fuel guzzler

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• Fuel economy in automobiles — Fuel consumption monitor from a 2006 Honda Airwave …   Wikipedia

• Fuel efficiency — is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the efficiency of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier fuel into kinetic energy or work. Overall fuel efficiency may vary per device, which in turn may vary per… …   Wikipedia

• Fuel efficiency in transportation — This page describes fuel efficiency in means of transportation. For the environmental impact assessment of a given product or service throughout its lifespan, see life cycle assessment. Caveats Comparing Fuel efficiency in transportation is a bit …   Wikipedia

• Gas Guzzler Tax — The National Energy Act: Energy Tax Act of 1978 imposed set tax penalties on car manufacturers who fail to meet the minimum fuel economy level of 22.5 mpg. This does not include minivans, sport utility vehicles or pick up trucks. It is intended… …   Wikipedia

• Gas-guzzler — commonly refers to a vehicle that makes inefficient use of fuel.The term came into wide use to describe the Gas Guzzler Tax and after that while discussing environmental concerns related to climate change and smog.Nowadays, gas guzzlers are often …   Wikipedia

• Corporate Average Fuel Economy — CAFE redirects here. For other uses, see Cafe (disambiguation). The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) are regulations in the United States, first enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1975,[1] and intended to improve the average fuel economy of… …   Wikipedia

• Gas Guzzler Tax — An additional tax on the sale of vehicles that have poor fuel economy. The Energy Tax Act of 1978 established the gas guzzler tax and was designed to encourage the production and use of more fuel efficient vehicles. The gas guzzler tax is… …   Investment dictionary

• gas-guzzler — car with low fuel efficiency, 1973, Amer.Eng., from GAS (Cf. gas) (short for gasoline) + GUZZLER (Cf. guzzler) …   Etymology dictionary

• gas guzzler — gas guzzlers also gas guzzler N COUNT If you say that a car is a gas guzzler you mean that it uses a lot of fuel and is not cheap to run. [AM, INFORMAL] They say gas guzzlers are contributing to air pollution …   English dictionary

• gas-guzzler — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ noun : a usually large automobile that gets relatively poor mileage • gas guzzling ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ adjective * * * gas guzzling, adj. /gas guz leuhr/, n. Informal. an automobile that has low fuel efficiency, getting relatively… …   Useful english dictionary

• gas guzzler — n. Slang an automotive vehicle that has low fuel mileage gas guzzling [gas′guz΄ liŋ] adj. * * * …   Universalium