Sentences with phrase «tighter efficiency standards»

This transition was accomplished with minimal disruption and very little opposition from the general public simply because better alternatives quickly became available as a result of the tighter efficiency standards.

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They believe that tighter federal emissions and increasing fuel - efficiency standards will eliminate performance vehicles and parts from America's roadways.

I start (and started) from the premise that the dramatic decline in crude oil prices that took place from August, 2014 ($ 96 / barrel), to March, 2015 ($ 44 / barrel), was due — on the one hand — to decreased demand, a function of slow economic growth in Asia, Europe, and elsewhere, endogenous, price - driven technological change leading to greater fuel efficiency, and policy - driven technological change that also has been leading to greater fuel efficiency, such as more stringent Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards in the United States; and — on the other hand — was due to increased supply, partly a function of the growth of unconventional (tight) U.S. oil production (a product of the combination of two technologies — horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing).

Public awareness seems to be increasing, and there are a lot of good things happening at the executive level: tighter fuel - efficiency standards, the carbon - pricing initiatives by the New England and West Coast states, the recent agreement between the U. S. and China on emissions.

The DOE should have kept with the basic higher than code standards: improved ACH50, tighter ducts, higher efficiency mechanical equipment, etc..