This morning, I came across a Facebook event, titled “GAS STRIKE,” that nearly a half-million people have signed up to “attend” today. Sadly, their effort — which involves boycotting gas stations for one day — is a misguided effort driven more by emotion and ignorance than common sense. Oil companies produce the oil and make [...]
‘Gas Strike’ Fueled by Emotion and Ignorance (Update)
March 10th, 2011 · 11 Comments
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Gas Price Predictions Haven’t Panned Out – Yet
December 28th, 2010 · No Comments
A CNN Money article published yesterday included a prediction about gas prices made by John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil. He said that Americans could be paying $5 per gallon of gasoline by 2012. In response, this designer of “Will Work for Fuel” merchandise says, “Tell me something new.” Since President Barack Obama took [...]
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Kerry and Lieberman Introduce New Gas Tax
May 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments
American Solutions is warning Americans about a new piece of legislation introduced today by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) that will burden Americans with a new gas tax. The excerpt below, from an e-mail sent out by Vince Haley, the group’s vice president of policy, explains what’s at stake, thanks to the [...]
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Sobering Reality: $7 Per Gallon Gas
March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
On Tuesday, The New York Times blog, Dot Earth, reported that Harvard researchers believe Americans may have to experience a sobering reality, $7 per gallon gas, to meet the Obama administration’s targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. This news comes almost two years after I published a post in which I shared the prediction of [...]
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Fuel Hedging Company Slow to Get Things Rolling
September 27th, 2008 · No Comments
In a July 8 post, Florida Company to Take Fuel Hedging Mainstream, I wrote about a South Florida company that was poised to take fuel hedging to the mainstream by enabling consumers to purchase fuel in a manner similar to that used by Southwest Airlines. Unfortunately, it seems the company is slow to get things [...]
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Democrats Won’t Budge; Fuel Costs to Keep Rising
July 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments
In the video above, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) asks that the Senate consider a bill to allow offshore drilling, but Democrats, led by Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO), object. Senator McConnell then asks if the bill could be triggered when gas reaches $4.50 per gallon, then $5 per gallon, then $7.50 per gallon, and [...]
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Congress Should Delay Recess, Lift Drilling Ban
July 23rd, 2008 · 7 Comments
Grassfire.org announced this afternoon that more than 100,000 citizens have signed a petition calling upon Congress to stay in session until a ban on offshore drilling is lifted. The text of the nonprofit group’s news release appears below: CHESAPEAKE, Va., July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Unsure of the economy and feeling a bite at the pumps, [...]
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