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July 2008
- NYC's Taxi Fleets in Race for Hybrids
  
  newser | USA Today | Jul 20, 08 6:10 AM CDT
  
  The Big Apple's unprecedented plan to turn its famous yellow cabs green could run into an old-fashioned supply-and-demand problem this fall, USA Today reports. Starting in October, the city is requiring that any new replacement cabs be hybrids. But the transition may be difficult because gas prices have triggered a fever-pitch demand for the fuel-efficient cars. "Consumers have been on waiting lists for months, and even they can't get one," said one analyst. More »
  
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  New York City • environment • gas • hybrid car • green • green transportation • taxi • fuel consumption
- Man Trades Baby Name for $100 Gas Card
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 18, 08 11:56 AM CDT
  
  An Orlando man agreed to name his baby after two local radio hosts in exchange for a gift card worth $100 of gasoline, Reuters reports. The listener will collect the card in December, when his son is born, after producing a birth certificate. He's not the only American susceptible to offers of free gas these days: from brothels to churches, fuel has become a better lure than cash. More »
  
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  gas prices • gas • church • brothel • American Red Cross • newborn
- Why $8 Gas Would Be Awesome
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jul 11, 08 11:17 AM CDT
  
  Gas, as you may have heard, has topped $4 a gallon, and Joel Stein of the LA Times loves it. "Cheap gas is unfair," he argues, tongue mostly in cheek. Heck, why not make it $8 or even $10 a gallon, as in Europe, "where they have fewer road deaths even though they drive like complete idiots"? More »
  
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  gas prices • gas • fuel costs • traffic • energy costs
- Gas Use Hits Record Low, Prices Still Sky High
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 10, 08 2:21 AM CDT
  
  Soaring gas prices are changing Americans driving habits, cutting consumption to the lowest levels in five years, reports the Wall Street Journal. Gas consumption dropped by 3.3% to 9.3 million barrels a day compared with last year's Fourth of July holiday. Some 62% of Americans are changing summer plans because of rising gas prices, and 15% have canceled vacations altogether. More »
  
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  gas prices • gas • diesel • New York Mercantile Exchange • oil refineries • Energy Information Administration
- Oil Tycoon Kicks Off Energy Campaign
  
  newser | Dallas Morning News | Jul 8, 08 3:51 PM CDT
  
  Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is fed up with America’s dependence on oil and today launched a huge ad campaign to persuade the nation to kick its crude addiction, the Dallas Morning News reports. His "Pickens Plan" proposes that Americans swap gasoline for natural gas, then replace natural gas power plants with wind, solar, and nuclear facilities. More »
  
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  oil price • oil • gas • alternative energy • natural gas • solar power • energy dependence • T. Boone Pickens • wind power • energy independence
- Easy St.: Thieves Having a Gas
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 6, 08 9:28 AM CDT
  
  Stealing gas by siphoning it from vehicles is a simple crime that can reap big rewards—and as fuel prices soar, the crime is ever-more tempting for thieves, the Washington Post reports. A Maryland county reported zero or one thefts yearly from 2005 to 2007, but cops have already logged seven this year. Meanwhile, sales of locking gas caps have skyrocketed. More »
  
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  gas prices • gas • theft • fuel
- The Good in $4 Gas
  
  newser | Time | Jul 2, 08 12:03 PM CDT
  
  The rest of the world may have thought it would never happen, but energy prices are beginning to change Americans' behavior. Time notes some positive aspects: Jobs lost to globalization return, because energy costs make international shipping unattractive. Suburban sprawl is slowing as people choose to live closer to cities. Many firms are switching to four-day workweeks—the practice saved Florida's Brevard College $268,000 over a summer session. Less pollution as motorists drive less … …and more frugally, both in how they drive and what they drive. More »
  
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  gas prices • oil • obesity • gas • traffic • commute • auto insurance
June 2008
- Yanks Flood Mexico for Cheap Gas
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 25, 08 3:46 AM CDT
  
  Soaring gas prices have Californians and Texans racing for the border and braving drug cartel violence to save some $20 per tank filling up in Mexico. American pumps have passed the $4 mark, but Mexican gas is still just $2.66 a gallon thanks to subsidies intended for poor Mexicans. Americans are buying it up instead, triggering a 50% surge in sales—and Mexican gas shortages, reports the New York Times. More »
  
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  Texas • gas prices • Mexico • gas • fuel costs • fuel
- Goodbye, RV: Hello, Real Travel
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jun 20, 08 7:59 PM CDT
  
  With gas prices up and on the rise, your Winnebago may soon be stuck in park—but the fall of car culture's ugliest offender will force us to reconnect with better pastimes, writes Garrison Keillor in the Chicago Tribune . “Banjo sales will pick up,” Keillor writes. “The screened porch will come back in style. And the art of storytelling will burgeon along with it.” More »
  
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  gas prices • gas • automobile
- China Jacks Up Energy Prices
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 19, 08 1:13 PM CDT
  
  China will raise domestic energy prices starting tomorrow, the Wall Street Journal reports, with gas and diesel costs jumping 18%. China’s heavily subsidized fuel is still cheaper than international rates, and the move may be an attempt to appease foreign governments, who blame Beijing's intervention for letting demand rise unchecked in the world's second-largest oil consumer. More »
  
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  China • oil price • gas • fuel costs • diesel • fuel consumption
- At Last, US Gas Consumption Starts to Fall
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 19, 08 8:07 AM CDT
  
  The price of gasoline quadrupled over the last decade, but Americans responded by driving more and more in ever-larger gas guzzlers as if nothing had changed. But $4 gas combined with an economic black hole may have finally gotten the message across, reports the New York Times, as American gasoline consumption is set for its first annual decline in 17 years. More »
  
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  oil price • gas prices • United States • gas • energy consumption
- As Gas Prices Climb, So Do Gas Thefts
  
  newser | Newsweek | Jun 14, 08 11:50 AM CDT
  
  With gas prices soaring above $4 a gallon, gas thefts are up across the country, and thieves are devising ever-more-creative means of snatching the stuff, Newsweek reports. Some manage to keep the gas flowing after paying for only a few gallons; others siphon fuel from unsuspecting drivers’ SUVs. Some even use life-threatening maneuvers to gather hundreds of gallons. More »
  
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  crime • gas prices • gas • theft • convenience stores
- Gas Rising, Station Owners Barrel Toward Bankruptcy
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jun 10, 08 12:24 PM CDT
  
  Stiff fuel prices are not pouring cash into the pockets of California gas station owners—instead, they're driving them into bankruptcy. Credit card fees, tanker-load costs, and other rapidly increasing expenses are putting the crunch on retailers, reports the Los Angeles Times . More »
  
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  California • gas prices • Los Angeles • gas • fuel • gas stations
- High Gas Prices Are Good for Detroit
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 9, 08 12:25 PM CDT
  
  Sky-high gas prices are finally pushing top US auto-makers to turn out fuel-efficient vehicles, and both Detroit and Washington should keep the pedal down to make a permanent change in how, and what, Americans drive, the US top car salesman tells the Wall Street Journal . "You have to tell the American people the truth," the CEO of AutoNation says. "Energy costs will be higher." More »
  
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  auto industry • General Motors • energy • gas • hybrid car • fuel costs • Honda • cars • SUVs • Nissan • electric
May 2008
- Gas Prices Drive Americans Off the Road
  
  newser | CNN | May 27, 08 3:31 AM CDT
  
  The summer driving season that kicked off over Memorial Day weekend will see significantly fewer Americans hitting the road, reports CNN: Figures from March released yesterday show the biggest decline in driving since the federal government began keeping records in 1942—down 4.3% or 11 billion miles from last year. Gas consumption for the first 3 months of 2008 is estimated to be about 0.6% lower than the previous year, and the summer consumption is projected to be down 0.4%. More »
  
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  gas prices • gas • driving • cars • drivers • Department of Transportation
- Hybrid Owners Put the Pedal to Fuel Efficiency
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 26, 08 8:29 AM CDT
  
  Leaving the bad old days of drag-racing in the dust, greenies are now engaging in their own race for fuel efficiency, reports the Washington Post. With hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Prius giving up-to-the-second feedback on just how much gas passing that little old lady in the right lane is guzzling, many drivers are adjusting their habits to max out their MPGs. More »
  
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  energy • gas • hybrid car • Toyota Prius • energy consumption • mpg • gas mileage
- As Gas Spikes, Profit Scarce for Station Owners
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 25, 08 1:13 PM CDT
  
  Feeling sorry for gas station owners might be more than the average consumer can muster these days, but, reports the Washington Post, the emotion might not be misguided. Oil giants like Exxon cut owners' profit margins and raise rents, while micromanaging details down to which shelf franchisees place soda on. If the owner raises the price per gallon a few pennies, Exxon spikes its wholesale price, leaving little room for earnings. More »
  
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  gas prices • gas • fuel costs • Exxon • gas stations
- Buy Car, Get Gun Free
  
  newser | BBC | May 23, 08 4:34 AM CDT
  
  Sales have shot up at a Missouri car dealership with a novel new promotion, reports the BBC. Anybody buying a new car at Max Motors before the end of the month gets a $250 gas card—or a gun. The "God, Guns and Gas" deal was inspired by Barack Obama's comments about small-towners clinging to guns and religion, according to the owner, who recommends a particular "nice little handgun" that fits in a pocket. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • gas • gun • Missouri • gun sales • car dealers
- US Can Drive 55—and Should, Greens Say
  
  newser | Wired | May 22, 08 9:15 PM CDT
  
  Escalating fuel prices and fear of global warming are rekindling debate over the nation's maximum speed limit—and environmentalists are urging Congress to slow the US back down to 55 mph, Wired reports. Advocates say going back to the speed limit set during the oil crunch of the 1970s will allow cars to get better gas mileage and emit less carbon dioxide, while skeptics say the benefit would be trivial. More »
  
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  environment • gas • cars • speed limit • gas mileage • US department of Energy
- Prius: 1M and Counting
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 15, 08 3:51 PM CDT
  
  The Toyota Prius is a now 1 million units strong, and the landmark gas-electric hybrid, introduced in 1997, is poised to keep growing, the AP reports. Toyota said today it expects to be selling a million a year by sometime after 2010; what’s more, the company claims 4.5 million tons of harmful gases have been taken out of the air since its debut. More »
  
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  gas prices • Toyota • gas • hybrid car • fuel efficiency • auto sales • carbon footprint • Toyota Prius

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