Sentences with phrase «transportation fuel costs»

AAA says U.S. drivers saved, on average, more than $ 550 on transportation fuel costs in 2015.

AAA estimates that American drivers saved, on average, over $ 550 in 2015 on transportation fuel costs as a result of abundant energy brought about by unconventional development.

Transportation fuel costs have already fallen sharply in concert with the drop in crude prices: prices for jet fuel, for instance, which represents 26 percent of airlines» costs, fell by 52 percent between August 2014 and mid-January 2015.

Not exact matches

Industries that rely heavily on fuel, such as shipping companies, airlines, vehicle fleet operators and other transportation companies, are seeing rising costs, which eventually will be passed on to consumers.

Pearce was eight miles away from campus and bicycled the distance every day to avoid the costs of fuel or public transportation.

Fuel surcharges can range from 6 % to 30 % of transportation costs, he says.

According to the company, they boast significant fuel economy and reduced operating costs compared to some other major modes of transportation like airplanes and cargo ships.

From soaring fuel costs to lost work hours to increased greenhouse gases, transportation gridlock is like slow - drip torture on the economy, gradually sapping its productivity.

For example, if you believe that energy prices are going to decline, you might find transportation stocks appealing, because you believe one of the biggest cost inputs — gasoline and jet fuel — is about to plummet.

Otherwise, you'll just have to bear the costs of fuel, maintenance, depreciation or public transportation on your own.

Some of these costs, such as energy for our facilities and vehicles, fuel surcharges from our transportation providers, insurance costs and enhanced security levels at our facilities, have escalated beyond our normal operating costs.

Calling Wal - Mart «our best $ 35 oil idea» in a mid-December note, Nomura analyst Robert Drbul wrote that low oil and gas prices help Wal - Mart «for two key reasons: 1) we believe lower income demographic consumers stand to benefit most from lower gas prices, and 2) we believe its private transportation fleet (> 6,650 trucks; one of the largest in the world) will realize cost benefits due to low fuel prices.»

The most significant drivers were higher initial inventory markups and reduced transportation costs, partially attributable to lower fuel rates.

The party said Buhari must return Nigeria to how he met it in 2015 adding «Our call for the President to return the country to how he met it in 2015 is justified on the following grounds: a bag of rice was N7, 000 and now is above N20, 000; a mudu of beans was N150 and now is N500; one US Dollar was trading for N197 but now over N400; a liter of fuel was N87 but now N145; cost of transportation and other services has skyrocketed.

We have to move those products to Kumasi depot, Buipe, Bolgatanga, Maame Water, Akosombo — that margin is supposed to take care the freight cost or transportation of the fuel from these depots to the inland depots so that consumers around those depots do not pay different prices by reason of the movement in the primary distribution.

Gridlock costs motorists in the country's 439 largest cities $ 115 billion a year in extra fuel and wasted time, which translates to $ 808 per driver, according to the Texas Transportation Institute's annual Urban Mobility Report.

A key question for policymakers is, which transportation technology cuts total emissions at the lowest cost — batteries or fuel cells?

Rising fuel costs and an emphasis on «greener» modes of transportation are shifting priorities in the U.S. Still, the proposed U.S. projects have their work cut out for them if they hope to match the speed and popularity of established high - speed rail systems in other parts of the world.

At the other end of the spectrum, a transportation policy with rigid fuel - economy requirements is the most expensive policy, costing more than $ 1 trillion in 2006 dollars, with health benefits recouping only a quarter of those costs.

Says David Greene, a transportation researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory: «If manufacturers were to take the available technologies and apply them to fuel economy over the next 10 to 15 years, they could cost - effectively achieve a 40 to 50 percent improvement without making vehicles smaller.»

Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass: Technological Status, Costs, and Environmental Impacts

«There is a pressing need for a game - changing approach to produce alternative, drop - in, liquid transportation fuels by sustainable, technologically viable and environmentally acceptable emissions processes from abundant, low - cost, renewable materials.

Reduced transportation costs, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found that fuel efficiency improves 2 % for every 100 pounds shed from a vehicle.

Our school has always tried very hard to make it possible for my daughter to attend, but with a modest income and growing basic family expenses (such as housing, heating, transportation and fuel costs) continuing at a private school has been increasing difficult and stressful.

«We originally went to four days for financial reasons; we saved between $ 30,000 and $ 40,000 per year in transportation, utility, and fuel costs, and substitute teacher fees,» according to Muldrew.

According to the most recent data available, in 2014, highway and aviation congestion cost the U.S. economy about $ 160 billion in lost time, productivity, and fuel and the transportation sector produced 26 % of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (second to electricity production).

Models and tools can be used to measure and compare costs and benefits resulting from transportation activities and control measures, the application of new vehicle technologies, or using new transportation fuels.

This study analyzes how international climate regimes affect cost - efficiency of fuel choices in the transportation sector.

«Through new fuel - efficiency standards for trucks and buses, we will not only reduce transportation's environmental impact, we'll reduce the cost of transporting freight,» said U.S. Transportation Secretatransportation's environmental impact, we'll reduce the cost of transporting freight,» said U.S. Transportation SecretaTransportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass: Technological Status, Costs, and Environmental Impacts

Food, lodging, transportation costs, maintenance, fuel, crash repairs, and umbrella girls are all on you.

Amazon has increased its Prime membership fee, citing an increase in fuel and transportation costs.

Even as fuel and transportation costs have increased, the price of Prime has remained the same.

Additionally, according to RITA Bureau of Transportation's statistics on average fuel efficiency and distance traveled to work (10 miles each way), the average daily work commute costs about $ 2.25 each way in a car compared to $ 1.02 for the average public transit fare — nearly half price.

You can also deduct all travelling expenses, such as fuel and maintenance for your car as well as transportation and storage costs, including insurance, for your household effects.

When you book a flight from the Air Travel Redemption Schedule, you may also decide to redeem RBC Rewards at the rate of 1 % to pay for any taxes and service fees (including sales, GST, departure and transportation taxes and fees, airport improvement fees, or other taxes), excess baggage charges, immigration fees, governmental fees and levies, customs charges and passenger facilities charges, health or other inspection fees, fuel surcharges and other non-ticket costs or charges which may be imposed.

One might, for example, trade oil futures as a hedge on a position in transportation stocks; when oil prices rise, trucking and airline companies suffer in the short term as their margins get squeezed due to fuel costs.

From vetting costs for each animal to actual hard transportation costs (vans, fuel, maintenance, etc.), additional funds are critical to our being able to answer the call.

When you book a flight from the Air Travel Redemption Schedule, you may also decide to redeem RBC Rewards at the rate of 1 % to pay for any taxes and service fees (including sales, GST, departure and transportation taxes and fees, airport improvement fees, or other taxes), excess baggage charges, immigration fees, governmental fees and levies, customs charges and passenger facilities charges, health or other inspection fees, fuel surcharges and other non-ticket costs or charges which may be imposed.

Other fossil fuel cost avoidence strateties relate to transportation costs that a new technology might mitigate.

The only real reason seems to be financial — fossil fuel interests and global fossil - fueled transportation & electricity interests don't want to face lawsuits over the costs of these extreme weather events, and they also don't want to see their markets for fossil fuels shrink.

Otherwise transportation from cheap labor countries will swamp other costs and use up our fuels faster.

Globalization will still continue for goods where the savings still exceed the transportation cost, and also for services — there's no fuel cost for an overseas call center, for example.

Then let's take the pile of money already wasted on coal - liquefication and coal - gasification while ignoring the energy and environmental costs and use it for making direct solar energy the fuel for transportation, also all over the planet.

Until the free market is made to bear the true cost of fossil fuels, including all of the «externalities» (e.g. degradation of the commons including the immediate environment, climate change, medical costs that we all bear through insurance premiums) there will be no economic incentive to revamp transportation energy distribution.

Now, with oil prices crashing while the cost of production does not; with campaigners scoring victories from the Paris climate agreement to major institutional divestment from fossil fuels; and with increasingly viable competition from electrified transportation, efficiency and renewables — oil companies may be facing a unique confluence of uphill challenges.

Yet raising the cost of transportation fuels, electricity, lighting, heating and air conditioning will raise the price of food, materials and equipment.

Similarly, the Energy Commission's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) is providing approximately $ 36 million in cost - share support for projects that receive awards through DOE solicitations covering alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development activitFuel and Vehicle Technology Program created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) is providing approximately $ 36 million in cost - share support for projects that receive awards through DOE solicitations covering alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development activitfuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development activities.

A low - cost emissions - free source of electricity generation, wind energy will be essential if the province is to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent in 2050 as clean electricity will be needed to substitute for fossil fuels in transportation, industries and buildings.

In 2012, Nigeria attempted to reform its subsidies for transportation fuels, which cost the government $ 8 billion per year.