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The company changed its mind after details of these talks leaked. Shortly afterwards it raised prices at its petrol stations in Argentina.

The Volt starts out on battery power, but a small petrol engine provides power to a generator when the battery reaches its limit.

the driver of the Glasgow jeep doused himself in petrol only to be put out again by the fire brigade.

The evil killer in your latest dream may be the guy who pumped petrol in to your Dad's car when you were just a little kid.

My petrol lawn mower may be old, but at least it's easy to get going.

As the smell of petrol filled his nose in the pitch-blackness of the vehicle, he began to cry like a baby.

I lost concentration and overfilled the tank. I quickly pulled it out and squirted the old lady with a bit of petrol.

There was no petrol. Garages were converted into eateries and there wasn't a draper or herbalist who wasn't selling cakes on the side.

Most of his group's money comes from transport and logistics, with a strong position in Africa, and from petrol distribution in France.

It seems an irony that you have to drive around one of the oil rich countries of the world trying to find petrol.

The polls do not reveal how much of the president's shrivelling approval is caused by rising petrol prices.

Army units trying to block off the sprawling protest site came under attack by a mob tossing rocks, firecrackers and petrol bombs.

I look up to see him standing in front of me just as he throws this bucket of petrol in my face.

Will the oil and petrol fumes released into the air over the Gulf accumulate to the degree that such a firestorm might occur today?

Here's a fine kettle of fish! We've run out of petrol and there's not a garage for miles!

How much petrol is there in the tank?

A German woman left her friend as a deposit at a gas station because she did not have enough cash to pay for her petrol.

When the petrol pump attendant heard what I had done, he presented me with a bunch of flowers.

In Shanghai, some of the public buses begin to run on natural gas, which does not give off as much carbon dioxide as the petrol.

Someone dropped a cigarette end into a can of petrol and the whole garage went up in flames .

This has led to an increase in ethanol consumption in Brazil, surpassing that of gasoline (petrol).

Price elasticity of demand for petrol will not be affected by the change in the price of petrol over the long run.

It seems to be acceptable to charge a higher mark-up for fair trade coffee, organic bread or lower-emission petrol.

Because people are driving less, and cars are more efficient, the petrol tax is not the money-spinner it used to be.

How much petrol will the car take?

and there was more in the petrol station than in any sort of supermarket I have ever seen in East Germany.

Mr Obama ruled out a petrol-tax increase almost from the beginning of his presidency, saying it would threaten recovery.

Previously he had been a night guard there, and before that a petrol - pump attendant, having dropped out of college .

The police found a rag steeped in petrol as they entered the building, and the arrested man's cap was found close to other firing material.

Steward, who did not know where he was, eventually approached a policeman at a petrol station and asked for help late Wednesday.

After all, at the time even journalists driving close to Fukushima were able to get petrol on the main highways.

But that would allow Mr Ahmadinejad to blame outsiders just as he is about to incur the people's wrath by cutting petrol subsidies.

For that blame unemployment, petrol prices and a deeper, nagging feeling that America is in decline.

FRANCE has begun to clamber back to its feet after weeks of strikes, demonstrations, blockades, petrol shortages and sporadic violence.

Consumers are still driving and using petrol and the light crude oils that produce a higher proportion of petrol are not in abundant supply.

It then ran out of petrol at a time when the tsunami had led to a nationwide shortage of fuel.

Last month, by contrast, VAT remained at 15%, petrol prices stayed put and retailers discounted much less than a year earlier.

We sometimes refer to electricity, gas or petrol as if they were the actual sources of power, . . .

The long-chain hydrocarbons used as diesel fuel do not burn as easily as the lighter ones found in petrol.

The main winners in all this are the mafias who smuggle petrol, foodstuffs and other goods across the border.

On top of that, because of Zimbabwe's petrol shortages, we had been warned the car inspection could be a real challenge.

But then as he drove off in his car, he noticed that he was almost out of petrol.

It looks slightly out of place. Its neighbours are a pawnshop, a petrol station and a couple of fast-food restaurants.

Just as the right type of petrol helps your car run properly, the right diet for allergies is important to help you feel your best.

Chinese buyers can save about $2, 000 a year on petrol costs, GM says, plugging it into the wall at home at night to recharge.

Electric cars (at least the ones without petrol engines to top up the battery) demand that they do.

At selected petrol stations in Germany and America, customers will be able to refill one of their two tanks with liquid hydrogen.

Everyone told me I looked fine, but I knew what it was - petrol oozing to the surface.

Clara was preparing for next day's Christmas party, but she wiped her hands and accepted the tin of petrol which her husband handed her.

He said he rode the mower to a nearby store to buy petrol and get a six pack of beer but did not open the cans.

Civilians in Tripoli have to queue for a week to get petrol.

So even today for some people it's unthinkable that maize, the divine food, should end up in a petrol tank.

Protesters threw at least one petrol bomb, which exploded behind the army line as teargas hung in the air.

Anyway, once you've lugged that bag of carrots over to the car and dumped it in the boot, you notice that you're nearly out of petrol.

The oil, textiles and chemicals giant was founded by his father, Dhirubhai, who started work as a petrol pump attendant.

Britain was the second country which came up with the concept of grain alcohol mixed with petrol.

Along with its rivals, General Motors and Chrysler, Ford has seen this year's rising petrol prices push Americans out of large vehicles.

Although bioethanol production releases a lower volume of greenhouse gases than petrol, critics say that it has encouraged deforestation.

On October 18th President Nicolas Sarkozy called ministers to a crisis meeting to work out a strategy for guaranteeing petrol supplies.

The rumour of a petrol shortage turns out to be a false alarm.

But then it would no longer be a flex-fuel vehicle capable of running on petrol, ethanol or blends of both.

Fortunately we were very close to a gasoline before we ran out of petrol.

Prices are going up so rapidly. Petrol now is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago.

We haven't found any evidence so far which shows that the new vehicles will cause as much pollution as C. do petrol vehicles.

"The sort of people who buy a Cayenne are not that concerned about petrol prices, " says Emily Peng, a Porsche saleswoman in Beijing.

Stung by the concerns of voters about petrol, governments around the world have argued for an increase in fossil fuel supplies.

You tell them about the deal with the petrol station and a number of the higher-price payers then offer to buy some of your options.

The system allows you to fully run on petrol should you run out of gas.

We're truly, you know -- have modest goals of replacing the whole petrol-chemical industry.

By the side of the motorway, we saw long queues of cars waiting for petrol - some of the lines stretched for several hundred metres.

But it is still too low to prompt radical changes in behaviour: it adds just five cents to the price of a litre of petrol.

At higher speeds, the petrol engine activates to power the front wheels (it also recharges the battery as needed).

If it does, their bumper profits could vanish like a pool of petrol into which a lighted match has been carelessly dropped.

GRUMBLES about the price of petrol might seem marginal at a time of widespread tax hikes and spending cuts.

Lorries full of supplies have been unable to get petrol on the empty expressway north, reserved for "emergency" vehicles.

The system works by injecting a blast of ethanol directly into the cylinder chamber before combustion along with a blast of petrol.

However, eyewitnesses say that other men stirred up the violence by throwing petrol bombs at the church, provoking an exchange of gunfire.

For its part, Mr Sarkozy's government is hoping to keep a lid on protests and a grip on petrol supplies until the end of the week.

Facing lots of difficulties in job hunting, Zheng Yaqi said, "I'll take this job. At least I can earn some for my petrol. "

This man poured petrol down the hole, and then lit a match. To his surprise, the fire went out of control immediately.

As petrol and diesel prices have been frozen since September, the deregulation is expected to lead to a rise of up to 20 per cent.

Their acceptance in Continental petrol stations, too, is not always certain.

He's just a skinny kid, wired up though, real angry looking, and in his hand he is carrying a bucket full of petrol.

No one of course will know what went through his mind when he bought a bottle of petrol and burnt himself alive.

Mr Obama cannot cut the price of petrol. But he had better at least give the impression that he wants to.

The prospect of millions of petrol tanks being filled with such a fuel has alarmed environmentalist groups.

A young man, wet from head to toe, explained that he had run out of petrol about 30km up the road.

Petrol consumption in the US had hit "peak demand" in 2007 and was beginning to decline.

The next year may also bring the answer to a question that has puzzled petrol watchers for some time.

Yasuo Fukuda, the prime minister, wants half of any new cars sold by 2020 to be powered by non-petrol sources.

The next year may also bring the answer to a question that has puzzled petrol watchers for some time.

Yasuo Fukuda, the prime minister, wants half of any new cars sold by 2020 to be powered by non-petrol sources.

Should people use it up to manufacture petrol for automobiles?

A policeman is in flames after a petrol bomb was thrown at him during riots in front of the parliament in Athens on Feb.

In Strasbourg, home of the European Parliament, rioters threw petrol bombs into a primary school.

Even if the hydrogen is produced using natural gas, the emissions of the car are many times lower than those of a petrol-hybrid model.

If the bullets had hit something vital, like my petrol tank or wing, then I would have had to abandon the aircraft.

Some Beijing petrol stations have had lines of up to 50 trucks waiting for diesel.

He added that a diesel engine tends to be more reliable and cheaper to repair than petrol-electric hybrid powertrain.

The price of a gallon of petrol in a war zone can cost up to $100.

Betting would be permitted in bars, restaurants and petrol stations. Racetracks and perhaps airports could have slot machines.

His words threw petrol on a bonfire, since a growing chorus of conservatives is now clamouring for the outright repeal of Obamacare.

but personal consumption spending fell in June for the first time in over a year, even though petrol prices had fallen back again.

America's average petrol price, though still 21% higher than at the beginning of the year, has started to fall.

Petrol-electric hybrids are not the only alternative to all-battery cars.

In addition, Brazil's government requires petrol to be sold in a blend of three or four parts to one of ethanol.

There's also a chance that VW may build an SUV model, as well as a petrol-electric hybrid version and all-electric model.

i pay every penny for what i take . if even an initiate lends me a car , i ll pay for the petrol too.

A policeman tries to escape after a petrol bomb was thrown at him during riots in front of the Parliament in Athens.

Mainly due the phase-out of lead in gasoline (petrol), lead emissions have dropped by nearly 97 per cent all over the US since 1980.

The petrol engine has, due to its throttled air intake, a large range of variation in exhaust mass flow compared to the Diesel engine.

The machine for extracting petrol Shanshan is also an gas city. The machine is always operating on this land.

Ancient girders girders creak and groan , ropes tighten and then a trickle of oil oozes oozes down a stone runnel into a used petrol can.

Savings made by refuelling at night (you get a bit more when petrol's cold) won't cover the fuel your headlights use.

To complicate matters in the US, much of the country's residential property would be virtually worthless if petrol sold at European prices.

The rate also inclusive of petrol, driver's meals; excluded for the toll charges and parking fees, unless otherwise agreed upon the booking.

A few started throwing stones at its windows, while others pulled petrol bombs out of sisal sacks.

Such a vehicle would run on petrol but would use its reservoir of compressed air to boost the engine's power when needed.

For several hours the weight of the petrol prevented the young pilot from flying more than a few feet above the wave-tops.

The main target, apart from obvious things like alcohol, tobacco and petrol, is likely to be capital-gains tax.

A sign at a BP petrol station is reflected in raindrops in London .

If you leave your CAR idling away outside the house for an hour or more, you will burn more petrol than you think.

Moreover, in most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the 1970s.

I ran out of petrol and then, to compound the felony, I found that I'd got a flat tyre.

The fuel used in the vast majority of car engines is petrol, which is one of the many products obtained from crude oil found in the earth.

Only a small percentage of the petrol stations are functioning which affects efforts to get food back into the shops.

Hybrid vehicles like the Toyota Prius or the Chevrolet Volt have to rely on their petrol engines and gear boxes for extra zip.

Don't leave the engine to warm up in winter; you're burning petrol unnecessarily.

The Nina will also be a hybrid fitted with a range-extending petrol engine.

For the first time, the agency estimated the costs to Opec oil-producing countries of a worldwide shift away from petrol and oil.

Instead, Toyota, a Japanese company, has made itself the market leader, with its fuel-sipping petrol-electric hybrid, the Prius.

You drive home with the petrol light flashing and the car coughs and splutters it's way up to the curb outside your place.

Among the engine's features are the Twin-Scroll turbocharger and the high-pressure direct petrol injection system.

In Tehran petrol is heavily subsidised, so taxis are cheap, and the new metro is still far from complete.

ERG 's strategy is to transform itself from a company operating only in the downstream petrol sector to a diversified energy group.

Richard Hamilton, the boss of Ceres, says he is indifferent as to whether his grasses end up in petrol tanks or power stations.

Hybrid vehicles like the Toyota Prius or the Chevrolet Volt have to use their petrol engines to get extra zip.

On top of this, ethanol refueling takes the same amount of time as current petrol systems, while electricity can take significantly longer.

Here the petrol was gushing out of the end of the pipe and running over the floor.

Petrol is highly combustible, so smoking is strictly forbidden during the handling of it.

12 teenage boys are burned to death in northern Nigeria after their speeding cars hit petrol cans piled up by the side of the road.

As most people fear that petrol prices are going to increase further, you could sell your options immediately for HKD 3 per litre.

The model looks set to be a roaring success - especially given the further rise in petrol prices over the past weeks.

Big game is dying in large numbers in national parks, and electricity has had to be rationed, affecting petrol and food supplies.

There are long queues at petrol stations, and Libyan oil experts say fuel stocks could run out in two weeks' time.

The gaseous petrol evaporation is very easy to inflaming or.

Do you know how carefully I watch the fuel gauge when I buy petrol just to make sure the attendant hasn't tampered with it?

the modern city consists of monstrous edifices and of dark narrow streets full of petrol fumes , coal dust , and toxic gases.

The Philippines imposes excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco and petrol that add many lines to the tax code without adding much to coffers.

Petrol now is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago.

Many Singaporeans are dismayed by the rising cost of food, petrol and other basics in an already expensive city.

US refineries were processing 6. 4 per cent more crude than a year ago, while demand for petrol and distillate fuels showed annual growth.

During one of Karl's missions, about three hundred Jews were burned alive in a petrol doused three-story house.

So does Mr Ozawa's recent insistence that the main reason for scrapping the petrol levy was to boost the economy.

Of course, engines designed specifically to run on ethanol can be as efficient as petrol versions.

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The vehicle was left in New York's Times Square on Saturday with a bomb made from fertiliser, fireworks, petrol and propane gas tanks.

Petrol is going down in price.

One female driver managed to fill her tank with the wrong substance after mistaking shampoo for a container of petrol.

It is in keeping with the requirement of environmental protection and economic efficiency to produce impregnating pitch from petrol. . .

Farmers will not grow more if their prices are controlled, and car owners will continue driving unless the cost of petrol rises.

One way or another, petrol cars aren't going to be around forever, what with climate change and finite oil supplies.

Hundreds of rioters lobbed petrol bombs and more at the police, torched vehicles, smashed shops and taunted shopkeepers as they robbed them.

Mr Obama could discourage petrol use more directly and efficiently by taxing the stuff, but that would be unpopular.

My great- uncle was running our own family petrol company, and I learnt the ropes at a petrol station.

Partly, this is the result of a desire by carmakers to create electric vehicles that match the standards of petrol-driven ones.

Suddenly a bicycle seems like the remedy for many modern ills, from petrol prices to pollution and obesity.

It's like this; you see, there isn't much petrol left in the tank.

The company manufactures petrol engines of reliable quality.

Tiny petrol taxes take no account of the damaging effects of pollution.

But the aim is not to save petrol. It is to extract billions of dollars in loans from the federal government.

There will also be conventional petrol and diesel models, as well as electric and hybrid options.

There is no link between brothels, petrol providers or supermarkets but brothels say the system is simple.

Today, we need the petrol from the Middle East to keep the wheels of our civilization turning -- and that sets up an inevitably conflict.

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The sale of petrol to Iran by non-US companies is legal as fuel imports have yet to be included in sanctions against the country.

It would be better for the world to focus on using less oil than on slowing the whirring price displays on petrol pumps.

The vehicles will have to provide substantial savings over petrol-powered alternatives, not just over their life-times, but upfront.

There's likely to be a steep drop in the cost of petrol.

in a Soviet military training ground near Magdeburg, the officers poured petrol over the cases and set them alight.

Recent warnings from miners Rio Tinto and Alpha Natural Resources of a reversal of orders and tepid US petrol demand are ominous.

Hybrid technology, combining electric batteries with a petrol-driven back-up engine, is well established.

All of it: petrol, food, rent, clothes, car loan, insurances, household bills and if you're lucky, the odd social outing.

Lacking the refining capacity to meet domestic demand, Iran found itself vulnerable to a sudden cut-off in petrol imports.

Do not stand cans of petrol near the fire .

The problem is bewildering. Along a 17-hour drive from Tokyo to Kesennuma, cars snaked in a line out of almost every petrol station.

A diesel-electric version is rumored, but the company may end up using a petrol engine instead.

And such is the desperate shortage of petrol that only a few cars cruised the town honking their claxons.

FEW trends cast shadows on economies and politicians like a rise in the cost of petrol.

So, the research of the relationship between price of petrol and real effective exchange rate of RMB is rather significant.

The whole building was sent up in flames when the petrol exploded.

In terms of petrol, though its price has not exceeded the ceiling retail fixing price, there is merely a narrow gap.

Of course, this means that we are endlessly having to stop to put in petrol.

The second is to add a petrol-driven generator known as a "range extender" .

Many petrol stations are already hooked up to gas-lines for heating.

We thought $ 30 would be enough to cover our petrol fee for the journey.

Mandatory inspection of electrical low voltage installations (houses, residential and office buildings, petrol stations, etc).

Why, I was at your place only a few minutes ago, getting some petrol.

Hatoyama will have to reconcile his bold initiative with election pledges to eliminate road tolls and petrol surcharges.

The technologies of heat transfer enhancement for shell-and-tube heat exchanger have been applied in petrol and chemical industries.

Food and petrol are frequent purchases and their prices tend to be less "sticky" than those for more durable goods.

On the main street, the petrol station is Chinese-owned. Next to it stands the Hui Hua supermarket.

Despite the shift in strategy, petrol and diesel engines will still play a large role in the company.

To petrol we owe the existence of the motor-car, which has replaced the private carriage drawn by the horse.

Today's diesels are sturdy, smooth and up to 40% more fuel-efficient than petrol engines.

Dressed in black or red Tshirts, for several months they manned petrol stations across the country, noting every litre sold.

The system works on any Internal Combustion Engines Petrol, Diesel or NGV. Injection or carburetor .

The general populace will think short term, of generators run on petrol fuel.

The three were said to be protecting property after a Jet petrol station had been robbed the previous day.

It adopts a new kind of carburetor which cuts down on petrol consumption.

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A tax on oil, rather than petrol, could be a little easier for consumers to stomach.

That means they don't use petrol, gas or any other fuel, just the sunlight.

He could change water into petrol or diesel on which cars ran for many miles.

And with a petrol consumption of 67mpg, few cars can match its fuel-efficiency.

The queues of angry motorists outside Chinese petrol stations on Friday are a reminder of why cutting gasoline subsidies is difficult.

He said that he spends about 2, 000 yuan ($301) per month on his car, including petrol, cleaning and parking costs.

First, the fact US petrol companies have stocks in many other countries helps those US big petrol companies achieve great benefit.

Soon there will be "plug-in" hybrids, which can be recharged from the mains and call on a petrol-powered generator when needed.

In view of your positive experience of petrol options , you decide to try your luck with warrants traded on the stock exchange .

White dinghies bob out on the petrol-blue waters.

Reality bites with driving ranges of about 100 miles, far less than for a petrol car which U. S. customers expect to exceed 300 miles.

The guy sold the extra petrol for that low price and told me he didn't have any. He was a real dog in the manger.

The fieldwork demonstrates that despite its transitory character, the petrol station offers a wide spectrum of 'duration of stay'.

Monthly budget statements showing sales, including and excluding the Petrol Station, Waste, Shrinkage, Payroll, Expenses and Profit.

Perhaps bracing for further weeks of uncertainty, Tokyo residents and others have been stocking up on petrol and provisions.

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Fill up the tank, please. My car 's running out of petrol .

Compare that to your current petrol bill, and an EV soon starts to look attractive.

Three people, including a 13-year-old boy, have died in an explosion at a petrol station in the Syrian capital Damascus, officials say.

Concerns over volatile petrol prices, congestion, climate change, ageing infrastructure and wasted money have prompted calls for change.

The petrol doesn't turn into a liquid before it has been cooled much more.

They would turn carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (or, better, from power-station exhaust) into petrol or diesel by photosynthesis.

Like two other, nearby firms, he is now focusing Codexis's attention on molecules even more chemically similar to petrol.

And China, also a heavy subsidiser, has been forced to limit exports of refined oil in an effort to combat sudden petrol shortages.

Drivers do not worry how far their petrol-powered vehicles will take them.

Turn off the AirCon: it puts extra strain on the engine, which consequently guzzles more nike shoes petrol.

However, in Europe, which got strict sooner and where fuel is heavily taxed, petrol and diesel vehicles have become much cleaner.

He ran through ten gallons of petrol a week.

There is no food here whatsoever. We need rice. We need petrol. We need medicine. I haven't eaten in two days.

America's regulators are only now getting tough on fuel efficiency, so its cars are guzzling as much petrol as they did 20 years ago.

He stop at the filling station to get some petrol before go on to the motorway.

to which the son replies , ' it stinks of petrol ! '

Actual export figures may be higher, as ethanol mixed with petrol before shipment is not counted in the data.

Bodies lay in smouldering piles in the Sinai slum, not far from Nairobi's city centre after a petrol pipeline exploded.

A pillar box for me to post letters stands in a petrol kiosk .

I ran out of petrol, but a passing motorist saved the situation.

But at least both are greener than petrol-based cars.

Other related facilities are complete, entertainment, hospital, petrol station are being constructed.

We shouldn't be under any illusion that making petrol from cellulose is a solution to all the problems of the first generation of biofuels.