The government says the policy will save people money in the long run, and will insulate the UK against volatile gas prices.
But will less-volatile gas prices give consumers the itch to jump back into big cars and trucks with the same vigor as they did back in the early 2000s?
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However, doing so could expose consumers to volatile natural gas prices.
The so-called core measure, which excludes volatile food and gas prices, increased 0.2%, matching expectations.
It has a dry gas, wet gas, volatile oil and black oil phases.
Renewable resources, it adds, have helped reduce energy prices especially during those volatile periods when natural gas prices had spiked.
Retail sales data excludes volatile categories like autos, gas and building materials and includes discretionary purchases such as electronics, furniture and apparel.
Building more will require billions of dollars, years of planning and regulatory hassles, assuming that investors are willing to bring gas into the volatile U.S. market.
If lawmakers would ever attach a price to carbon, then nuclear power would look even more attractive, advocates say, noting also that natural gas is a volatile commodity.
It also wants the UK to be more self-sufficient for its energy, so it doesn't have to rely on other countries to supply our power and is less dependent on volatile and increasingly expensive global gas and oil prices.
The Lib Dems believe gas prices are too volatile to be a reliable source of energy.
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Kevin Daly of Goldman Sachs thinks there are modest grounds for optimism: the sectors that shrank most this time, such as oil and gas, are notoriously volatile, whereas those that grew, such as services, may be seeing sustainable improvement.
Low natural gas prices, along with volatile commodity prices, helped keep domestic demand muted.
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Interestingly, the technology exists to modify that waste heat a tool that could gain ever-increasing credence if natural gas and coal prices turn volatile.
In fact, the Committee on Climate Change warns that relying heavily on gas for future electricity supplies would leave households vulnerable to higher bills in the long run as the price of gas on the international market is volatile.
More than 70% of the state's electricity is generated by natural gas, which tends to be extremely volatile in price.
Preventing leaks also cuts back on other air pollutants associated with gas production and use, including such volatile organic compounds as ethane and butane.
There are some risks here for investors to consider: The contract drilling business is competitive, and oil and gas prices are, of course, very volatile.
Many of the issues that Ford says caught it by surprise--gas and commodity prices, for example--were high and volatile from the outset.
It suggests learning from European neighbours by relying less on volatile market pricing, expanding Britain's storage capacity and putting an obligation on gas suppliers to secure supply.
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