The switch to Sunoco Green E15, the official fuel of NASCAR and a renewable, low-carbon power source, reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 20% compared with unleaded gas.
Microturbines provide high electrical efficiency compared with traditional gas turbines in the same size class.
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But there are at least two major obstacles hindering wider adoption of plug-in electric vehicles: the premium that drivers will have to pay for an electric car compared with a gas-powered vehicle and the limited number of electric car charging stations nationwide.
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Analysts following the stock also write that Cabot's financial health is better than average compared with other small oil and gas producers.
It's true that mining oil sands is terribly inefficient and wasteful of water and natural gas when compared with pumping crude from conventional reservoirs.
But this is still below the level in the boom before the financial crisis and nothing compared with the mad dash for gas seen in 1999-2001 (see chart).
Air travel is thought to account for just 6.3% of Britain's greenhouse-gas emissions, compared with around 20% for road transport and 37% for power generation.
So long as natural gas prices remain low compared with petroleum and diesel, the cost savings on fuel can offset, and sometimes even outweigh, the added price premiums required for the special CNG and LNG-adapted vehicles.
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Africa and the Caspian Sea region, it figures, can supply it with about 1.6 million barrels a day of oil in a few years, compared with worldwide liquids production (crude and natural gas condensates) of 2.5 million barrels a day last year.
The move away from oil "is being driven by tighter fuel economy mandates and the transformational shift from oil to natural gas, which is extraordinarily cheap compared with oil", says Mr Kleinman.
"With proper regulation and enforcement, gas provides a very substantial health benefit in reducing air pollution, " compared with coal-fired power plants, said Daniel Schrag, director of Harvard University's Center for the Environment.
Manufacturing, which is one of the components of the index of production along with mining and quarrying, gas and electricity, and water and sewerage, fell 0.3% compared with the previous month.
The drilling technique, which uses sand, water and chemicals under high pressure to extract oil and natural gas from rock formations, has helped Eagle Ford oil production grow by 184% last year compared with 2011, according to the Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates the state's oil and gas exploration and production.
Exxon's refining operations took advantage of lower oil prices, and the chemicals business benefited from lower natural gas prices in the U.S. compared with overseas.
Ofgem said that the increase in allowances compared with their July proposal was because the regulator had agreed to let gas network firms charge more for the cost of replacing gas mains.
The firm blamed the slide largely on lower oil prices - compared with a year before - a 70% slump in North American gas prices and the toughest refinery and product sales markets "since the mid-1980s".
Oil and gas production on federal lands fell 13% in fiscal 2011 compared with 2010.
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Gas reserves can meet only 4% of annual demand, compared with around 20% in Germany, France and Italy.
Sales of the midsize luxury cars, which are offered in conventional and gas-electric hybrid versions, have nearly doubled so far this year compared with 2012.
Meanwhile, drilling for natural gas -- whose wellhead price has held relatively steady, at least compared with oil -- helps keep Dawson and his crews busy.
The index of production grew 0.3% in November, compared with October, but had been expected to grow more as some North Sea oil and gas production resumed following maintenance.
As the oil industry consolidates, drilling for natural gas, whose wellhead price has held relatively steady -- at least compared with oil -- helps keep Dawson and his crews busy.
Underlying production of oil and gas, excluding the impact of asset sales, rose 2% in the quarter compared with the same period a year ago.
According to the company, rising gas prices have driven Segway sales up by more than 50% last quarter, compared with the same period a year ago.
In the first half of the current year, the margin earned by British Gas - that is profit as a percentage of sales - was 7.2%, compared with 6.9% in the first six months of last year, and 8.9% in the whole of 2010.
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