Factor in gas taxes, however, and this statement reads like an inflation scare tactic.
They show that warming spells very like that of the past 100 years occurred repeatedly, long before the large-scale use of fossil fuels and the associated emissions of carbon dioxide gas were a possible factor.
Demand is generally lowest in January, so it is not expected to be a factor pushing up gas prices any time soon.
The rising cost of gas and airfares is a huge factor for many buyers.
For most items I doubt it, especially when you factor in the price of gas.
The second factor is the explosion in gas output in the U.S. caused by the shale gas boom.
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But as oil and gas buyers flock to the market, another factor has increasingly become a closing table topic.
Another factor reportedly driving demand is high gas prices.
In particular, these companies plan to create GTL opportunities where gas byproduct from oil production is too far from pipelines and thus flared, and from smaller gas fields where scale has been a limiting factor.
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While other factors, including a sluggish U.S. economy and increasing energy efficiency, have contributed to the decline in carbon emissions from factories, automobiles and power plants, many experts believe the switch from coal to natural gas for electricity generation has been the biggest factor.
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Large pickup truck sales, which enjoyed modest increases during 2012, should rally even further in the months (and possibly years) ahead, though gas prices are not expected to be a major factor.
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Even if you factor in how fracking has reduced the cost of gas in many regions, the pricing trends generally point toward renewables.
The Grenoble study authors did not factor in influences the warming oceans would have had upon evaporated water vapor, that primary atmospheric greenhouse gas.
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When you factor in all the indirect and induced jobs that the industry supports in all the hotels, cafes, gas stations and clothing stores around the state, you quickly get numbers into the millions.
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