Sentences with phrase «then gasoline prices»

And then gasoline prices dropped and I'd have to ride it a LOT MORE to pay for it.

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In February Alberta imposed — then withdrew — a ban on British Columbia wine.Alberta then followed up this threat with a second attack, one that saw Alberta threaten to cut off oil shipments to the West Coast — a move that would send gasoline prices sky - high in Vancouver.While Alberta has yet to stop oil shipments to B.C., but it's threat gained a bit more clout this week.

He is particularly exposed to rapid rises in gasoline prices, and if this occurs concurrently with stock market falls, then he could suffer a double whammy — think sequence of returns nightmare!

Then, you'll build a budget that includes your rent, estimated utilities, gasoline (calculated based on today's prices, best - guess fuel mileage of the car, and 250 % of the best - guess one - way distance between home and job), food (complete nutrition is not a must, but 2000cal / day is), toiletries, clothing, and anything else you want or need to spend your paycheck or nest egg on.

Analyzing the Chevy Volt, the new sedan that is supposed to go 40 miles on batteries and then use a gasoline engine, he calculated that because of inefficiencies in electricity generation, its fuel economy was no better than a Toyota Prius hybrid running on gasoline, while its price was roughly double that of the Prius.

Over the last 18 months the dramatic increase in gasoline prices and then the serious recession should have caused a measurable drop in CO2 levels.

But then came the crash of 2008, the rightward shift of federal Conservative leadership and, in the U.S., the Tea Partiers, surging gasoline prices and ongoing fears of economic collapse.

Data on the energy intensity of GDP show big variations across time and space, e.g. the sharp decline in US intensity after the oil shocks of the 1970s, which then flattened out as prices came down, and the much lower energy intensity of European nations with high gasoline taxes.

The specific assumptions underlying ACEEE's earlier estimates of job gains will inevitably differ somewhat from how things unfold — and in particular gasoline price projections have come down since then — but the impressive growth of the auto industry during the recent years of brisk advances in fuel efficiency technology is certainly consistent with the fundamentals of our analysis.

Then you factor in a host of other upwardly - spiraling costs, such as a 30 - cent spike in gasoline prices and grocery bills that have shot up more than 10 percent in the last month, and it becomes clear the family budget is under pressure from all sides.

Then consider that the average family is going to save about $ 750 a year on gasoline this year thanks to lower prices, according to the U.S. Energy Department.