Sentences with phrase «other fuels increased»

It shows that between 2003 and 2013 the price of electricity, gas and other fuels increased by 153.6 per cent in Britain whilst wages increased by just 28 per cent.

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Some see higher rates as a vote of confidence on the strength of the economy, while others consider increased borrowing costs a threat to the bull market that began amid — and was fueled by — historically low rates and extraordinary Fed stimulus.

Airlines have steadily added and increased fees for other services such as checking luggage and buying tickets from a reservation agent since 2008, first to help cover jet fuel costs, then to offset large losses.

According to Fed economist Andrew Haughwout, sharply higher outlays for public welfare and education fueled the increase in the two states» public budgets, which grew more rapidly than those of the other states over the same period.

For example, the prices of secondary education and housing have been increasing much more rapidly than the prices of other goods and services; meanwhile fuel prices have risen, fallen, risen again and fallen again — each time very sharply — in the past ten years.

Important near - term influences on prices will be the significant increases in production costs that have occurred recently, arising from higher fuel prices, increases in a range of other commodity prices and the effect of the lower exchange rate on prices of imported inputs.

Recently, increases in competition and price have begun to force prospective homeowners to find affordable real estate outside of the Greater Toronto Area, while others are opting to wait on the sidelines for price increases to slow — choosing to rent or renovate — further fuelling inventory shortages across the region.

The increase in the quarter was broadly based across components, with particularly large rises recorded in exports of «other mineral fuels» and non-monetary gold, as production commenced from the 4th LNG train at the North - West Shelf and at a range of new gold mines, including the Telfer redevelopment.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

By employing fossil fuels to replace human labor, on the one hand, and by having each person perform limited repetitive operations, on the other, total production could be greatly increased.

The need to provide food, water, minerals, fuel and other necessities for such increasing numbers of people will place pressures on virtually all areas of the earth and demand the most careful planning and management of natural resources.

Environmentalists hoping the state will reject the Constitution argue any decision could also affect the others, at least two of which would be longer and lead to a more dramatic increase in the region's fossil - fuel consumption.

The Greens make no bones about who will pay for it — they will introduce a 2 % wealth tax on the top 1 %; a Robin Hood tax on financial transactions; increase corporation tax from 20 % to 30 %; increase fuel duty on aviation; impose an additional 60 % top rate income tax band and a plethora of other measures.

Hawkins supports banning hydraulic fracturing, freeing all non-violent drug offenders from prison, stopping fossil fuel infrastructure construction, increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, single - payer health care and ending corporate personhood, among other issues.

Other goals include increased funding for nuclear weapons research; increased research on nanotechnology; space station, moon, and Mars projects at NASA; work on hydrogen fuels; and support for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) fusion project.

That is why President Obama has fought hard to advance the policies that will reduce our reliance on oil and other fossil fuels, increase our production of clean energy and create good - paying jobs that can never be outsourced.

Among other adjustments that could help double fuel economy are turbocharging with smaller, more efficient engines that produce the same level of power; advanced heat management and cooling systems, which reuse the heat produced in the engine for energy; weight reduction, including broader use of high - strength steel that is already in some cars today; better aerodynamics; more efficient air conditioners, transmissions and lighting devices (including headlights); and increased electrification leading to full hybridization with electric motor and regenerative breaking — all of which currently exist.

«Fire whirls are more efficient than other forms of combustion because they produce drastically increased heating to the surface of fuels, allowing them to burn faster and more completely.

In the bipartisan 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, we increased new fuel economy standards for vehicles, along with other provisions to increase energy efficiency, save drivers money, reduce pollution, and strengthen our security by making America less dependent on foreign oil.

This also means that other generators, such as those powered by fossil fuels, can scale their power output in advance rather than rapidly ramping up or slowing down to compensate for wind, increasing their efficiency and improving the grid's reliability.

One of the studies Tim has referenced basically concludes that the only thing policymakers can do is work on the assumption that biofuels, at this moment in time, are worse than petroleum fuels because of the future risk of land clearing and other GHG emission increases.

For starters, scientists know why CO2 levels are now increasing — burning of fossil fuels and other human activities (SN: 5/30/15, p. 15).

The findings show that locations on the planet with high fossil fuel emissions and biomass burning emissions are rare, suggesting an inverse relationship in which an increase in one causes a decline in the other.

Other recently published research from this group of scientists demonstrated thinning forest stands to a lower density reduces fuel buildup significantly, and enhances its economic value by increasing growth of residual trees.

One concern is the development of multiple sclerosis, which has been fuelled by social and news media reports of cases occurring after HPV vaccination, and an increasing number of case reports published in the medical literature describing vaccine recipients who developed multiple sclerosis as well as other demyelinating diseases.

Critics argue that albedo modification and other «geoengineering» schemes are risky and would discourage nations from trying to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide, the heat - trapping gas that comes from the burning of fossil fuels and that is causing global warming by absorbing increasing amounts of energy from sunlight.

Half of the cultured algae can be pumped down within the landfill to further increase methane output, while the other portion of algae could go toward creating biodiesel fuels.

After all, it only took eight years for the U.S. to follow California's lead on increased fuel efficiency for cars and other vehicles.

And that's just in the United States: as other countries increase energy production by incinerating fossil fuels, acid rain is on the rise.

This is partially explained by increases in truck share for all four, however other companies such as Mazda and Kia also had large increases in truck share while improving overall fuel economy.

The only way to do that, as studies have shown, is to have an extremely clean electricity system and to significantly increase the use of that electricity to offset the use of fossil fuels in other sectors.

Unlike other models, GCAM includes carbon stored in forests, causing forest acreage to increase even as energy systems change to include fuels generated from bioenergy crops and crop waste.

High - capacity, long - life batteries; fuel cells; the high - efficiency «smart» electricity grid; clean coal and other technologies can help improve the environment, increase efficiency and conserve energy.

Health improvement (allowing to post - pone / escape the diseases and thus live, healthier / disease - free longer, but not above human MLSP of around 122 years; thus these therapies do not affect epigenetic aging whatsoever, they are degenerative aging problems not regular healthy aging problem (except OncoSENS - only when you Already Have Cancer - which cancer increases epigenetic aging, but cancer removal thus does not change anything / makes no difference about what happens in the other cells / about what happens in the normal epigenetic «aging» course in Normal non-cancerous healthy cells) Although there is not such thing as «healthy aging» all aging in «unhealthy» (as seen from elders who are «healthy enough» who show much damage), it's just «tolerable / liveable» enough (in terms of damage accumulating) that it does not affect their quality of life (enough yet), that is «healthy aging»: ApoptoSENS - Clearing Senescent Cells (this will have great impact to reduce diseases, the largest one, since it's all inflammation fueled by the inflammation secretory phenotype (SASP) of these senescent cells) AmyloSENS - Dissolving the Plaques (this will allow humans to evade Alzheimer's, Parkinsons and general brain degenerescence, allowing quite a boost; making people much more easily reach the big 100 - since the brain is causal to how long we live; keeping brain amyloid - free and keeping our memories / neuron sharp / means longer LongTerm Potentiation - means longer brain function means longer heavy brain mass (gray matter / white matter retention seen in «sharp - witted» Centenarians who show are younger brain for their age), and both are correlated to MLSP).

The passage of the 2018 spending package and its budget increases will fuel a fourth - quarter spree unlike any other.

That has been rather controversial, but the mechanism appears to be that normally insulin does increase lipid synthesis, because it wants to use some of the fuel coming from glucose and other pathways, and help store that energy as fat.

Fueling your body correctly will increase your energy levels and enhance the quality of your exercise sessions enabling you to maximize all workouts and other physical activities.

Each year, people in America consume 13.8 billion gallons of sports drinks, soda, sweet tea, fruit punch as well as other sweetened drinks, a mass intake of sugar that's fueling increasing diabetes and obesity rates in the U. S.

I believe Fat for Fuel: A Revolutionary Diet to Combat Cancer, Boost Brain Power, and Increase Your Energy gives you your best fighting chance against cancer or any other chronic disease by repairing and renewing your mitochondria.

The adrenal glands release cortisol and other hormones to increase blood sugar and give us that immediate and quick acting fuel to handle stress.

If you have decided to decrease your carb consumption in order to lose weight or for other health reasons, don't forget to replenish your body's natural fuel by increasing your fat intake.

In other words, resistant starch, once it is in the bowels, is used by bacteria and microorganisms for fuel or to produce energy, which results in possible weight loss and increased metabolism.

Insulin lowers blood glucose levels partly by suppressing the release of glucose from the liver, by increasing glycogen (a kind of starch) synthesis and storage, and by inhibiting glycogen breakdown and the formation of glucose from other sources such as glycerol (from fat), lactate (from the metabolism of fuels like glucose and fructose by the liver and muscles) and amino acids (from proteins) by the process known as gluconeogenesis.

With a combined economy rating of 28 mpg for the manual and 30 mpg for the automatic, Subaru says the automatic Impreza is the most fuel - efficient all - wheel - drive car you can buy in the U.S. And that newfound thrift carries benefits into other areas, too — for instance, a smaller gas tank allows a flat load floor in the five - door, which is one of the ways that Subaru increased interior volume while maintaining the same footprint as the 2011 model.

An investigation by the Department's Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings («Enforcement Office») revealed that prior to January 26, 2012, Voyager Travel advertised air tour packages in a manner that did not meet Department requirements under Part 399 because the advertisements failed to include all fuel surcharges in the prices advertised, failed to state that the prices were subject to post purchase price increases, and failed to provide appropriate notice of the existence, nature, and amount of other charges and additional taxes and government - imposed fees that were then permitted to be stated separately from the base fare.

Compared with the last - gen TT RS, the 2.5 - liter turbo five in the new - for - 2018 model breathes better (thanks to new cylinder head with variable valve lift and duration timing on the exhaust cam), weighs nearly 60 pounds less (an aluminum block, magnesium upper sump, and other fat - reducing measures), and makes considerably more power, the byproduct of new port fuel injection and an increase in boost pressure from 18.1 to 19.6 psi.

Other features for 2009 focus on improving the noise, vibration and harshness of the vehicle, as well as increasing fuel economy.

Other popular upgrades are the conversion of classic vehicles to unleaded fuel, and improvements to braking and road - gripping to increase performance.

Depending on the course that you take, there could be other areas covered like increasing fuel efficiency, techniques to lessen the wear and tear on your tires, and introductions to some of the newest safety features that most vehicles are outfitted with today.

Unlike the other gasoline models, the Cruze's 2.0 diesel is only available with an automatic transmission, and is the only engine that features direct fuel injection — a modern engine innovation that promotes more efficient combustion and increases power relative to the volume of fuel used.