Sentences with phrase «rising cost of oil»

While the rising cost of oil has the price of gasoline skyrocketing faster than global warming is melting glaciers, people everywhere are preparing for cross-country road trips to Grand Canyon National Park and summer camps in Maine.

If you believe in the idea of «tough love», then the rising cost of oil will be a good thing I suppose.

Gas prices have been climbing sharply higher in recent weeks, with the rising cost of oil.

Our desire to find a homegrown alternative to Mideast oil, the rising cost of oil and natural gas, and the fossil fuel - friendly mood in Washington will soon push our coal consumption through the roof.

And there will be the need for warmth, combined with the frighteningly rising cost of oil that necessitate cutting, chopping and stacking now.

The slow economy does not help the situation and neither does the rising cost of oil.

The rising cost of oil, its impact on global warming, the geopolitical risks associated with oil dependency (especially as fuel for automobiles), followed more recently by the rise of cost effective alternatives presents a «change the world» opportunity for Apple.

Not exact matches

«The falling pound is driving up the price of imports and rising oil prices are being reflected in higher fuel costs,» he added.

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Such optimism must somehow reconcile with all the forces conspiring against Canadian oil: the lack of pipeline infrastructure or «takeaway» capacity, the occasionally gaping price discount applied to Western Canada Select, the renaissance in oil production unfolding in the U.S., rising Canadian production costs and the flight of investor money out of commodities.

Over the coming year, lower energy costs (and other comodity costs) will benefit consumers and as oil prices rise, 80 % of U.S. oil production will move to breakeven then substantial profit.

For example, an increase in the price of crude oil can cause prices for gasoline to rise, in turn making the cost of transporting goods more expensive.

Rising energy costs are a type of inflation that we saw in the mid-2000s, during the previous runup to oil at over $ 130 per barrel in 2008.

In the years ahead, oil production will decline to remove excess capacity, prices will again rise above costs, energy company margins will recover, and market - level earnings will return to a normal rate of growth.

While some of the rise in inflation over the past year or so reflects increases in the price of oil and tax - related increases in the cost of insurance, house purchase and cigarettes and tobacco, the pick - up in inflation has been quite broadly based (Table 12).

The recent rise in oil prices, itself partly a reflection of stronger global economic conditions, has directly added to CPI inflation in the past two quarters and may have a further contribution through effects on business costs and price expectations.

Nonetheless, vehicle sales keep failing to rise through their previous cyclical peaks, in spite of rising employment, record low financing costs and low oil prices (charts from CalculatedRisk)

Russian bond yields and the cost of insuring the country against default rose on Wednesday, as investors fretted over intensifying sanctions, the prospect of a recession and falling oil prices.

Hence the cost of food rises not only because the cost of the petroleum on which agriculture is based has increased but because food, now, like oil, is globally in short supply.

The heavy indebtedness that became a crisis around 1980 was due, not so much to the failure of the system as to the rapid increase in the cost of oil and the abrupt rise in interest rates.

When the oil embargo was lifted, the Arabs justified the rise in prices of crude oil by pointing out that inflation increased the cost of goods they had to buy from the industrial nations.

Improvement in the labor market, positive sales growth, rise in disposable income, expansion of retail chains, declining / stable oil prices, and escalating healthcare costs are expected to drive growth for the packaging industry over the next six months.

Rising wholesale prices have been blamed on the record cost of oil, with barrels in the US tipping the $ 100 barrier last week.

When he last spoke about rising fuel costs throughout New York in April, the average price for a gallon of regular gas was $ 4.15, according to data provided by the Oil Price Information -LSB-...]

At the same time, farmers face unprecedented challenges of climate change, high oil prices driving demand for biofuels, and rising costs of land and water.

Coastal communities in the US state are suing oil, gas and coal giants for the cost of dealing with sea level rise.

Examples of dry oils include argan oil (SheaMoisture's argan oil from Target is great and cost - effective), squalane oil (Biossance is a new favorite), and rosehip oil (like Ouai's rose hair oil).

Due to the high cost of rose oil my wife and I use rose absolute instead of rose oil.

An isolated oil price shock or two can be readily absorbed by other segments of the economy, but the type of steep, sustained rise in oil prices that we've seen in recent years becomes a cost factor that has to be passed on.

Costs are rising to incremental barrels of oil, and ounces of gold.

With the Chinese markets, the price of Bonds, rising interest rates and the cost of oil going down, what does all this mean for you and how can you take advantage of it?

In the fixed income markets, high - yield bonds could benefit as a large segment of the sector is tied to borrowers that are more profitable amid rising oil costs.7

Also, miners are impacted by the cost of their inputs, so a rising gold / oil ratio is a positive, for example.

That includes very bright people like Dr. Robert Shiller, who said in this article in Fortune, «We should be able to hedge everything from the rising costs of health care and education to national income risk and oil crises.»

No matter how scurrilous the actions of the oil companies, will the plaintiffs be able to show that the actions have resulted in higher atmospheric CO2 levels, rising seas, and significant increased infrastructure costs for the plaintiffs?

So we've pursued a series of policies aimed at encouraging the rise of innovative as well as more cost - effective clean energy technologies that can help America and developing nations reduce greenhouse gases, reduce our dependence on oil, and keep our economies vibrant and strong for decades to come.

By the way, the cost of oil will continue to rise in the future as the finite supply of dinosaur juice goes down.

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.

Operating cost for electric cars is $ 0.50 to $ 0.75 per mile versus $ 0.10 for gasoline powered cars once battery replacement costs are included By 2020, Chinese PER CAPITA emissions will be higher than America's Does not believe that the 0.6 degree temperature rise to date is the West's «fault,» but does believe that China is the future problem Whatever U.S. does about emissions reduction and what people do as individuals is totally trivial in face of the fact that China is adding huge amounts of coal fired generating capacity The most meaningful emissions reduction strategy today would be to convert China from coal to natural gas The claim that there are more frequent or more intense hurricanes and tornadoes as a result of AGW is not scientifically supported We can reduce emissions, but it is important that we do the RIGHT things (and NOT the WRONG ones) Not worried about «peak oil;» coal can be converted to liquid fuel

«One of the new and fundamental messages of this report is that renewable energies are no longer subject to the vagaries of rising and falling oil prices — they are becoming generating systems of choice for increasing numbers of power companies, communities and countries irrespective of the costs of fossil fuels,» said UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner.

This revealed approval of the controversial Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline would only have a marginal positive impact of the economics of the Canadian oil - sands industry, but could trigger a rush of investment into additional risky high - cost, high - carbon projects, dependent on rising oil prices.

Bond yields and the cost of insuring Russia against a default have risen in recent weeks amid fears over falling oil prices and intensifying sanctions from the West.

so if oil companies do this, then the cost of their borrowing increases, they develop less fields, lower oil and gas is recovered, prices rise, people cut back, unemployment rises and the left rejoices.

ie as consumers are able to drop the cost of energy from their budgets through domestic solar and other, living standards will increase even as global oil prices steadily rise, and grid energy will increase in cost due to altered consumption patterns.

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However, there are even greater reasons for the rise in cost of food, mainly the rise in cost of oil.

Volatile oil prices and the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East are vivid reminders of the rising cost of America's oil use.

Natural gas prices will likely rise, making the costs of production higher and, according to the recent PWC report, shale oil may depress world crude prices over the years to come.

In response to Ehrlich» s published claim that «If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000» — a proposition Simon regarded as too silly to bother with — Simon countered with «a public offer to stake US$ 10,000... on my belief that the cost of non-government-controlled raw materials (including grain and oil) will not rise in the long run.»

Current proposals by global warming advocates will likely cost billions of dollars and require a wholesale transformation of the nation's economy and society. Americans could be paying 30 percent more for natural gas in their homes and even more for electricity.  The cost of coal could quadruple and crude oil prices could rise by an additional -LSB-...]