Sentences with phrase «says rising fuel prices»

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

Not exact matches

Fueled by low prices, and an improving job market, consumption of gasoline in the U.S. rose by 2.6 per cent last year to 9.2 million barrels a day, the highest level since 2007, the government said.

«With oil nearing $ 100 per barrel and gasoline prices continuing to rise, consumers» consideration for fuel economy once again is taking top billing,» Ken Czubay, a Ford vice president, said in a statement accompanying the firm's sales figures Tuesday.

But the company said fuel surcharges and higher prices helped offset rising delivery costs in its U.S. ground business.

Despite rising fuel prices, KBB said prices rose more for SUV models than cars.

Speaking in an interview with Accra - based Class FM, IES Principal Researcher, Richmond Rockson, said aside the rising price of Gasoline and Gasoil on the international market, the depreciation of the cedi also means Ghanaians should expect to pay more when it comes to fuel prices.

Higher energy prices coupled with rising unemployment could push hundreds of thousands more homes into fuel poverty, a group of influential government advisors has said.

«The challenge of feeding growing populations healthily while minimising environmental damage - particularly as food and fuel prices continue to rise - should remind governments that this is not a time to step away from tackling our food system,» he said.

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.

While the trend toward CUVs and SUVs, particularly small and midsize models, is expected to continue, Hinrichs says Ford expects fuel prices to rise in the future, a sentiment shared by consumers, according to the automaker's research.

«When you look at the broader economy, including a strong job market, rising wages, low inflation and low interest rates, and couple them to low fuel prices and strong consumer confidence, you have everything you need for auto sales to weather headwinds and remain at or near historic highs,» said Mustafa Mohatarem, GM chief economist.

«We expect key economic indicators like historically low interest rates, rising wages, stable fuel prices and strong employment to continue for the foreseeable future,» said Mustafa Mohatarem, GM's chief economist.

He said Garuda Indonesia's losses were mainly caused by the price hike in aviation turbine fuel (avtur) as spending on the fuel rose last year by 54 percent from $ 189.8 million to $ 292.3 million.

While waiting for the additional data, Newman and Kenworth speculate on factors they say blend together in causing peak car use - the aging of cities (more people coming back from the suburbs to the inner cores and driving less), the growth of public transport, many cities hitting a wall in expansion after average commutes (by car or even train) get beyond one hour's time, and the rise in fuel prices.

After all, the critics say, lower - income households spend a higher percentage of their budgets on energy than rich ones do, and the price of energy produced from carbon - intensive fuels is likely to rise.

«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.

ACIL Tasman says this will cause wholesale prices to rise, but this will allow new fossil fuel generation to be built.

The European Biodiesel Board says that biodiesel reduces greenhouse gasses by 50 to 95 percent compared to conventional fuel, and has other advantages as well, like providing new income for farmers and energy security for Europe in the face of rising global oil prices and shrinking supply.

Hansen said a credible candidate on climate change would be talking about policy that would allow the price of fossil fuels to rise gradually.

«Ongoing job growth continues to fuel demand for housing, while wage growth is helping to offset the effects of rising mortgage rates and keep home prices affordable,» said Robert Dietz, chief economist at the NAHB, in a statement on the Index.

New condo developments — high - rise towers offering amenities such as children's playrooms and rooftop gardens — helped fuel price gains, even as they accounted for only 10.6 percent of sales in the first quarter, Miller said.

Developers and economists alike say condo prices, up 21 per cent in a year according to the Toronto Real Estate Board, can not keep rising at such a pace, in part because it was their relative affordability compared to single - family homes that fueled the boom in the first place.

«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.