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Gasoline Prices to Approach $5 Per Gallon by 2010!

June 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments

If experts in the oil and gas and financial services industries are on target, Americans should expect to see fuel costs rise during the remainder of 2009.  In particular, they should expect to see gas prices approaching $5 per gallon by 2010.
Among the driving forces responsible for the price increases is the rising cost 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, [...]

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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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Drive Free for 2,400 Miles on Plasma

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

With gas and diesel prices in the United States higher than ever, many Americans are struggling to find ways to pay for fuel. Some are turning to plasma — selling their plasma, that is.
By selling their blood plasma, healthy Americans can help their fellow man and help themselves by earning enough money to drive [...]

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