Bob McCarty Writes

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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Will work for fuel, a gas price-related design from The Bob McCarty Shop, is featured prominently in a Misty Harris article published in the Winnipeg Free Press (see graphic) and in several other major newspapers across Canada today. Harris, a writer for CanWest News Service (a.k.a., Canada.com) contacted me Saturday about her interest in including [...]

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With gas prices rising each day during the past two weeks, it makes sense for drivers to do everything possible to make their vehicles as efficient as possible in order to lower their fuel costs this summer and beyond. Below are ten fuel-saving tips from GasBuddy.com: 1. Avoid High Speeds — As your speed increases, [...]

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A newspaper in Plymouth, Mass., reports this disturbing news related to record-high gas prices: Police say it’s a 1970s crime wave all over again. Only this time, thieves drilled into gas tanks instead of siphoning to steal fuel. Rather than take that route, I recommend Americans struggling to find a solution to rising gas prices [...]

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ATTENTION: California residents! On Feb. 26, I reported the price of gasoline would reach $4 per gallon by spring. Less than 10 days later, that prediction has come true, according to a report by a California television station: The Americo gas station in Gorda, Calif., is selling premium unleaded gas for $5.39 a gallon and, [...]

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Gasoline prices are predicted to rise once again, according to an International Herald Tribune article: Gasoline prices, which for months lagged the big run-up in the price of oil, are suddenly rising quickly, with some experts fearing they could hit $4 a gallon by spring. Diesel is hitting new records daily and oil closed at [...]

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Smart and energetic people sometimes make costly mistakes. Such is the case with corn farmers, politicians and the push to develop ethanol as an alternative fuel. Working together, corn farmers and politicians have conspired to promote ethanol as an alternative fuel, promising its use will help to relieve this country of its dependence upon foreign [...]

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