The USA consumes 400 million gallons of
gasoline every day.(1) This with the burgeoning demand from developing nations
such as China for gas, has pushed gas prices to record highs,(2) and having an
all-pervasive and on-balance a damaging effect on the US economy.(3)
Gas prices in the USA/Canada often vary
significantly between gas stations and supermarket gas pumps.(4) In
many areas, gas prices can vary by 20-30 cents per gallon (5) or maybe at
times even more within a small area. This makes
that most motorists in the USA/Canada are shopping around to find the best
deals on gas,(6) but are still paying a lot more for it. (7)
High gas prices make people stop and think
about their commute.(8) This will affect the US economy by reducing value of
properties in outer commuting zones around the cities, and depress rural
property values.(9)
Analysts were predicting a gallon of regular
to climb as high as $4.50 a gallon in California by Easter 2011. (10) But these same
analysts are saying that if you think gasoline is expensive now, just wait
until next year!(11) A
combination of growing global-demand and rising U.S. fuel exports could send
gasoline prices to further record highs in 2012, analysts say.
The effects of such big cost hikes will
reduce available spending money for all those on average wages (12)
and below who need to travel significant distances in their cars, and this will further depress the US economy (13) when this cash gets diverted away from a
myriad of local spending decisions affecting local businesses from restaurants
to children’s shoe shops.
Cars now are more fuel-efficient (14)
than they were in the 90s,(15) so car owners can reduce your spending on gas
by choosing fuel efficient vehicles. This is
making US car manufacturers and car importers develop (16) and extend their low fuel vehicle ranges.
But, US car manufacturers have been slower than
others,(17) such
as the Japanese marques, to develop some of the most innovatory fuel efficient
vehicles such as the hybrid engine vehicles. This
will tend to raise car imports to the detriment of the US economy (18) until the US manufacturers catch-up.
It is not all bad news though. Companies that own oilfield reserves will be seeing the
value of their resources growing,(19)
and businesses that are connected with the
renewable energy market are growing rapidly right across the range of renewable
energy sources from wind,(20) to
thermal energy, and of course that most popular of renewable sources which is
solar. Renewable energy companies are growing
fast (21) and employing increased
numbers of staff.
TENSES
:
(1) Simple Present Tense (S + V-1)
(5) Simple Present Tense (S + V-1)
(6) Present Continous Tense (S + am/is/are + present
participle)
(7) Present Continous Tense (S + am/is/are + present participle)
(8) Simple Present Tense (S + V-1)
(7) Present Continous Tense (S + am/is/are + present participle)
(8) Simple Present Tense (S + V-1)
(9) Simple Future Tense (S + will + bare infinitive)
(10) Past Continous Tense (S + was/were + present
participle)
(11) Present Continous Tense (S + am/is/are + present
participle)
(12) Simple Future Tense (S + will + bare infinitive)
(12) Simple Future Tense (S + will + bare infinitive)
(13) Simple Future Tense (S + will + bare infinitive)
(14) Simple Present Tense (S + V-1)
(15) Simple Past Tense (S + V-2)
(16) Present Continous Tense (S + am/is/are + present
participle)
(17) Present Perfect Continous Tense (S + have/has + been + present participle)
(17) Present Perfect Continous Tense (S + have/has + been + present participle)
(18) Simple Future Tense (S + will + bare infinitive)
(19) Future Continous Tense (S + will + be + present
participle)
(20) Present Continous Tense (S + am/is/are + present participle)
(21) Present Continous Tense (S + am/is/are + present participle)
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