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Article Source: http://linkbee.com/ReduceUrGasPay
1. “Good luck finding the best deal.”
When it comes to gas prices, most stations are branded—meaning the name of a major oil company hangs out front—and must buy gas from their proprietary company. They can’t shop around. With a lock on sales, the oil companies charge each station a different price depending on various factors, such as the station’s competition and its location. That means a station can pay as much as 46 cents a gallon more than one down the street, and that cost gets passed along to you.
2. “My gas isn’t better for your car; it’s just more expensive.” Read More: http://linkbee.com/ReduceUrGasPay
Oil companies spend lots of money explaining why their gas is better than the competition’s. Chevron’s gas, for example, is fortified with “Techron,” and Amoco Ultimate is supposed to save the planet along with your engine. But today more than ever, one gallon of gas is as good as the next.
3. “If you’re smart, you’ll put that debit card away . . .”
Your debit card might be a convenient way to pay for gas, but it’s a no-win proposition.. ((Article Continued: http://linkbee.com/ReduceUrGasPay ))
Best of luck gas-shopping everyone ;)
Hope this helps..Article Source: http://linkbee.com/ReduceUrGasPay
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Woe! Woe unto the land, that the great Diddy must lower himself and ride American Airlines because of fuel prices. Thank Lord Diddy that he has made this statement and drawn attention to the little known fact that we are, in fact, suffering from this.
Watching Diddy plea for people to talk to their government in hopes of lowering prices is about as effective as an obese Sally Struther's asking for a dollar to feed the starving children. About as motivating too.
Play on, playa.Woe! Woe unto the land, that the great Diddy must lower himself and ride American... more
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The debate on whether to lift the Congressional moratorium on offshore drilling and open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska rages on in its acrimonious glory, yet one point has been mostly drowned out in all the posturing - if we need more domestic sources of oil, then why are we exporting 1.8 million barrels of it every day?
There is at least one voice in government asking this question. Representative Edward J. Markey, Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence, sent a public letter to George Bush on Tuesday, saying, in a nutshell,
“Mr. President, keep our oil at home”
Oil exports increased to 1.806 million barrels per day in May, the last month for which data is available, an increase from 1.433 million barrels a year prior. In February of this year, oil exports reached their highest level ever, according to Markey. Almost 10% of U.S. daily consumption of oil.
Well, there you go. An instant source of domestic oil! No need to wait 10 or 12 years for oil from offshore or ANWR.
As Markey notes in his letter, the Department of Energy projects that at peak production, around 2030, offshore oil drilling would produce about 200,000 barrels per day. We currently export 9 times what increased offshore drilling is estimated to produce at its peak. Markey points out that by the time the first offshore rig produced the first drop of oil, we’ll have exported 40% of the estimated reserves in protected areas offshore.
What gives? Why this sudden clamoring for ever more sources of oil development when easier, safer, more effective options exist?
Sure, Big Oil has a stranglehold on politicians. But any entrenched status quo is hard to shake loose; doesn’t mean we should throw up our hands and go watch American Idol.
We need also to look at ourselves as a society and our own expectations. Gas goes to $4 a gallon and Americans “demand action,” assuming - demanding - that cheap gas and “easy oil” last forever. It’s time to wake up to the real world.
On one hand we criticize politicians for being “politically expedient” and on the other we crucify them if they dare to suggest that we are on an unsustainable path.
We need to ask our politicians tough questions and be willing to accept tough answers. We could start with asking why 10% of our daily oil consumption is exported instead of kept at home, and if we’d really need any offshore drilling if we simply did that?
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 04, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Venture capital investments in US cleantech companies grew by 41% to $961.7 million in Q2 2008, up from $683.5 million in Q1 2008, according to an Ernst & Young report based on data from Dow Jones VentureOne. This is the highest total cleantech investment on record, and comes amidst a quarter in which overall venture capital investment was down by nearly 8%. Year-on-year cleantech investment follows this upward trend, increasing 83% from Q2 2007.
Energy/Electricity Generation companies attracted the most investment of any sector this quarter with $494.9 million -- 52% of the total. The top three deals of the quarter were solar-related companies. The deals included, SunEdison, in Beltsville, MD, which raised $131 million, eSolar, in Pasadena, CA, which raised $130 million and BrightSource in Oakland, CA, which raised $115 million. It is also worth noting that corporate investors were involved in all of these deals.
Energy Efficiency companies made up 20% of total investment dollars and continues to be a top cleantech investment segment despite a slight 4% decline to $188.3 million in Q2. The third largest segment this quarter was Alternative Fuels, which comprised 13% of the overall US cleantech market. The segment, made up entirely of biofuels transactions, attracted $129 million of investment, down 44% from the previous quarter.SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 04, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Venture capital investments in... more
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Democratic leaders, caught off guard by a swing in public opinion and undermined by some of their own members, are scrambling to run down the clock on calls to lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
Tuesday evening, five Democratic senators met with five of their Republican colleagues to hash out a plan that would include far more drilling — from the land and from the sea — than would be allowed under any current Democratic proposal.
“There’s going to be substantially more drilling and substantially more conservation,” Sen. Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) said of the plan her moderate colleagues are hoping to cobble together. “Democratic leaders are going to be pushed, and Republican leaders are going to be pushed.”Democratic leaders, caught off guard by a swing in public opinion and undermined by... more
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The “Emergency Economic Plan” will provide $500 for an individual and $1000 for a married couple and is supposed to relieve the burden of high gas, food and energy prices. He plans on paying for this bill by imposing a five year windfall profit tax on oil company profits. When you consider the average American spends more than $1,300 a year on gas alone I wonder how effective this plan will be?The “Emergency Economic Plan” will provide $500 for an individual and... more
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The drop in energy prices has eased fears of prolonged sticker shock, and some say oil may hit $70 a barrel from a high of $145.
Oil has fallen more than $23 a barrel, or 16 percent, since peaking July 3. Gasoline has slipped below $4 a gallon and is dropping fast as Americans drive less. Natural gas prices, which had risen the fastest this year as traders anticipated a hot summer, have shed 33 percent since the beginning of the month. Crude oil prices extended their decline, falling 2.5 percent, to $122.19 a barrel, their lowest level since the beginning of May.
We can only hope.The drop in energy prices has eased fears of prolonged sticker shock, and some say oil... more
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I'm hearing stories of people not wanting to fill up their cars with gas thanks to the high gas prices and then running out of gas. Here's a video of a large individual getting some unexpected exercise as his car ran out of gas.I'm hearing stories of people not wanting to fill up their cars with gas thanks... more
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US lawmakers have beeen increasing pressure on the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as oil prices soar to record highs. Gregory Mocek has been replaced by Stephen Obie, who will serve as acting director of the regulating agency until the position is filled. Last month, US House of Representatives passed a bill requiring the CFTC to crack down on swaps in the energy futures markets by making use of existing powers, such as introducing position limits. (click on the link for full story)US lawmakers have beeen increasing pressure on the Commodities Futures Trading... more
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Everyone in the world nowadays are struggling with these high gas prices. Oil is over $140 a barroll now and many people are having to walk/run/bike/or bus to there jobs or school. My idea since the price of oil & gas is based on supply and demand is to shut off the pump for 1 or 2 days a week. No gas sales period. We go to the pump a lot but not everyday, many of us dont even drive everyday. If this were to go into effect the price of fuel could be cut in half. As long as the demand is high, the price is high. Lower demand equals lower prices.
Everyone in the world nowadays are struggling with these high gas prices. Oil is... more
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Parade Magzine's gas saving tips
When I was driving a lot these tips did help me save on gas. Hopefully they can help others out as wellParade Magzine's gas saving tips
When I was driving a lot these tips did help... more
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Wanda Jones was tired of paying $50 to fill up the tank of her SUV. So she bought a scooter. Now her 24-mile commute to work at Penn State Dickinson School of Law costs her about $4 a week in gas. "It's wonderful," she said. "People laugh at me and I say, 'Go ahead and laugh. I'll be laughing at you at the gas pumps.' "
Jones isn't the only one making a change in her commuting habits. Mass transit officials and agencies that help organize car pools in the region say interest in alternative transportation is rising quickly.
Money is part of that motivation.
And there is a lot to be saved -- $2.3 million a day in the four-county Harrisburg region, according to a Patriot-News analysis.
People who commute to work alone burn 108 million gallons of gas a year, according to the analysis that looked at the gasoline used by the 423,396 people in Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon and York counties who said they drive alone to work.
How much is 108 million gallons? Enough to fill a storage tank 100 feet around and as tall as the Empire State Building. Put another way, it would take 7.3 million barrels of oil to make that gas, enough to fill three and a half super tankers.
On the flip side, a 1 percent drop in solo riders would remove 8,400 vehicles from midstate roads each day and reduce fuel demand by more than 1 million gallons a year.
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This is actually a good result of high gas prices. The question is, should they fall would people continue what they are doing now?
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Laurel puts her two cents in.
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E-10 ruins fuel economy for vehicles.
With gas prices soaring, people are concerned about how their cars are faring on the road. Of course, gas guzzlers are suffering the worst during this $4+ gas world, but so is the common person. You see, some stations are mixing Ethanol with regular gasoline in small amounts (known as E-10). And there have been reports that this is effecting fuel economy in a negative way.
This is just one recent story where people note the drop in fuel economy of vehicles because fo the E-10 mix. There are others that can be found doing a Google search. The earliest report I found was from 2006. E-10 ruins fuel economy for vehicles.
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Tired of petrol prices rising daily at the pump? A Japanese company has invented an electric-powered, and environmentally friendly, car that it says runs solely on water.
Genepax unveiled the car in the western city of Osaka on Thursday, saying that a liter (2.1 pints) of any kind of water -- rain, river or sea -- was all you needed to get the engine going for about an hour at a speed of 80 km (50 miles).
"The car will continue to run as long as you have a bottle of water to top up from time to time," Genepax CEO Kiyoshi Hirasawa told local broadcaster TV Tokyo.
"It does not require you to build up an infrastructure to recharge your batteries, which is usually the case for most electric cars," he added.
Once the water is poured into the tank at the back of the car, the a generator breaks it down and uses it to create electrical power, TV Tokyo said.
Whether the car makes it into showrooms remains to be seen. Genepax said it had just applied for a patent and is hoping to collaborate with Japanese auto manufacturers in the future.
Most big automakers, meanwhile, are working on fuel-cell cars that run on hydrogen and emit -- not consume -- water.
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Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, is planning to increase its output next month by about a half-million barrels a day, according to analysts and oil traders who have been briefed by Saudi officials
The increase could bring Saudi output to a production level of 10 million barrels a day, which, if sustained, would be the kingdom’s highest ever. The move was seen as a sign that the Saudis are becoming increasingly nervous about both the political and economic effect of high oil prices. In recent weeks, soaring fuel costs have incited demonstrations and protests from Italy to Indonesia.
Saudi Arabia is currently pumping 9.45 million barrels a day, which is an increase of about 300,000 barrels from last month.
While they are reaping record profits, the Saudis are concerned that today’s record prices might eventually damp economic growth and lead to lower oil demand, as is already happening in the United States and other developed countries. The current prices are also making alternative fuels more viable, threatening the long-term prospects of the oil-based economy.
President Bush visited Saudi Arabia twice this year, pleading with King Abdullah to step up production. While the Saudis resisted the calls then, arguing that the markets were well supplied, they seem to have since concluded that they needed to disrupt the momentum that has been building in commodity markets, sending prices higher.
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Well that's smart isn't, save $5 bucks, peak up your stress in Tijuana, then drive back to the US, idle for 2+ hours in the border crossing and support the monopoly PEMEX is. (Only place to get comsumer gasoline in Mexico)
On top of getting really shitty gas with manipulated gas pumps.
Get over it and ride a bike, San Diego has great weather and mostly flat, plus most people down there look like they could give up some pounds. Thank you in&out...
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just great sense, SoCal-ittes.
SAN DIEGO - Some motorists in southern California are willing to drive south to find lower gas prices. A steady line of cars crossing from Tijuana to the United States.
One motorist said, "Some people just come here to Tijuana now to just fill up with gas and go back to San Diego." The price difference between the U.S. and Mexico is dramatic.
California drivers are paying nearly $4 a gallon for regular gas, in Tijuana it's $2.75.
One motorist said. "Because I always load full in California and it's like 35 dollars. And right here in T-J, it's like 30 dollars, so five dollars difference."
The difference is dramatic with Pemex gas stations everywhere selling regular gas more than a dollar lower than the U.S.
The diesel difference is even more.
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Gas prices keep soaring and the chances of Washington finding a solution keep dropping because Democrats and Republicans are deadlocked over how to fix the problem.Gas prices keep soaring and the chances of Washington finding a solution keep dropping... more
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In a city dominated by car culture, some young people are doing something different.
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High gas prices are here and they're leaving their mark. Ride a bike!
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- General Motors announced plans Tuesday to shut four truck and SUV plants that employ thousands of workers, saying high gas prices are here to stay - and, with them, consumers' growing preference for more fuel efficient vehicles.
High gas prices are here and they're leaving their mark. Ride a bike!
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