Further, if the global economy recovers, this will likely mean higher energy costs for producers.
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Inflation will increase as higher energy, food and import costs feed through to consumer prices.
Higher energy prices and the loss of real income and wealth triggers a costly adjustment process.
Higher energy prices have also made a difference as fertiliser and other input costs have risen.
The lignin pellets, says KL, have 20% higher energy content (for the same weight) than wood pellets.
And that extra effort shows up in higher energy consumption and higher water use and higher emissions.
Like the U.K., Norwegian production has fallen in recent years, creating a catalyst for higher energy prices.
It would boost firms hit by higher energy prices, such as the struggling manufacturers of gas-guzzling cars.
The price for these anti-drilling policies goes beyond higher energy prices and increased dependence on foreign governments.
Additionally, the lack of a dividend could be a major factor if higher energy prices curb risk appetite.
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Consumers are being warned they face higher energy bills as the UK becomes more reliant on energy imports.
One fact says it all: Rail transportation posts dramatically higher energy efficiency numbers.
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Britain saw the same level of decline over those four years, but Scotland continues to have higher energy use.
Faced with higher energy costs and little hope of labour-market reform, other big companies are also thinking of leaving Sweden.
Particularly hard-hit will be the corn harvest, which started last week, but all farmers will suffer from higher energy prices.
And we don't need a trillion-dollar tax increase that will hit families already facing higher energy, health care and college costs.
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Higher temperatures, of course, create greater demand for air conditioning, which requires higher energy consumption and a deterioration in air quality.
But given that higher energy prices generally boost inflation and shrink demand, it is not unreasonable to worry about the future.
Higher energy demand and rising oil prices boosted oil-producing countries, while the continuing surge in high-tech demand benefited Asia and North America.
We know that factors that raise the cost of doing business, like higher energy prices or costly regulations, reduce output and employment.
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Of course, most of the increase in CPI was driven by higher energy costs and, to a lesser extent, higher food costs.
On the basis of these figures, the committee can be fairly relaxed about the impact of higher energy bills on pay demands.
But you will be pushing a tremendous burden of adjustment on to enterprises, which will have to pay much higher energy prices.
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Don't overestimate the revenue that can be raised by higher energy prices.
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But it is still tentative and higher energy costs could undermine it.
The chattering scenes, which seem to have been improvised, have a higher energy level than the rest of the picture, and they're hilarious.
Proceeds from a carbon tax can be refunded to ease the burden on families of higher energy prices, especially households with lower incomes.
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Total refined product sales slipped 4.5% from a year ago, which suggests higher energy prices are being met by resistance as demand contracts.
Its increasing reliance on imports has sustained higher energy prices worldwide and underpinned a natural-resource boom in Africa, the Middle East and Australia.
It saw growth of 3.2%, the IMF noted, but this was based on higher energy prices and may not prove to be sustainable.
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