Sentences with phrase «risk high gas prices»

Do you buy a big home in the suburbs and risk high gas prices for your daily commute, or pay more to live in the city and skip the car altogether?

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In the last few years we've had a housing bubble, a credit bubble, runaway government spending, soaring gas prices, a global recession, high unemployment, the risk of a U.S. debt default, a fiscal crisis in Europe, and the threat of severe inflation.

When housing prices tank, everybody loses; the banks are exposed to higher risk of mortgage defaults, insurers start having to pay out more for «gas leaks» claiming over-leveraged homes, realtors starve because their commissions go down (even as foreclosures put more homes on the market) and people faced with financial uncertainty will stay put in their current homes instead of moving elsewhere.

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The volatile nature of commodity prices adds to the risk of stocks and funds in this category, which invest in higher risk, less liquid stocks, such as small oil and gas companies and junior miners.

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You can replace with combined cycle gas, but that does not cut emissions as much as nuclear and the risk of gas price increases cause a high risk of increases in cost of electricity in the future.

But those gas - fired plants face commodity and carbon price risks that will expose Albertans to higher electricity bills over the long term, something wind energy, with no fuel costs and no carbon emissions, can protect against.

The call, made in a submission to Chief Scientist Alan Finkel's review of future security of the NEM, came with the revelation that BHP's power bill at the Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in South Australia is expected to rise by $ US30m ($ 39m) this year because of higher gas prices and the cost of contracts that offset the risks of power price spikes.

Exelon is still pressing its case, and power sector analysts have noted its fleet continues to be at risk of unprofitability in PJM markets, squeezed by low natural gas prices and high operating costs.

While natural gas is just over 5 per cent lower than wind costs, wind energy doesn't face the commodity price and carbon risks that will nudge natural gas costs higher in the future.

In fact, one key coal industry lobbying point against congressional climate action has been to warn that utilities» inevitable switch from carbon - intensive coal to natural gas would expose consumers to the risk of higher - priced electricity.

Due to higher gas prices, many drivers are taking more risks with their cars as far as running the gas down to empty before refilling.

Downside risks for housing are lessening, but high gas prices, troubles in the euro zone, and the potential for rising mortgage interest rates still muddy the outlook.