Sentence examples for curbed fuel from inspiring English sources

Total is meeting with unions in Paris to seek an end to the weeklong strike, which it says has curbed fuel supplies at 259 filling stations.

Chevron's American refineries lost an average $2.2 million a day during the final three months of 2011 as crude-processing margins shrank and maintenance work at a California plant curbed fuel output, the company said in a statement.

The settlement resolves claims that El Paso drove up gas and electricity prices by curbing fuel shipments on a pipeline that carries 42percentt of California's supplies.

More direct flight paths and steeper takeoffs, which get jetliners into thinner air more rapidly, would also curb fuel use and save airlines $248 million a year, the F.A.A. said.

There is also a broader sense among investors that the slowdown in economic growth will curb fuel demand around the world, pulling prices back to more reasonable levels.

[C4.] Thailand to Cut Fuel Subsidies but Raise Wages Backed into a corner by rising oil price rises and falling economic growth, the Thai government announced measures aimed at propping up consumer confidence and curbing fuel consumption.

But not everyone agrees that CAFE has been that effective at curbing fuel consumption.

As I noted then, the airline industry has issued its own manifesto, "The Case for a U.S. National Airline Policy," calling on the federal government to reduce air travel taxes, curb fuel volatility, improve the air traffic control system and cut regulations.

Computers pull GPS data from railway locomotives, taking into account the weight and length of trains, the terrain and turns, to reduce unnecessary braking and curb fuel consumption by up to 10 percent.

Last week, the trade group issued a detailed "Case for a U.S. National Airline Policy," calling on the federal government to reduce aviation taxes and regulations, assist the industry in facing more aggressive global competition, curb fuel prices and volatility and spend more money on improving the national air traffic control system and other federal services.

The councilmen said the federal government had not done enough to curb rising fuel prices.