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It's really amazing how much we are paying for gas in the bay area. There used to be certain gas stations a person could go where they could find a cheaper price. Nowadays ,everywhere you go is expensive.SOOO..THATS WHY GAS PRICES ARE GOING UP??
JUNGAR QI, China - Almost nonstop, gargantuan 145-ton trucks rumble through China's biggest open-pit coal mine, sending up clouds of soot as they dump their loads into mechanized sorters. The black treasure has transformed this once-isolated crossroads nestled in the sand-sculpted ravines of Inner Mongolia into a bleak boomtown of nearly 300,000 people. Day and night, long and dusty trains haul out coal to electric power plants and factories in the east, fueling China's explosive growth.Gas Prices
I ripped this off of redstate.com, but I thought it would be interesting to discuss - here is the link: http://redstate.com/blogs/steve_foley/2008/jun/10/roy_blunts_chart_democrat_vs_republican_energy_policies
Democrats Divided Over Gas Tax Breaks
Found this on the NY Times. I don't know about you all, but I could use a break on gas prices! http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/us/politics/29campaign.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1209471400-bdnAPQdnCPRlr+q0xbJTsg&oref=slogin Democrats Divided Over Gas Tax Breaks By JOHN M.Waiting a lot to save a little on gas
Waiting a lot to save a little on gas By ELAINE ROSE Staff Writer, 609-272-7215 Published: Friday, April 25, 2008 http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/186/story/141926.html GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - People will do almost anything when they get a whiff of a bargain. They'll drive miles out of their way, wait in line for as long as an hour, even risk getting into a fistfight - all for the privilege of paying "only" $3.17 per gallon for gas. At the Atlantic City rest area on the Garden State Parkway on Thursday evening, motorists tried to take advantage of the good deal on gas before the price went up this morning.Everyone Should Get a Yaris ;)
The New York Times Printer Friendly Format Sponsored By May 2, 2008 As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Are Flocking to Small Cars By BILL VLASIC DETROIT — Soaring gas prices have turned the steady migration by Americans to smaller cars into a stampede. In what industry analysts are calling a first, about one in five vehicles sold in the United States was a compact or subcompact car during April, based on monthly sales data released Thursday. Almost a decade ago, when sport utility vehicles were at their peak of popularity, only one in every eight vehicles sold was a small car.Most Expensive Places to Buy Gas in the U.S
Ten Most Expensive Places to Buy Gas Rank City 1 San Francisco 2 San Jose 3 San Diego 4 Sacramento 5 Los Angeles 6 New York City 7 Buffalo 8 Seattle 9 Miami 10 Chicago Drivers in San Francisco enjoy views of the Golden Gate Bridge, with scenic stretches of the Pacific Coast Highway to the south and the rural shoreline to the north. And they pay for it at the pump. There, the average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline reached $3.546 Wednesday, up from $2.524 a year ago.NY Times: As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Are Flocking to Small Cars
(my personal note... I have a Ford Escape, and I plan to get something more fuel efficient. Does anyone have any recommendations?) From the NY Times: As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Are Flocking to Small Cars By BILL VLASIC Published: May 2, 2008 DETROIT — Soaring gas prices have turned the steady migration by Americans to smaller cars into a stampede.Temporary Fuel Increase - was it really "Temporary"?
I've notice on a few things - airline tix, my garbage bill that there is a line and charge for Temporary Fuel Increase Do you think they'll actually now remove it since gas prices are at their lowest in 5 years? (At least around here)... If they don't, will you say/do something about it?FACT CHECK: Palin Goes Rogue on Some Details
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler on the taxpayer's dime, a reformer without ties to powerful interests and a politician roguishly indifferent to high ambition.
Palin goes adrift, at times, on more contemporary issues, too.
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