But the NPA said, «The Authority encourages consumers and the media to check on the price board of retail stations to determine
the true prices of fuel on the market and not rely on the data from any group of persons who purport to project fuel prices which always turns out to be poor and inaccurate.
Not exact matches
Fuel consumption is high, but the purchase
price is comparatively reasonable for a
true icon
of midcentury design.
Most Toyota Highlander buyers end up with the tried - and -
true V6 engine, and it's easy to see why: You get almost the same
fuel economy as with the base four - cylinder, along with an extra 85 hp and some
of the smoothest acceleration in any crossover at this
price.
Interesting features
of this model are spacious, comfortable interior,
fuel economy, V6 power, up to 8 - passenger seating,
true car - like handling, and Available all - wheel drive All
prices plus license title tax and document fee.
Strengths
of this model include spacious, comfortable interior,
fuel economy, V6 power, up to 8 - passenger seating,
true car - like handling, and Available all - wheel drive * All
prices plus license title tax and document fee.
And with its
price coming down and no one expecting the same to hold
true for gasoline
prices, the Ford Escape Hybrid will continue to be a compelling choice for urbanites conscious
of their fossil -
fuel footprints.
True it's
priced higher, but it's the least - expensive, and most
fuel efficient
of Toyota's upscale brand and actually pretty unique.
Suffice to say that when you factor in all
of the government subsidies and «externalities» (increased health costs from respiratory sickness, environmental degradation, etc; the stuff that we all have to pay for maybe not from our wallets but in our tax returns), the
true price of fossil
fuels is much, much higher than any individual or company pays.
As the effects, the
true costs
of our current fossil
fuel use will be felt to the greatest extent in the future, it seems reasonable to pay the
price for those costs now, not leave the debt for future generations to pay with higher cancer rates and global temperatures.
Meanwhile, IRENA notes that the ongoing subsidising
of fossil
fuels in many countries, combined with the failure so far for a carbon
price to account for the
true cost
of burning fossil
fuels, means «today's markets are distorted».
This is also not
true, since the if the tax is returned to the public as you envision, they will just use it to offset the higher
price of fuel.
They have roles they can fill as
fuel consumption reduction devices, which given the right circumstances, are economically viable, but they can't scale all the way simply because the
price of trying to do so eventually becomes too high, which is also
true for nuclear.
True, the talk
of the end
of industrial culture may not play well with those who see a darker side
of Transition Towns, but it seems hard to argue against the fact that our current reliance on fossil
fuels to feed and clothe ourselves leaves us incredibly vulnerable to future
price shocks and disruption
of supply.
See also:: Thousands in Mexico City Protest Rising Food
Prices, IRIN: Food Security Africa,:: Averting «Livestock Meltdown»: Biodiversity Key To Global Food Security,:: Agriculture for Development: World Development Report Gets It Half Right,:: Global Warming Could Cause World Crop Collapse,:: The
True Price of Oil: Poverty and Death in Nigeria,:: Food Fight: Is Corn Food or
Fuel?
Almost every idea that might bring us a better future would be made much easier if the cost
of fossil
fuel was higher — if there was some kind
of a tax on carbon emissions that made the
price of coal and oil and gas reflect its
true environmental cost.»
Because the
price of fossil
fuels has never reflected their
true cost, either environmental or political.
That's also why it gags politicians: it incorporates the
true cost
of fossil
fuel consumption in
prices.
That way, when
fuel prices rise to reflect their
true costs, the public will have a buffer — in fact, the majority
of Americans will earn money from the policy.
Because fossil
fuels will not be able to compete when all their
true costs are reflected in their
price, we will be off them in a couple
of decades.
When you account for the effects which are not reflected in the market
price of fossil
fuels, like air pollution and health impacts, the
true cost
of coal and other fossil
fuels is higher than the cost
of most renewable energy technologies.
The same can be
true of negative press — the falling
price of Bitcoin could be a self -
fueling implosion.