The amendment would require gas stations located within a half-mile of a highway exit or hurricane evacuation route to be prewired for backup generators, which would allow electric pumps to continue to pump fuel in the case of a power outage.
"The company makes a system called PosiCharge, basically a fuel pump to recharge an electric battery, " writes Brendan Coffey, editor of Cabot Green Investor.
The drop in oil inventories is spooking financial markets because of reluctance by OPEC supplier of about 40 percent of the globe's crude to pump more fuel despite the approaching winter.
Also, some Brazilian states (3 of 27) charge a lower VAT (Value Added Tax) on hydrous ethanol sold to Flex-Fuel cars compared to VAT imposed on gasoline at the pump.
Meanwhile, U.S. retailers have little margin to absorb the increased fuel prices, meaning pump prices may edge up "a few more pennies" in the coming weeks, Lundberg said.
Unable to meet supply deadlines, companies like Daehwa Fuel Pump Co. have suffered order cancellations, said its president, Yoo Dong-ok.
Back at the fuel pump, Mr Butler is setting off to Heathrow, powered by the left-overs from his own local fish and chip shop.
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Under his leadership, the company eliminated and sold under-performing brands, brought back the best-selling Taurus nameplate, invested heavily in social media and digital marketing efforts, and developed new fuel-efficient models to counteract high prices at the pump.
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Smaller entrepreneurs hack into pipelines to siphon off oil, which is turned into fuel in bush refineries, while bigger operators weld taps onto pipelines with generators to help pump thousands of barrels of oil into barges.
With the aircraft's fuel pump, navigation equipment and radio paralysed, the pilots glided the plane to a lower altitude and landed it on an airfield near the village of Izhma in the Komi region, about 1, 500 km (930 miles) from Moscow.
What amounts to the same thing: The advertised price on the pump would not be per gallon of fuel but per gallon of pure gasoline equivalent.
Today's announcement builds on President Obama's agreement for model year 2012 to 2016 auto standards which will raise fuel efficiency to 35.5 miles per gallon, and begin saving families money at the pump this year.
And after decades in which we have done little to increase the efficiency of cars and trucks, we've raised fuel economy standards to reduce our dependence on foreign oil while helping folks save money at the pump.
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