Indeed, coal would be the main fuel of the British economy for the next 350 years.
Petroleum caught on early as the main fuel source for internal combustion engines because it was plentiful and cheap to refine.
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The main explanation is fuel prices, which have risen by 34% in real terms since 2003.
The trouble is that most of the time the wholesale price of electricity is set by the three main fossil-fuel generators.
The main point of fuel duty, though, is as a fiscal wheeze: it made up 5% of the tax take in 2010.
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The main supplier of fuel to the Western Isles has written to customers offering to release them from contracts if they want to use another supplier.
Another interesting play is FuelCell Energy (nasdaq: FCEL - news - people ), whose main business is fuel cells for stationary power generation, such as in a factory or large building.
But for food, as for fuel, the main reason for the price rises of recent years has been unexpected demand growth, often compounded by government distortions.
According to Mossman, one of the main problems in the wholesale fuel industry is the lack of transparency, which creates imperfect markets because of hugely asymmetrical information.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki blamed insurgent attacks on refineries, pipelines, and fuel convoys as the main reason for the current crisis.
On Tuesday, a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 readying for takeoff at Boston Logan International Airport sprang a leak from its main engine, spilling about 40 gallons of fuel onto the runway and causing safety workers to tow it back to the gate.
Another negative was the impact of record crude oil prices that pushed fuel costs significantly higher and were a main factor behind an 8.2% gain in total costs.
High (and expensive) fuel burn has always been seen as the main obstacle to such performance.
Before the meeting, Larijani repeated Tehran's rejection of Russia's main condition, a moratorium on Iran's own nuclear fuel production.
He said that the concerns about the nuclear research that Iran is carrying out are misplaced because Iran is only trying to make sure there will be fuel available for electricity production, which is the main goal, he said, of Iran's nuclear research program.
The main impetus isn't the prospect of gender selection, although that will add fuel to the fire, but the controversy surrounding embryonic stem cell research.
Now toys are unlimited, they can arrive ahead of the main ship be deployed and ready, the Sea Axe can also carry supplies of fuel etc.
The acquisition will likely fuel the spread and marketing of Zipcar, and lead to expansion by its main rivals, Hertz On Demand and Car2go.
But more fuel was added to the fire by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, leader of the main opposition, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
The boom in ethanol has been driven by three main components--a blenders' credit that creates an incentive for producers who add ethanol to their fuel, an import tariff that keeps out foreign competitors, and a renewable fuels standard that sets the level of production.
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