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LONDON, May 1 (Reuters)- The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will flag more interest rate hikes this week.

LONDON, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. May Day holidays across Asia and Europe meant trading was thinner than usual, though there was more than enough news flow to keep those...

NEW YORK, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fueled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.

Rising fuel prices are causing government coffers to swell, and in a web poll conducted by COMPAS Inc., 126 leaders of Canadian companies offered their opinions on how that money should be spent.

Between rising oil prices and ongoing concerns over climate change, there is growing pressure on the global shipping industry to cut its fuel consumption.

The rise in bond yields, which investors fear could hurt equities, has been partly fuelled by the spike in crude oil prices, which on Tuesday crossed $ 75, boosting energy shares.

LAUNCESTON, Australia, April 30 (Reuters)- The term «demand destruction» is again entering the lexicon of the current crude oil market as the sharp rise in prices raises concerns about when do consumers start cutting back on their fuel consumption.

Nordic forward prices fell on Wednesday after rising for the last three sessions in a row as some market players took an opportunity to cash in the gains, while bearish fuel markets weighted on the longer - term contracts.

This Pennsylvania - based company also produces gas, so it can make money on rising prices for both fuels.

The airline, one of Asia's biggest full - service carriers, has been battered by its bets on fuel prices as intense competition from low - cost carriers has risen.

Since January alone, the rise in the price of jet fuel from 70 cents a litre to 90 cents has taken $ 200 million off the company's bottom line on an annual basis, according to Robert Palmer, a spokesman for WestJet.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which knocked off more than 20 percent of U.S. refinery capacity in the peak of refinery shutdowns, hedge funds are betting on a rise in fuel prices and have boosted their net long positions on U.S. gasoline and diesel to highs not seen for years.

NEW YORK The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.

Fluctuating produce prices make it difficult for A.J.'s Produce to predict where its costs will be very far into the future, and the rising costs of fuel make transporting that produce more expensive as time goes on.

The rising costs of inputs — agro-chemicals, seeds, fuel — as well as the need to service rising levels of farm debt: combined with the downwards pressure on prices many farmers find themselves in a «cost - price» squeeze

With gas prices on the rise and global warming becoming more and more of a threat, many are turning to fuel efficient hybrids.

Speaking in an interview with Accra - based Class FM, IES Principal Researcher, Richmond Rockson, said aside the rising price of Gasoline and Gasoil on the international market, the depreciation of the cedi also means Ghanaians should expect to pay more when it comes to fuel prices.

Guided by the fundamental indicators such as rise in price of Gasoline, Gasoil and Brent crude on the international oil market, the country's fuel stock as well as the fair - stability of the country's local currency against the U.S. Dollar; the Institute for Energy Security (IES) sees fuel prices primed to rise again on the local market by up to 2.5 %.

As we see the price of fossil fuels and conventional energy sources rising it is clear that the future of our energy requirements will be one that is based on a range of sustainable and renewable sources.

They point to the VAT rise in 2011 which increased thetotal tax take on fuel to about 60 % of the pump price.

Analysts believe OPEC could boost production later this year, but only if prices rise above $ 70 or $ 75 a barrel, a level deemed appropriate by OPEC states whose national budgets depend on fossil fuel exports.

Over the past few years fuel and electricity prices have risen steeply, putting additional financial pressure on schools.

It's not just us Indians who are so obsessed about mileage, even Europeans and Americans have started to care about fuel efficiency as fuel prices have been on a constant rise.

Have you noticed that fuel prices are on the rise?

Lease offers on both midsize and full - size GM pickups are enticing, with 24 - month payment plans designed to lure in buyers who may be concerned about rising fuel prices in the long - term.

Fuel economy on this flexible 5 - door is 54 mpg city and 50 mpg highway makes it a car you can afford to drive even when gas prices are on the rise.

Now, with fuel prices on the rise again, efficiency is returning to prominence.

With fuel prices on the rise and the upcoming CAFE requirement imposed by the U.S. government, fuel efficiency has become a very important aspect of automaker's vehicle lineups.

With prices for fuel, food and practically everything else rising almost daily, it's a much needed break - some inspectors are saving $ 1,000 or more on their annual policy.

One might, for example, trade oil futures as a hedge on a position in transportation stocks; when oil prices rise, trucking and airline companies suffer in the short term as their margins get squeezed due to fuel costs.

He said Garuda Indonesia's losses were mainly caused by the price hike in aviation turbine fuel (avtur) as spending on the fuel rose last year by 54 percent from $ 189.8 million to $ 292.3 million.

Those pushing for a rising price (via a tax or cap) on emissions make the economic case that as long as the environmental costs of burning fossil fuels (or cutting forests) aren't reflected in the accounting calculations driving those activities, «burn baby burn» will remain business as usual.

The other thing not mentioned above is that the most fundamental problem, which I keep repeating, is this: as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, somebody will keep burning them — implication, we must put a rising price on carbon.

It may take another president, or two, before America's energy quest gets into the necessary gear, perhaps driven by a confluence of a new spike in oil prices and rising anger among veterans wounded protecting fuel convoys in Afghanistan and building evidence pointing to a growing, and harmful, human influence on the climate system.

But it is also clear that, absent a price on carbon emissions, as the price of energy rises, the amount of economically extractable fossil fuels increases, including unconventional fossil fuels.

While waiting for the additional data, Newman and Kenworth speculate on factors they say blend together in causing peak car use - the aging of cities (more people coming back from the suburbs to the inner cores and driving less), the growth of public transport, many cities hitting a wall in expansion after average commutes (by car or even train) get beyond one hour's time, and the rise in fuel prices.

A steadily rising fee on the production of fossil fuels based on the carbon emissions that will be released when they are burned will raise the price of fossil fuels, not all energy options.

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There was some bad news for Drax recently as the UK government decided that biomass subsidies would not keep climbing as the «carbon price floor» — levied on fossil fuel production (and due to rise further)-- on electricity consumption has caused a backlash from manufacturers, consumer groups and energy suppliers who are concerned that the «tax will push up prices, make the UK uncompetitive and force the premature closure of coal - fired power plants, increasing the risk of blackouts.»

Some of the existing excise on petrol and diesel could be removed to keep motor fuel prices from rising excessively.

However, the short - term flexibility to take immediate advantage of low natural gas prices is limited in this sector, because many manufacturers that relied heavily on natural gas as fuel or feedstock closed down or moved abroad in the late 1990s and early 2000s in the face of rising natural gas prices.

The use of fossil fuels contributes to global warming, which will exact a high price on agriculture and the rest of society through increased violent weather events, droughts and floods, and rising oceans.

Common IPCC scenarios rely on an increasing supply of fossil fuels, yet we know that this is not possible and that production will soon peak (if not already) while prices rise in response, as they are doing already.

After all, the critics say, lower - income households spend a higher percentage of their budgets on energy than rich ones do, and the price of energy produced from carbon - intensive fuels is likely to rise.

The up - front investments are expensive, but savings will begin to exceed those costs by 2040, and even sooner if oil prices rise faster than expected, or if we factor in the costs of climate change and the impact of burning fossil fuels on public health.

But the price of fossil fuels and fossil - intensive goods continues to rise, and consumers quite predictably spend less money on goods and services when their prices rise.

... it is disingenuous to seek to pin the blame on government policies using inflated assessments of their impacts while ignoring the main driver for price increases — rising global fossil fuel prices.

But capping emissions on a fixed schedule would produce its own uncertainties: if alternatives to fossil fuels (e.g., renewables, efficiencies, carbon sequestration) materialized more slowly than planned, demand would not be met and price rises would ensue.

Today it looks like fossil fuel prices are on the rise again as non Opec countries agree to cut production https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-10/non-opec-joins-opec-in-first-global-oil-output-cuts-in-15-years