Archive for the ‘Gas and Oil’ Category
Friday, July 11th, 2008
With $4 gas nicely entrenched now in the US -- and higher fear premiums brought on by recent Iranian missile tests -- driving around is starting to suck. (Well, at least the filling-up part.)
Ah well, just get a gas guzzler with a guarantee of $2.99 gas and you're all ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Airlines are hurting pretty badly because of rising fuel costs. Each $1 rise in the cost of oil causes an annual rise of tens of millions of dollars for fuel for a typical airline. And we've seen a whole bunch of $1 rises lately.
Northwest Airlines recently planned to ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
My mother-in-law has a friend who works at a gas station, and her friend has an indicator on when gas prices are truly getting high:
She doesn't think gas prices are high yet, because people are still buying lottery tickets and soda pop after filling up their tank. When they ...
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
With dealers starting to refuse gas guzzlers for trade-ins, monster, expensive-to-power vehicles are going to drop in price. Buying someone else's problem can make for a good deal for the buyer.
But even if these vehicles could be traded in, trading an SUV for a fuel-efficient vehicle may not really ...
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