Sentences with phrase «out of gas long»

Unfortunately, the concept runs out of gas long before it lumbers toward the finish line.

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This is remarkable because, not so long ago, Google looked like a company that was running out of gas.

Couple this with no longer having a $ 2000 per month house payment, less gas going to and from work, less clothes and eating out due to working and you can have the same life style making 60 % of your income.

The Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association reports that nearly 60 percent of charcoal grill owners and 69 percent of gas grill owners in a recent survey cook out year - round — demonstrating that outdoor cooking is no longer limited to the warmer months.

Johnson ran out of gas on the final lap of the postseason opener at Chicagoland Speedway (he finished 10th); he wrecked hard at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Oct. 15 after putting his number 48 Chevy in a precarious position (he wound up 34th); and he waited too long at Talladega Superspeedway to make his typical late - race charge from the back of the pack (he came in 26th).

Sure, it takes a little more effort to be super-green, but if you feel guilty about tossing out bags and bags of garbage and driving a gas - guzzling SUV, maybe you should change your life - style to soothe that guilt rather than convince yourself that it is OK to continue to pollute and trash the planet as long as you use energy efficient bulbs.

Well gas prices were depressed for a long time and now as the country works its way out of its Obama funk of NO expansion and high unemployment and weak demand they should be expected to rise.

He said he spoke to the senator after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and at his district office on Long Island, where they spoke about fracking, a controversial method of extracting natural gas out of the ground.

Astronomers have long sought out the sun's «siblings,» stars born from the same cloud of gas and dust, because of the clues they'd provide regarding the sun's origins.

The Tadpole galaxy (top left) sports a long tail of stars and gas pulled out by the gravity of a galactic interloper, visible as a small blue clump in the upper part of the Tadpole's disk.

«If economics is the sole focus, then less expensive technologies that require significant amounts of energy for their manufacture, maintenance and replacement might win out — even if they ultimately increase greenhouse gas emissions and negate the long - term benefits of implementing wind and solar power.»

If we could pull carbon out of the air and use it to wean cars off fossil fuels, that would go a long way toward reducing humankind's production of greenhouse gases without impeding technological progress.

In the Gulf War, soldiers were both exposed to stress and given AChE inhibitors to prevent nerve gas damage, which might combine to create a brief burst of unusually high acetylcholine levels — and a long - term acetylcholine deficit, Soreq points out.

Kourosh Kalantar - Zadeh, an engineer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, and his colleagues built plastic capsules about 2.5 centimeters long — about as long as a Jolly Rancher hard candy — that sniff out carbon dioxide, hydrogen and oxygen gas molecules in the gut.

The end of the universe's «dark age» was long and drawn out, according to the first direct measurement of the period when the first stars and galaxies heated up intergalactic gas.

To find out, a group of scientists, engineers and policy experts, led by PNNL's Joint Global Change Research Institute, gathered at a workshop in Cambridge, Maryland, in April 2013 to consider the long - term impact of an expansion of the current natural gas boom on the rest of the world.

That may seem a mere blink of an eye, but it is far longer than other efforts with the technique and shows for the first time that it is possible to hold the gas in a steady state — the researchers stopped only when their machine ran out of juice.

That may be true in the long run, but natural gas does appear to be helping the United States reduce emissions today, points out John Quigley, an alternative energy consultant in Harrisburg and former secretary of Pennsylvania's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, who was not involved in the study.

Black holes of stellar mass are the result of gravitational collapse which occurs at the time when a star «burns out» all its thermonuclear fuel and the force of the gas pressure can no longer resist gravity.

As comets near the sun, they start to melt, releasing a tail of dust and gas that stretches out a pretty long way, sometimes hundreds of miles.

In addition to the usual vaguely round shell of hot, expanding gas, this one had something long and narrow sticking out of it.

One of the lesser - known facts about oil and gas drilling is that most of what comes out of wells is water — truckloads of non-potable water that has long been a major disposal problem for oil and gas drillers.

Reasoning that, because it fluctuated daily, water vapour was continually recycling itself in and out of the atmosphere, he turned his attention to carbon dioxide, a gas resident for a long time in the atmosphere whose concentration was only (at that time) dramatically changed by major sources such as volcanoes or major drawdowns such as unusual and massive episodes of mineral weathering or the evolution of photosynthetic plants: events that occur on very long, geological timescales.

You can get ribose from food in small amounts, but if you're looking to fuel longer workouts or «peak - performance» exercise sessions, you'll likely use more than the body has immediately available and possibly run out of gas mid-workout or «bonk» as they say in the cycling world.

Four foot - long canisters fall out of the sky and crash - land in four locations: A silverback gorilla approaches a canister that sprays gas on him, he rushes away and is found with a dead bear with blood across its shoulders (we hear he snapped its neck and we see bloody slashes on his chest in the formation of a bear claw).

From securing precious Vespene Gas fissures in a map where Vespene is severely limited, to holding out as long as you can against an endless tide of Amon - corrupted Zerg in order to secure a valuable Solarite cache, Legacy of the Void's missions are always challenging the player to think in new and creative ways.

«The Long Dumb Road» Review: Jason Mantzoukas and Tony Revolori Charm in Road Trip Comedy That Runs Out of Gas

It's not long before the house starts having some sort of weird influence on the family, Overlook - like, inspiring Ben to try to drown David (acting out the desires of the entire audience); inspiring Aunt Elizabeth to try to gas David (acting out the... oh, never mind); and getting Marion just a little too attached to the house and the forever unseen lady in the attic.

Lay on the gas pedal, and wheel spin prevents you from making the most of what has long been one of the best V - 6s out of Japan.

So whether you need a compact car for weekend errands, a 4 - wheel drive SUV for camping trips, a mini-van to accommodate out - of - town visitors, or a gas - saving hybrid for long - term rentals, City Toyota has you covered.

I've taken it on long trips out of state and I must say it got better gas mileage then I would have assumed.

Also worth pointing out is that, as a result of all those gear ratios, the engine is rarely out of its optimum power and torque bands, so you won't need to keep your foot planted on the gas pedal for long when making progress.

I wanted to know how much longer I actually had til empty, so I drove around the area until I completely ran out of gas.

Pros: - Great exterior styling - Gas mileage is acceptable (I averaged 30 miles on the long drive and roughly 24 during city driving and that included many pedal to the metal moments)- Ambient light inside the car is quite fun to play with - Garage door opener was easy to program - Shaker audio system is great for the music I listen to (mainly EDM and Reggae)- Leather seats - Auto dimming rear - view mirror - CONVERTIBLE (I think this is a must have for southern california)- Sirius radio - Aluminium pedals - Door - sill «MUSTANG» lettering lights up - 6 - way power adjustable drivers seat - HID headlights - Track Apps (this car is not track - worthy but I think this is a cool feature) Cons: - Solid rear axle (although I'm not sure this is a con as it lets you do some Tokyo drifting)- Stitching on the leather seats is low - quality - Stock tires rated to 118 mph (car is electronically limited to 112 mph)-305 hp out of a 3.7 liter V6 is really not that great (ex a Nissan 370z has a 3.7 liter V6 putting out 332 horses)- Cabin noise is quite loud with the top up - Manual passenger seat - Manual shifting is terrible, my old automatic VW Jetta seemed to shift faster when in manual mode Overall I think this is a great car for anyone that wants to enjoy the sun.

To get that perfect sear on a piece of fish that I've been missing out on since I haven't lived in a place with a gas range in a very long time.

In the long - term, however, the U.S. Bank Perks + Visa Signature ® Card will provide users with the better rewards on gas and grocery purchases, since for 9 out of 12 months, the Chase Freedom ® will give you just a 1 % rewards rate in these categories.

Based on their spending patterns, Simmons suggests Jason and Jessica divide their cash this way: $ 3,000 for fixed expenses («the things that come out of your account whether you like it or not,» like housing, insurance, phone, Netflix); $ 1,000 in short - term spending for big purchases (like travel, puppies, electronics); $ 1,200 in long - term saving («money to be socked away into the nest egg,» she says, for retirement and emergencies); and, good news for Jason and Jessica, $ 2,800 left over to spend on everything else — that's groceries, gas, haircuts, tasty takeout, doggy toys, and whatever else they damn well feel like.

Bottom Line: Unless you are a high restaurant, supermarket, and gas station spender, there is very little to be gained out of the Hilton Surpass card that isn't handled better by other credit cards — both in terms of short - term and long - term value.

Sure it's a bit of a ding on the old credit score in the short term, but in the long term it's not a problem at all and my card gives me 5 points for every dollar at gas stations and grocery stores — redeemable for checks made out to the holder of my student loans!

GASTRIC DILATATION, an excess build - up of food and gas causes the stomach to rapidly expand or dilate; and GASTRIC DILATATION VOLVULUS (GDV), after expanding the stomach actually turns along its long axis and thereby twists the esophagus and small intestine closed so there is no passage of stomach contents or gas in or out of the stomach.

If it is too long it will only be supplying gas to one lung, if it is too short it may slip out of the trachea.

Despite its high annual fee, the Blue Cash Preferred card is one of our favorite cards for families: It helps take the sting out of car pool lines and long commutes by offering a generous point bonus on gas station spending and it offers one of the highest cash back bonuses you can get when you use your card at U.S. supermarkets.

The back of the car contains a useful sniper rifle for dealing with long - range problems including the aforementioned snipers, and it can be pretty handy for taking out the gas tanks feeding flame pipes if you can find»em.

His more noteworthy moves included the now - notorious «Wario Waft,» which would charge up more gas the longer he went without using it, and even pulling his motorcycle out of thin air to ride over his enemies... before it fell apart, and fighters started throwing the pieces at each other.

Once industry is assured that the bottom will not fall out (such as price of oil, gas, or the trading value of avoided carbon, etc., suddenly plummeting) long - term investments will be made.

In a Rose Garden speech planned for Wednesday, President Bush is set to lay out for the first time a specific long - term goal for limiting the atmospheric buildup of greenhouse gases linked to global warming and some means the United States will use to reach it.

Raypierre pointed out that a simple photoelectric cell sensitive to the long - wavelength infrared can be used to measure how much IR gets through a column of gas (attach the output to a voltmeter).

There's no better way to recall the long - haul nature of this process than to re-read the closing line from a New York Times article laying out the basics on greenhouse gases and climate as they were understood in 1956:

While I am still comfortable with my argument that «human inertia» is the prime explanation for a long response time for doing anything about greenhouse gas emissions, I am very wary of efforts by California and the U.K. to stick their necks out on carbon reductions.

But you can see that if energy prices, especially for natural gas, stay low for a long period of time, we'll be back in a trance and the imperative for other tougher pushes, whether it's a build - out of renewables, as Joe Romm would like, or much more R. and D., as I would like, it's just going to be really hard to sustain that.