dependence on imported oil.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), as part of a coalition of food, farm and oil industry groups, filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court asking that it reverse the DC Circuit Court's August 2012 decision to dismiss its challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to allow gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol («E15») to be sold for cars manufactured in the 2007 model year or later.

I'm in the car with my best friend, and we've just had lunch at this quiet, quaint restaurant with huge windows so close up to the Old City walls it'll make you gasp - hippie bowls of grains with roasted vegetables and a big, oil - slicked plate of glossy green lentils her baby couldn't stop grabbing.

«Of course, by design we have to consider the actual car situation in theory, but sometimes it is not always the same situation so that is why we had some issues with the oil tank first.»

What I am certain of is that I miss the company of men and this is not just because I struggle sometimes with cleaning the gutters, walking the dogs, checking the oil in the car, mowing the lawn as well as working full - time...

We also hired a car and drove around Aruba: Baby Beach was great and worth a visit: shame about the view of the oil refinery in the background.

Also, be sure that you know exactly what type of oil needs to go in your car.

Designed to work with standard sized 10 ml bottles of your favorite essential oil, this portable diffuser can go where ever you need it like the office, in the car or in your own home.

The inspection included Buffalo Southern Railroad in Hamburg and rail equipment inspectors examined 18 crude oil tank cars and found three non-critical defects, including end - of - car air hoses inadequate distances from rails and loose side safety rails.

«Governor Cuomo and the affected counties in the Adirondacks oppose the storage of these oil tanker cars in the Park, and you should too.»

State and federal inspectors have completed a second round of safety checks of train tracks and oil tanker cars in an effort to prevent derailments and spills of volatile crude from North Dakota's Bakken region.

One could frame the debate in the advantages of using less fossil fuel, which range from lower costs to people (an all electric car has operating costs about 1/4 that of a gasoline vehicle), to balance of payments (less capital flowing out of the country, especially relevant to countries who import most of their oil), to terrorism (not funding it, and western influence leaving the ME, which is the basis of most ME terrorist organizations) to conflict in general (most of the major conflicts in the last 30 years have involved ME oil), to finite supply (when we run out, we'll be facing a global economic meltdown).

In a petition filed with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, AG Eric Schneiderman sought reduced limits on the vapor pressure of oil shipped in tanker cars from the Bakken hydrofrack fields of North Dakota to coastal refinerieIn a petition filed with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, AG Eric Schneiderman sought reduced limits on the vapor pressure of oil shipped in tanker cars from the Bakken hydrofrack fields of North Dakota to coastal refineriein tanker cars from the Bakken hydrofrack fields of North Dakota to coastal refineries.

Riverkeeper discovered the oil spill during a boat patrol of Newtown Creek in 2002, finding oil sheens, floating garbage and abandoned cars littering the Creek.

NEWCOMB — Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve appealed to Governor Andrew Cuomo to take action on a proposal by a private rail company to store hundreds of discarded oil tank cars on railroad tracks in the High Peaks.

The latest round of inspections took place last week and included mainline track and switches belonging to CSX and Canadian Pacific, CSX rail yards in Selkirk and Buffalo, a Canadian Pacific yard in Albany, and 445 crude oil tank cars.

Forty years ago, the U.S. endured its first oil shock and, as a result, reduced its use of oil by improving gas mileage in cars and researching alternatives.

«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 consortium's call to action is based on IEA's analysis of studies by engineers at Aston University in Birmingham, England, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other organizations, and suggests that by 2050 two gigatons of CO2, six billion barrels of oil and $ 600 billion in fuel costs could be saved without radical reengineering, or half of what is consumed and emitted by cars in the European Union today.

Such a carbon tax could help keep coal, oil and natural gas safely in the ground in favor of alternatives like electric cars and cleaner power plants.