and price competition has set in among gas stations in an effort to maintain sales volume. And gas stations could lower their selling price without taking a hit to their profit margins as the costs of their product also declined.
They are jacking up gasoline taxes. Illinois now has one of the highest gasoline taxes in the nation at $57.9 cents/gallon. Car-crazy California, by comparison, is up to 63.9 cents/gallon. Federal gasoline taxes are still lagging at 18.4 cents/gallon (where they have been for years), but...
Not many engines would have the same boost level to make a valid comparison. With direct injection petrol engines I think the playing field has changed again and while diesels may make more torque with higher boost levels they still won’t get there on power. letg- they c...
Oil is also shipped. The oceans are unregulated as regards emissions, so ships use the cheapest, dirtiest fuel possible to keep costs down, making them one of the largest pollution sources on the planet. Shipping is responsible for an estimated 1 billion tons of CO2 per year, and 10 percent...
Having access to cheaper money is an issue, see South Korea*, but not that big of a deal in most American sectors as financing costs are not that important with the near zero interest rates at this moment *chaebols could lend from their own banks. Korea has always ...
Even before buying the car emissions occurred, corresponding to approximately 5.3 tons and 17.5 tons of Carbon Dioxide. The numbers can be difficult to relate to. As a comparison, a trip for one person round trip from Stockholm to New York by air causes the release of more th...
In this paper, a cylindrical cavity sensor based on microwave resonant theory is proposed to distinguish between various driveability index gasolines under temperature variations. The working principle of the proposed sensor is based on the fact that the