1. High fuel prices have led to a renewal of interest in electric cars. 2. Is the customer looking for high fuel economy or performance? 3. And because of its high fuel efficiency, it puts out half the carbon dioxide and one-tenth of the pollutants. 4. And truckers, fishermen, taxi drivers and others got strong popular support when they blocked roads and ports to protest high fuel taxes. 5. At a time when the airline industry is under seige from irate passengers, discontented labor, and high fuel costs, Continental seems an oasis. 6. Automakers argue it is not technically feasible to make heavy SUVs meet high fuel efficiency standards. 7. A bad economy, high fuel prices, rising insurance costs and a very weak market for used trucks have hurt. 8. Across Europe, similar blockades and protests were staged by truckers, taxi drivers, farmers and others pinched by rising oil prices and high national fuel taxes. 9. After enduring a year of high fuel prices, American consumers will probably have to pay more at the gasoline pump this summer than they did last year. 10. But airlines are fretting about the current slowdown in business, not to mention high fuel costs. |