Gas Prices
Photo Of The Day - 11/11/08
A truck passes the Hy-Vee gas station, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, in Des Moines, Iowa. Retail gasoline prices dipped for a 17th week since July 4, falling below $2 a gallon in a number of states and approaching $1.50 at some service stations.
(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Gas Below $2 In Tennessee
VIENNA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) — The weekly average oil prices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) dropped to 61.53 U.S. dollars per barrel (dpb) last week, the lowest price since the end of March 2007, the Vienna-based cartel said Monday.
I haven’t seen prices anywhere near the $2.00 mark here in West Palm Beach. [...]
Next Big Thing?: Chevy Volt
A few days ago GM finally introduced the production version of the Chevy Volt to the world (officially this time) much to the delight of the hundreds of journalists packing the hall and the thousands upon thousands of folks who descended upon the internets to get a good look and all the pictures. While it [...]
People Power: The ‘Dogsled’ Vehicle
The entire thing is hand-built out of a combination of scavenged parts and steel. The 500-pound machine centers on four huge-diameter wheels built out of salvaged drainage pipe, modified golf cart wheels and chopped up old tires. The four peddlers generate power, which is combined to turn the right rear wheel — the left rear [...]
RNC Sends Reporters Tire Gauges
When the Obama press corps arrived at the Elkhart, Indiana, Jameson Inn where the campaign is staying tonight, Obama staffers were on hand to distribute room keys - and a small white envelope from the RNC.
That’s right, the Republican National Committee.
Inside the envelope addressed to individual members of Obama’s regular traveling press, was a small [...]
Newt Gingrich Takes On Nancy Pelosi
At a Capitol Hill press conference with Members of Congress still in Washington working to pass an energy bill, Speaker Gingrich delivers a message of thanks and encouragement on behalf of the 1.4 million Americans who have signed the “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” petition.
What T. Boone Pickens Won’t Tell You
WASHINGTON — T. Boone Pickens, the Republican Texas oil mogul who has been pushing a renewable energy agenda, will be among the experts testifying before a Senate panel Tuesday on energy security.
As oil prices continue to hover around the $140 per barrel mark, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are likely Tuesday to [...]
Al Gore: Survival Of The U.S At Risk
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The United States should be making all of its electricity with renewable and carbon-free energy in 10 years, former Vice President Al Gore said Thursday.
“The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk,” Gore said.
In a speech at Washington’s Constitution Hall, Gore touched on an [...]
Gas Thieves Are Getting Creative
You almost have to give them some credit for creativity. When I watched this report, I figured it would be an old fashioned story about siphoning gas in the United States but it looks like these next-generation thieves have cranked it up a notch. Check the wires, there are dozens of stories just like [...]
Photo Of The Day - 06/04/08
Superman Faces Off With Mobil Worker At Gas Price Protest:
Demonstrator Norberto Gonzalez, second from right, wears a Superman costume as he joins consumers to protest the high cost of gasoline as a mobile worker gestures at right Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at a Mobil gas station in Los Angeles. At far right is an unidentified [...]
