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Offset high gas prices by turning your car into billboard
2008-06-10 18:41:00
Gas prices suck and the job market is almost as bad, but a little uglification of your car or truck can net you some big bucks. Alternative marketing companies that want to plaster your car with “tasteful” advertisements are paying hundreds of dollars to the right people, but chances are you aren’t one of them. There is a reason you don’t see many of these driving billboards, because the companies with the money are looking for people who travel a lot and park their car in interesting places.
By: Attuworld
Why oil prices are high
2008-06-09 22:38:00
I do not think I can say this any better than Xran over at The MoxArgon Group DEMOCRATS & ENVIRONMENTALISTS Won't let them drill Read the whole thing, it xplains a whole lot.
By: Stix Blog
Woman Fights High Gas Prices By Burning Gas Stations
2008-06-07 01:46:00
One woman in Danville, California is very attentive to the plight of the ordinary consumer. Diane Craig, 64, was arrested today on suspicion of premeditated arson and burglary after starting fires at two local gas stations and a Starbucks outlet. Local police say she used a fireplace log and a lighter to set the fires in bathrooms ...
Gas Prices Soar in San Diego
2008-06-07 00:00:00
Gas Prices in San Diego are Out of Control The American Automobile Association (AAA) reported that the average price of regular gasoline in San Diego is $4.41, that's 25 cents in just one week.
Gas Prices Fuel Increase in Public Transportation
2008-06-06 22:56:00
As gas prices hit record high amounts and continue to rise, US citizens are finally turning to public transportation for daily commutes and vacations. Multiple sources are reporting a surge in the...
The Grand Illusion on Gas Prices
2008-06-06 22:39:00
Ok… So the author of this piece uses a little rhetoric to make his point. Our only issue of disagreement is that we believe there’s also a Peak Oil problem. In other words, the Federal Reserve Note “dollar” is dropping rapidly — true enough. But Boone Pickens is correct — supply is a ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Grand Illusion on Gas Prices", url: "http://www.ernharth.com/vi/200-8/06/06/the-grand-illusion-on-g-as-prices/" });
Gas Prices Finally Impact US Car Sales
2008-06-06 15:07:00
More on the better side of record gas pricesFor some reason pickup trucks and SUVs have rooted themselves in American culture. Apparently they serve as symbols for strength, power, durability and more values that are held dear to many Americans.I?ve read somewhere the pickup serves as the modern horse, keeping the old west?s heritage alive. With all due respect to culture it seems more and more Americans are finding it hard to continue maintaining these gas eating monsters with gas prices constantly rising.Americans save on gas by switching to economy carsAccording to Reuters US auto sales tumbled in many as consumers spurned pickup trucks and SUVs in the face of record gasoline prices, driving General Motors Corp (GM.N), Ford Motor Co (F.N) and Chrysler LLC to double-digit declines.Furthermore, Japan?s Honda Motor outsold Chrysler for the first time to emerge as the new No. 4 U.S auto-maker with Toyota closing the gap on General Motors.Record gas prices apparently sent Ford?s sales...
Strip Clubs hurt by high gas prices
2008-06-06 14:26:00
Strip clubs in the Jacksonville, Florida area are feeling the pinch of the tanking economy. A recent story from Jacksonville?s NBC-TV affiliate tells the story:The rising prices of gas, food and travel are having a major effect on the adult entertainment industry on the First Coast.The typical lunch crowd at Sinsations has dwindled to just two guys and a couple of sandwiches. It's the same story at gentlemen's clubs all across the First Coast."People just don't have the money to go out, they don't have the money to buy a drink, they certainly don't have the money to spend on an entertainer," said the manager of Emperor's Gentlemen's Club Joe Serafini.Serafini says he has been forced to lay off staff, reduce prices and limit hours to turn a profit. Managers at Sinsations say their income has dropped by roughly 35% in recent months. "I have to go to other places to try to make the money," said an exotic dancer known as Storm. "[I've gone from] about a grand a week, down to a c...
Why are Gas Prices so High
2008-06-05 15:10:00
This is a question that concerns consumers everywhere, and is likely something that you think about every time you go to your local gas station to fill up tank. Of course, we can probably spend hours talking about high gas prices; and each person would likely have their own opinion of why the cost for ...
How Are Gas Prices Affecting Your Family Vacaiton
2008-06-04 07:33:00
Are you kidding me $4.00 a gallon for gas? I for one have had to make serious adjustments to my normal family vacation plans. Usually we spend a week or so traveling throughout many states stopping at all the local attractions and enjoying what each area has to offer. Not this year. We will be staying close to home with thes15 Zoom(s)
gas prices today across the street...
2008-06-03 23:02:00
seriously!!
High Gas Prices and Higher MPG in Los Angeles
2008-06-03 16:45:00
I drive a 2006 Honda Element: hands-down one of the worst choices I’ve ever made ? oh, and it’s 4WD for the many times Sam and I head into the mountains to go snowboarding. I think it’s been once. The 2006 Element showed 22/26 on the sticker. Hey, it was 2006, it felt very ...
GM Throws In The Towel To High Gas Prices
2008-06-03 15:25:00
Posted By:Phil LeBeauThe plant closings are prudent. If gas remains at high levels, there will be fewer and fewer buying trucks and SUVs. Sales are down 17.3 % this year, and may not get much better the rest of this year. With 4 fewer plants, GM will save roughly a billion dollars. More importantly, it will reduce the number of SUVs sitting on dealer lots in the future.     Read More Topics:Alternative Energy | Energy | Economy (U.S.) | Economy (Global) | Automobile IndustrySectors:Oil and Gas | Automobiles and PartsCompanies:General Motors CorpMEDIA:PHOTO |   VIDEOPermalink
Mila Kunis is hotter than high gas prices.
2008-06-03 13:13:00
Gas prices are the new black in LA and places all over the country. Unless your Mila Kunis and you are loaded, then you don?t care. Mila put on her tight, rocker black leather pants and filled up with some gas over the weekend. Not even trying to look hot, she still succeeded. That?s amazing. ...
How Gas Prices Could Effect Urban Markets
2008-06-02 22:35:00
Prior to the introduction of the automobile most people either lived in large urban areas or small town farming communities. Starting after World War II, cheap gas sent families out of the urban areas into the suburbs. Throughout the sixties and seventies many major cities throughout the United States saw a steep reduction of total population in their cities. Detroit and Philadelphia were examples that were ranked top in population and over a short period of time saw a dramatic fall as large influential suburban hubs attracted the population. Cities began to stabilize and in some cases grow over the last ten years as they began to transform themselves as new urban living opportunities including live-work type homes, new condos and attractive apartment living with amentias opened up. A younger population along with baby boomers ready to experience a new life after kids has found urban living attractive once again. So how will gas prices affect urban living? Will families find it to...
As Gas Prices Escalate, Worries About a Recession Turn Into Fears of Inflat
2008-06-02 19:30:00
As the post-Memorial Day hangover lingers, and $4 per gallon gasoline becomes a national reality, expect more and more daily energy prognostications. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) already is on record for $200-a-barrel oil. As you all know, our own Keith Fitz-Gerald - Money Morning?s investment director - has projected a crude-oil price of $225 a barrel. Do I hear $250? What about $5 a gallon gasoline by July 4th? Sometimes, these daily price gyrations take on lives of their own, but at the end of the day, the basic laws of supply and demand always work themselves out. The upcoming week?s hectic economic calendar…
Schools Feel the Clutches of Higher Gas Prices
2008-06-02 19:01:00
Like all of us, schools around the nation are feeling the effects of high gas prices. As but one example, Nash-Rocky Mount schools in North Carolina burned through about $729,000 in fuel in the last fiscal year ? nearly twice as much as in the previous year. In an effort to cope, schools are coming up with a range of strategies--all of which involve cutting services. In Minnesota, for instance, one district plans to eliminate classes every Monday to come up with the extra $65,000 it needs to fill its buses' tanks. The superintendent commented "I know $65,000 may not sound like a lot, but it's more than one teaching position,"
W.Va. Groans Under Gas Prices
2008-06-02 14:38:00
The Associated Press' Tom Breen highlights efforts by one industry group, West Virginians for Better Transportation, to aid the state's main roadbuilding and repair fund amid rising fuel costs."West Virginia drivers can now log onto http://www.keepwvmoving.org to calculate their daily, weekly, monthly and yearly state gasoline tax bill," Breen writes. "The group worries that high prices are keeping people off the road, which means lower tax revenues. The problem is that the state Road Fund, which pays for maintenance, paving and repairs on state roads and bridges, relies on gas taxes for about 60 percent of its revenue."AP reported earlier that "county school systems need an extra $5 million to keep their 3,000 buses rolling in the wake of record diesel prices, and Gov. Joe Manchin might ask lawmakers for the money this summer during a special session."And the Charleston Daily Mail noted previously that "overall fuel tax revenues for West Virginia have been growing at a steady p...
Congress Fails Again At Finding A Solution To Rising Gas Prices
2008-06-02 14:00:00
Congress lead their second round of questioning for the execs of the major oil companies on why gas prices were so high and how they can be okay with making so much money while people are paying so much for gasoline. Don’t they understand that the oil industry is a byproduct of the transportation industry. ...
Waters Suggests Nationalizing U.S. Oil Companies
2008-06-02 02:49:00
That liberal (Maixine Waters) is all about wrecking the U.S. economy. Goes to show how politicians act like spoiled little children, and with very little understanding of economics. Needless to say, if Maxine has her way, we may as well get into the rickshaw business. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Waters Suggests Nationalizing U.S. Oil Companies", url: "http://www.ernharth.com/vi/200-8/06/01/waters-suggests-nationa-lizing-us-oil-companies/" });
Calculate Gas Prices for Summer Travels!
2008-05-31 20:43:00
Riehlife contributor Judy Tart sends this gas calculator from an AAA website. It allows you to calculate gas prices for a trip anywhere in the US, but only calculates between large cities. It does help compare between specific models of cars, which is very informative. Judy calculated the gas cost for a round trip from ...
High gas prices promote digital nomad lifestyle
2008-05-30 18:42:00
The World Is My Office – ATHENS, GREECE — Evolutionary biology teaches us that evolution happens not by constant, steady change, but in sudden leaps and mutations. Likewise the evolution toward being able to work from anywhere. A recent tectonic shift — in this case, high gas prices — is making the world safer for extreme telecommuting. A Reuters report today highlights organizations that are cutting back the number of days employees are required to physically show up at work because of soaring gas prices. Even employees who are ... read more
National Gas Prices
2008-05-30 17:54:00
By Martin Denholm Smart Profits Report I hope you enjoyed the Memorial Day weekend - and that your wallet still has a pulse if you did any traveling. I managed to pack in four barbecues (or “cookouts” to put it in American lingo) over the weekend - all pretty close to home - so not too much damage done. And with soaring gasoline and food prices contributing to a projected 3.6% rise in consumer prices this year, it might be the best way to go. Gas prices obviously remain front-and-center of the news, so let’s check in and see how it’s affecting consumers on…SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "National Gas Prices", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/-30/national-gas-prices/" });
Exxon: As gas prices rise, LGBT consciousness stays bargain-basement
2008-05-30 14:30:00
Just as they've done every year since 2000, the ExxonMobil shareholder have rejected a proposal to add sexual orientation and gender identity to their non-dicrimination policies: Exxon Refuses to Recognize Gay Rights (Again) [Edge] So LGBT folks and allies: When...
Is It Possible To Have a Rational Discussion About Gas Prices?
2008-05-30 00:00:00
By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief Thomas Friedman, a columnist in the New York Times, is delighted by the current high gas prices--so delighted that he is proposing that the US government establish a "price floor" to make sure gas prices stay...
More Pain to Come for Financials, Fed Hints at Rate Hike, Gas Prices at Ano
2008-05-29 20:40:00
by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Bear Stearns officially dead? how the same warning signal that presaged its demise is flashing again Dan Amoss on one financial teetering on the brink of collapse Fed gov. says rate hikes coming ?sooner, rather than later? Gas at another all-time high? French protesters take ...
Commentary on Gas Prices in the Near Future
2008-05-29 15:33:00
With the recent soar in gas prices, I feel compelled to contact my readers and urge them to take action against the oil companies. Goldman Sachs has put out a recent estimation that the price for a barrel of crude oil could reach as high as $200. Currently the price is somewhere around $120 per ...
Gas prices keep climbing even as oil prices drop
2008-05-29 15:09:00
NEW YORK (AP) - The gasoline price record keeps getting broken with each passing day. AAA puts the national average for a gallon of regular at a record $3.95. It’s jumped 35 cents in the past month and is 76-cents-a-gallon higher than a year ago. If you need premium, it’s also never been more expensive. The ...
The Cold Hard Truth About Gas Prices
2008-05-29 07:44:00
Over at the NY Times Thomas Friedman dreams of a presidential candidate telling America the truth about gas prices:For starters, he or she would explain that there is no short-term fix for gasoline prices. Prices are what they are as a result of rising global oil demand from India, China and a rapidly growing Middle East on top of our own increasing consumption, a shortage of ?sweet? crude that is used for the diesel fuel that Europe is highly dependent upon and our own neglect of effective energy policy for 30 years.Cynical ideas, like the McCain-Clinton summertime gas-tax holiday, would only make the problem worse, and reckless initiatives like the Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep offer to subsidize gasoline for three years for people who buy its gas guzzlers are the moral equivalent of tobacco companies offering discounted cigarettes to teenagers.He then goes on to promote a government mandated four dollar floor price for a gallon of gas. While some think its a bad idea whereas I think its a ...
Gas Prices Even Higher, Oil Retreats, Vietnam In Trouble, The Cost of U.S.
2008-05-28 21:13:00
by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Gas prices at another record? U.K. truckers shut down highways, threaten to barricade refineries Oil retreats? George Soros and Byron King on crude?s next move Chris Mayer on the skyrocketing costs of power generation? power plant construction costs double Vietnam in a nasty bear market? ...
Silver Lining to High Gas Prices
2008-05-28 01:45:00
Today I filled up my little car with gas and it cost $61. Ouch! There is a silver lining to this dark cloud that online businesses should jump on. Because of high gas prices, one third of adults in the US are more likely to shop online instead of driving to a physical store. According to a ...
By: SEO Diva
When Will the French Demonstrate Against the Escalating Food & Gas Prices?
2008-05-27 21:23:00
For a country that is King of demonstrating against injustices inflicted on its people, I honestly don’t know why no one has done anything about the unreasonably high food prices, and now, gas prices. The fleecing of France by merchants charging exorbitant food costs began 6 years ago with the introduction of the euro. ...
High Gas Prices and Living
2008-05-27 19:07:00
The high gas prices have made most people rethink travel, errands and other trips.
Gas prices? Housing bust? No, no -- it's gay 'I do's that are go
2008-05-27 15:49:00
In a recent edition of his daily "Washington Update" in which he crudely referred to gay couples who wish to marry as "wedding crashers," the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins (or his ghostwriter) said the following about the supposed financial...
It?s All About Gas Prices [Digg]
2008-05-25 18:46:00
Unless the dollar rises quickly and gas prices come way down, the primary issue that will determine the presidential election in November WILL be the Economy/OIL Prices!!! And the solution won?t be more taxes. The candidate with the best economic recovery plan will get America?s votes. That is if most of us can still afford to drive.
By: Stix Blog
Walk Score?fight rising gas prices?Walk!
2008-05-25 18:18:00
My friend Judy Tart (woman of wide-ranging intelligence and heart) has appeared on Riehlife several times in the Village Commons category. She is, in effect, one of the contributors to the Riehlife Blog-Magazine. Today she writes about a site that gives you a WALK SCORE. “You enter your address (or where you are thinking of moving), ...
It?s All About Gas Prices
2008-05-25 18:12:00
Sticky note to McCain and Obama . . .Unless the dollar rises quickly and gas prices come way down, the primary issue that will determine the presidential election in November WILL be the Economy/OIL Prices!!! And the solution won?t be more taxes. The candidate with the best economic recovery plan will get America?s votes. That is if most of us can still afford to drive to the polls on Election Day. This past week the house passed the ?feel good-do nothing but harm? NOPEC bill:This from WSJ:House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers of Michigan, who introduced the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act, argued that cartels like OPEC are partly to blame for today?s high gasoline prices. The bill sailed through 345-to-72a day after the Energy Department said the average pump price of regular gasoline was a record $3.218 a gallon. The bill would change certain laws, like the Sherman Act and Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, to block OPEC countries like Iran, Kuwait, Sau...
Hip Hop 4 Prez: Aren?t You Sick of Gas Prices!?!? Here?s Why They Are So Hi
2008-05-24 01:22:00
This post was originally a comment from a frequent commenter named Atheist. It was so good I thought I'd post it. It really highlights why gas prices are so high. Next time you give your credit card to the gas guy and sign away another $60 or so, consider that both political parties have sold you out. For decades, no President or Congress would confront that fact that corrupt third-world countries control most of the world's oil supply and those nations are definitely not looking out for us. In the 1970s, when poverty-stricken Brazil began a massive investment in sugar-based ethanol, the United States shrugged and did little research into alternative fuel.
Stock Market Reflecting High Gas Prices
2008-05-23 02:07:00
The gas prices continue to soar and the stock market is showing that. The high gas prices will not be going down soon and many travelers will have to face this high cost on their trips this summer. We should see some declines this fall, but the summer looks like a record breaking season for ...
Oil Company Derangement Syndrome
2008-05-22 23:01:00
Michelle has a good piece about the latest “dog and pony show” on Capital Hill involving oil company executives. Every time gas prices go up, Congress calls the oil company execs to appear at hearings so they can tell them to their face what greedy scumbags they are. The only reason this happens is to give ...
Should Oil Executives Be Blamed for Current Gasoline and Natural Gas Prices
2008-05-22 11:28:00
Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.Executives from five major US based oil companies testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. I am sure they were well...
Californians have to pay the highest Gas Prices!
2008-05-22 06:36:00
It’s true, Californians pay most gas taxes out of all U.S. residents. As you can see in the above map, California makes up more than 5% of all gas taxes paid. Do I feel ripped off about this as a resident of San Francisco? Hell, yes, this is a free country, why isn’t gas tax distributed evenly along the country? Gas should be more expensive inland not toward the seaside. If you happen to live in San Francisco, you can always hit up the Twin Peaks Gas station on every Wednesday for some really low gas prices. Darn… I need to live in Arizona or somethin’… California taxes are ridiculous… [via sfblogg] california taxes, californians, gas buddy, gas prices, gas station, gas temperature, graphical representation, hawaii, map, san francisco, seaside, somethin, twin peaks, USA, west coast
Congress Contemplating Pulling a ?Mugabe? to Hide Inflation
2008-05-22 03:54:00
It didn’t take long for Congress to make an emphatic point that it does not understand the value of a free market, or for that matter, that it fails to comprehend the importance of a freely operating pricing mechanism. Said another way, Congress is proving its members to be the economic jackasses they’ve generally ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Congress Contemplating Pulling a “Mugabe” to Hide Inflation", url: "http://www.ernharth.com/vi/200-8/05/21/congressmugabe/" });
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