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Gas Prices up in Time For Busy Travel Season
2007-11-20 00:00:00 Here we are less than two days away from the beginning of the busiest holiday traveling period, and gasoline prices are just shy of the record highs set back in May. Good thing turkey comes with its own natural sedative, because for many of us this is going to be a painfully expensive ... More About: Travel , Time , Season , Gas Prices , Busy
Have High Gasoline Prices Affected You Yet?
2007-11-16 00:00:00 By now it’s certainly old news to hear about gasoline prices above the $3 mark. We’ve gone above $3 the past three summers and have finally eclipsed the $3 during the fall a little over a week ago. There’s even serious talk about gas prices hitting $4 before we get into April ... More About: Gasoline , High , Prices , Soli
Gas Back Above $3 - In November
2007-11-08 00:00:00 $3 gas is here. Again. While this is usually a problem in and of itself, the fact that the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has crept above $3 in November should be enough to give the United States some pretty big concerns about the likelihood that the days of ... More About: Back
The Top 10 Ways to Reduce Your Gasoline Consumption
2007-10-25 00:00:00 Unfortunately, this year it looks like we’re not going to be able to count on a nice drop in gasoline prices during the fall and winter. With crude oil futures sitting at $90 a barrel and demand for both oil and gasoline going nowhere but up, it looks as if gasoline may test ... More About: Gasoline , Reduce , Consumption , Soli
Have Sustained High Gas Prices Changed Your Driving?
2007-10-19 00:00:00 Remember the last time the price of a gallon of gasoline was under $2.50 a gallon? While it may seem like it’s been forever, if you go by the national average price the date was March 3, 2007, which, from the date of this posting was exactly 229 days ago. After years paying less than ... More About: Driving , Gas Prices , High , Chang , Chan
What’s Going to Replace Gasoline?
2007-10-11 00:00:00 I think by now everyone is well aware of the fact that we’re past due to begin serious research into finding which of the new alternative fuels will be the best option to replace gasoline as the major source of energy for our vehicles. Whether it’s due to environmental factors like pollution and global warming ... More About: Gasoline , Going , Goin , Soli
Gas Prices Show Unwillingness to Fall
2007-10-11 00:00:00 Time for those “Chicken Little” $4 gas predictions. I know it’s a little bit early this year, but just hear me out. After a meteoric rise in gasoline prices this past spring sparked fears that we would finally see $4 per gallon gas prices, gas prices peaked in the middle of May at about $3.25 ... More About: Show , Gas Prices , Fall , Prices
Is $100 Oil Right Around the Corner?
2007-10-11 00:00:00 Thanks to the growing world economy, the demand for crude oil has jumped significantly over the last several years. Because the growth of supply hasn’t increased at the same pace (some would argue output has actually decreased) we’ve seen oil jump from the low $20s five years ago to over $80 per barrel as of ... More About: Corner , The Corner
Climate Change Bill Proposes 50 Cent Fuel Tax
2007-10-04 00:00:00 It looks like the days of “cheap” gasoline are finally over. I’m sure you’re probably sitting there rolling your eyes and saying to yourself, “$2.80 gasoline isn’t cheap.” Comparing today’s prices to historical U.S. prices, yes, you’re right. However, when you compare the price we pay here in the U.S. against what people in other “developed” ... More About: Climate Change , Climate , Change , Fuel , Cent
Apparently Hybrids Can’t Make Everyone Happy
2007-10-04 00:00:00 Over the last couple of years it’s been pretty tough to find anyone with anything bad to say about hybrid cars. Thanks to their high gas mileage, many people have gone so far as to bill these cars as environmental saviors. But now it appears that there’s a group of people that have come up ... More About: Hybrids , Happy , Make , Parent , Pare
Oil Companies Buy Back Stocks - Why You Should Be Angry
2007-10-01 00:00:00 The other day Chevron announced that they were planning to buy back nearly $15 billion worth of their stock, a move which is great for current stock holders. For those of you who are unaware, a stock buy back program essentially drives the price of a company’s stock higher due to the fact ... More About: Companies , Stocks , Back , Angry
How Much do You Spend on Gas Each Month?
2007-09-25 00:00:00 Over the last couple of years, many of us have had to spend more and more of our hard earned money in order to fill up our car’s gas tank. Even if we were smart enough to have purchased a fuel efficient vehicle, we’re still going to feel a pinch at the pump. So, ... More About: Month , Mont
What’s the Biggest Factor in Choosing a Car?
2007-09-17 00:00:00 Aside from buying a house (which, right now may not be the best idea), purchasing a car is probably one of the biggest “investments” that you’re going to make during your life. Whether it’s your dream car or just something reliable to get you from point A to point B, more than likely ... More About: Factor , Actor
President Bush and Gasoline Prices
2007-09-11 00:00:00 The other morning on my way to work, I was flipping through some radio stations when I heard one morning DJ talking about how low gas prices were before President Bush took office in 2001 and how high they had become since. Because I have a natural distrust for most morning radio personalities (I think ... More About: President Bush , Gasoline , Resident
Only Two States Remain Above $3 Per Gallon
2007-08-29 00:00:00 Thanks to the extended decline in the price of gasoline, there are now only two states, North Dakota ($3.05) and Hawaii ($3.34), that have a state-wide average gas price above $3 per gallon. New Jersey is reporting the country’s lowest state-wide average gas price at roughly $2.50 per gallon. According to GasBuddy.com, the national ... More About: States , Gallo , Allo
What’s a Hybrid Car Worth to You?
2007-08-14 00:00:00 Due to the relatively large spike in gasoline costs over the past several of years, as well as the growing force behind the environmental movement, hybrid cars have skyrocketed in both popularity and availability. It seems that most major automakers either have several hybrid models available (or in the works), ad when these ... More About: Hybrid , Worth , Hybrid car , Wort
Gas Prices Hit Lowest Price in Four Months
2007-08-12 00:00:00 Despite the recent run up in the price of oil (yes, I know it’s eased a bit over the last couple of days), the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has continued to fall, and now sits at a four month low. According to Gasbuddy.com, the nation’s average gas price now ... More About: Gas Prices , Price , Lowe , Months , Month
How Refineries Are Creating Quite a Catch-22
2007-08-06 00:00:00 In case you haven’t been following the market lately, or haven’t been paying too much attention to the news, the price of a barrel of crude oil hit a record high of $78.77 on August 1. The primary driver behind the price of oil hitting a record high was the news that the ... More About: Creating , Catch 22 , Catch , Eating , Erie
Why We Like Driving Solo
2007-08-02 00:00:00 Picture your typical afternoon commute. If it’s anything like what most of suburbia has to deal with, you’re probably visualizing being stuck on a major highway, surrounded by slow moving vehicles being piloted by angry looking drivers. Now - look a little closer at this picture in your head. Are most of the cars that ... More About: Driving , Solo , Ving
Gas Prices Keep Falling
2007-07-30 00:00:00 So much for all of those gloom and doom “the sky is falling and gas will be $4 by the end of the summer” predictions (including several that I published on this site). According to GasBuddy.com, the national average gas price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is now at roughly $2.88 per gallon ... More About: Gas Prices , Fall , Prices
Gas Prices Are Now Lower Than They Were One Year Ago
2007-07-21 00:00:00 Thanks to a nearly two month slow and steady decrease in the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline, the price of gas is actually less expensive now than what it was exactly one year ago. According to GasBuddy, today’s national average gas price is at $2.975, which is slightly less than ... More About: Gas Prices , Lower , Lowe , Year , Were
Did You Drive Less Than 200 Miles Today?
2007-07-19 00:00:00 Thanks to sites like Digg and Hugg, recently I’ve seen several stories regarding the possible return of the electric car, I thought it might be worth it to do a quick sanity check to see if these vehicles would actually be viable for most of us. It seems to me that the most common knock ... More About: Drive , Today , Miles
National Average Gas Price Back Above $3
2007-07-13 00:00:00 Hopefully you enjoyed the sub $3 gas while it lasted (if it ever even made it to your area), because according to GasBuddy.com, the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has jumped back above $3 per gallon for the first time since June 17. Currently there are 25 states reporting average ... More About: National , Back , Price , Average
What Stops People From Buying Hybrids?
2007-07-07 00:00:00 Despite the fact that hybrid sales have shot through the roof (relatively speaking) as gas prices have increased, and that there are more hybrid makes and models to choose from, there are still plenty of reasons why hybrid cars might not be for everyone. In order to try and find out why there’s not a ... More About: People , Buying , Hybrids , Stops
What Would Happen if We Had to Ration Gasoline?
2007-06-30 00:00:00 In an attempt to curb the billions of dollars spent annually on subsidizing the cost of gasoline, the Iranian government has implemented a fuel rationing program. As would be expected, this program has been met with a lot of opposition and some sporadic violence. According to an article written by Nasser Karimi and published ... More About: Gasoline , Line , Would , Soli
Fuel Economy Tip - Have Your Brake System Checked
2007-06-28 00:00:00 If you notice a gradual or even sudden decrease in your car’s gas mileage (assuming that nothing drastic has changed in your driving habits) there are several things that could be going on with your car that might be causing the drop in fuel economy. Maybe you’re driving around with a dirty or clogged air ... More About: Economy , System , Fuel , Fuel Economy , Econ
Would You Still Drive If Gas Prices Doubled?
2007-06-27 00:00:00 It’s funny how when things get bad, we tend to try to think of theoretical situations in which our circumstances are worse than the status quo and wonder to ourselves what exactly we would do if the event actually came to fruition. I don’t know if it’s to make ourselves feel better about ... More About: Drive , Gas Prices , Would , Bled , Prices
Is it Really Expensive to Buy a Fuel Efficient Vehicle?
2007-06-22 00:00:00 After running this site for over a year now, I’ve heard nearly every excuse as to why people don’t want to buy a more fuel efficient vehicle. By far, the most frequently used reason is, “it’s too expensive to buy a car that gets better gas mileage.” I think the reason people use this ... More About: Fuel , Vehicle , Really , Ally , Efficient
Follow up to Turning Your Car Off
2007-06-19 00:00:00 A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about an easy way for you to increase your car’s gas mileage without having to alter any of your driving habits. To jog your memory, the tip was to simply turn your car off if you were going to sit at a stop light for ... More About: Turn
Have Gas Prices Peaked For the Summer?
More articles from this author:2007-06-19 00:00:00 Over the past couple of weeks it seems that the national average price for a gallon of gasoline has lost about a penny per day. While this is certainly a welcome surprise, has this modest decrease been enough to make us think the worst is behind us? Apparently not so much. According to a recent ... More About: Summer , Gas Prices , Peak , Prices 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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