Considering all the environmental effects of producing and consuming petroleum products‚ should people continue to drive gasoline-powered vehicles? Why or why not? Why driving gasoline-powered vehicles is neither sustainable nor compulsory Human activities‚ such as driving petrol-powered cars‚ are the major driver of global warming. As a result increasing temperatures endanger our health as well the ecosystems and cause increasingly common impacts such as record high temperatures‚ rising seas
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known for their long-term love affair with their cars. But as gasoline prices soar and concern about the environment mounts‚ the standard of living by ordinary people on a daily basis also become difficult; the need to conserve gasoline has become increasingly clear. What would it take to reduce the overall demand for gasoline in the United States most especially as we see it now? In order to reduce the overall demands for gasoline in America‚ I would propose for an alternative form of energy
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In this article “Why the Gasoline Engine Isn’t Going Away Any Time Soon‚” Joseph B. White states that alternative energy cars could be the start of a revolution in the automaker world‚ however‚ complications interfere with the outcome. Although the author suggests different ideas on alternative vehicles‚ he contradicts himself numerous times while also lacking credibility of any sources. White’s main points relate to the automotive revolution. Environmentalists want car companies to determine how
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A QUEUEING SYSTEM STUDY FOR REFUELING SERVICE AT SHELL GASOLINE STATION OF MAHAYAG‚ ISABEL‚ LEYTE Undergraduate Thesis VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY Visca‚ Baybay City‚ Leyte‚ Philippines DENNIS RODADO ARAÑO Second Semester S.Y. 2009-2010 A QUEUEING SYSTEM STUDY FOR REFUELING SERVICE AT SHELL GASOLINE STATION OF MAHAYAG‚ ISABEL‚ LEYTE VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY Visca‚ Baybay City‚ Philippines DENNIS RODADO ARAÑO April 2010 VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY Visca‚ Baybay‚ Leyte 6521-A
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Vertical Relationships and Competition in Retail Gasoline Markets: Empirical Evidence from Contract Changes in Southern California By JUSTINE S. HASTINGS* Since the late 1990’s‚ West Coast cities have consistently experienced substantially higher retail gasoline prices than other regions of the country. For example‚ for the rst week of August 1999‚ the price of reformulated gasoline in California was 39.6 cents higher than the average price in Gulf Coast States (about 10 cents of this difference
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Products: A Case Study of Gasoline and High Speed Diesel in Thailand Thiraphong Vikitset School of Development Economics National Institute of Development Administration 118 Seri Thai Road‚ Bangkapi District‚ Bangkok 10240‚ Thailand E-mail: thiraphongv@yahoo.com. 2 Abstract This article examines the retail pricing policy of gasoline and high speed diesel in Thailand. The pricing policy of these two products is characterized by cross price subsidy from the gasoline consumers to the high speed
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solely gasoline powered counterparts. While hybrids have their upside‚ they are still powered by gasoline and can be costly compared to non-hybrid vehicles. Hybrid cars are‚ primarily‚ gasoline powered cars with an electrical motor assist. These vehicles rely on hybrid technology to provide higher gas mileage and also lower exhaust emissions. The hybrid vehicle is more complex than an ordinary gasoline powered vehicle because it has two motors‚ one electric and one gasoline. Gasoline powered
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corn‚ the gasoline and diesel fuel commonly used today derive from the same source--crude oil. Although they share the same parentage (just like motor oil‚ some plastics‚ and Velveeta)‚ they have very different properties. Gasoline is often thought of as being a single chemical‚ but it’s actually a complex mixture of hydrocarbons that generally have 4 to 12 carbon atoms in their molecules. In the case of gasoline made from Oklahoma crude oil‚ "5 compounds make up 29% of the gasoline fraction‚
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BACKGROUND2 BuyGasCo Corporation (BuyGasCo) is a major national chain of retail motor fuel (gasoline) service centers. This privately held company is very successful and has been in existence for 35 years. The service centers‚ owned and operated by BuyGasCo‚ are straightforward and typical of those in the industry. The main function of these service centers is to sell gasoline. The company sells three types of gasoline: regular (87 octane)‚ plus (89 octane)‚ and premium (93 octane). Each service center
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Substitution and Income Effects Abstract This paper examines the effects of gasoline price increase over the period of a summer. It looks at the income effect and substitution effect of different scenarios to determine how the author should best make up the difference in cost based on the same income. Seven scenarios are examined; driving less‚ eating out less‚ less spent on maintenance‚ public transportation‚ bicycle‚ no vacation and fewer extra expenses. Using graphs to demonstrate the
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