Sentences with phrase «rising fuel prices increases»

So let's be clear, rising fuel prices increases poverty.

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Nevertheless, he says rising fuel prices could, to some extent at least, increase interest in electric cars and hybrids.

The increases in credit and house prices were inter-related, with credit availability fuelling the price rises, while rising house prices meant people had to borrow larger amounts to achieve home ownership.

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.

The sharp rise in fuel prices coupled with Al Gore's documentary dramatically increased the popularity of alternative energy.

Energy prices, in particular, have risen sharply: Japan buys virtually all of its oil and gas abroad, and the post-Fukushima shutdown of the country's nuclear industry has further increased the need for fossil fuels.

The long - run trend indicates that demand for smaller, more fuel - efficient cars has increased relative to demand for light trucks because of rising gasoline prices.

Fueled by changing consumer perception of dairy's nutritional value for bone development, concerns around hormones and antibiotics, increase in milk allergies, rising milk prices, and the popularity of plant - based milks, U.S. milk consumption has been steadily declining by 25 percent per capita since the mid-1970s.

According to the Drivers and Car Owners Association of Ghana, the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised not to increase fuel prices but since coming to power, prices have steadily risen at the pumps with the recent one being the 3 percent average increase.

Food production is likely to come under increased pressure in the coming years if fuel prices continue to rise and the world's population increases.

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

As fuel prices for imports rise and more and more environmental issues linked to food production come to light, the level of interest in aquaponics is «increasing astronomically,» Rakocy says.

Instead, the price rise seems to reflect the increasing importance of the secondary, or pre-mined and processed market, as sources of uranium for use in the reactor fuel market.

Thanks to the new CAFE standards and the rising fuel prices in the US automakers are trying to figure out ways to increase fuel efficiency but at the same time also preserve power.

Increasing fuel prices, rising loan rates and higher import duties kept most of the buyers away.

Fuel efficiency is a key point for many large families and the increased adoption of hybrid technology eases the sting at the pump as fuel prices rFuel efficiency is a key point for many large families and the increased adoption of hybrid technology eases the sting at the pump as fuel prices rfuel prices rise.

Levels of personal debt are rising higher than ever before as people struggle to meet increasing food and fuel prices when wages are being frozen.

Sunquest did not give a specific figure for its planned price increases aimed at offsetting rising hotel as well as fuel costs, which are priced in U.S. dollars.

In its most recent Monetary Report, the bank conceded that their own rate cuts last year helped fuel the increase in debt spending, but the Bank apparently feels confident that recent regulatory changes, and rising real income due to lower oil prices, will result in more moderate spending levels.

This means that even if a cost increase is imposed upon us by a supplier - for example due to an increase in fuel costs - and we need to increase the holiday price for all new bookings, we guarantee that a price rise will not affect you, if you have already booked your holiday.

As the narrator explains: domestic terrorism has increased, there are economic disputes revolving around the price of fossil fuels, and there's also rising unemployment.

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.

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.»

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.

... 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.

Despite rising fuel prices, use of liquids for transportation increases by an average of 1.1 % per year, or 38 % overall, from 2010 to 2040.

«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.

well his two base assumptions; price of fossil fuels increase making RE more competitive and then a price on emissions of CO2 rising the cost of non RE even more.

To date, food crops (corn, sugar, and vegetable oil) have been the primary source of biofuels for transportation, but increased use of these fuels has created more problems than solutions: rising food prices and food price volatility, and accelerated expansion of agriculture in the tropics.

6) More Neighborhood / Community Groups: Citizens are joining together to solve problems caused by rising fuel prices (300 % price increase over the last five years) and climate change.

Now, let's assume that the «right» amount of margin for a duel fuel energy company is # 50, and then that the current October price was caused by increases in wholesale costs, and the other actual rises.

Fuel poverty in the UK has increased dramatically over recent years, in tandem with the sharp rise in the price of fFuel poverty in the UK has increased dramatically over recent years, in tandem with the sharp rise in the price of fuelfuel.

Cryptocurrency exchanges recently reported 600 % increases in new users fueled by price rises, many of whom demonstrated a lack of knowledge about what Bitcoin or Ether really are.

«Fueled mostly by rising home sales and prices, the median gross income of a Realtor ® increased to $ 47,700 in 2013 from $ 43,500 in 2012, marking a 9.6 percent rise and a sharp gain from $ 34,900 in 2011,» he said.

Rising fuel prices have increased interest in hybrid - electric vehicles, or HEVs, such as Toyota's fuel - stingy Prius sedan.

Factors driving price increases in the country's urban neighbourhoods generally included limited property availability, a desire to be near the workplace, diverse amenities and more recently, the rising cost of fuel — which, when combined, have heightened buyer interest in these city - core areas.

Rising home prices have likely fueled the increase.