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 Bike Sharing Debuts in DC 

$40 a year gives locals access to cycles parked citywide

Aug 15, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - With its residents battling high fuel prices and heavy traffic, Washington, DC, has instituted a bike-sharing program: pay $40 a year, and you can borrow wheels from one of 10 stands across the city. Inspired by similar schemes abroad, SmartBike DC is using technology keep the system running smoothly, keeping... More »

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environment • traffic • gas prices • bicycle • Washington, DC

Small Dips in Gas Prices Send Drivers Back to SUVs

Consumers viewing fuel efficiency as 'one factor' again

Aug 12, 08 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oil prices have been falling since mid-June, and though it’s debatable whether speculators or market fundamentals drove the boom (and now possible bust), it is clear that $4 a gallon gas crimped demand. But for how long? With prices now again below that psychological threshold but still $1.19... More »

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gas • fuel efficiency • SUV • gas prices • electric cars • oil price • hybrid car • oil prices

Airline Shares Bounce Back as Oil Prices Fall

Analyst predicts carriers could be back in the black next year

Aug 12, 08 2:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Airline shares rose yesterday following an analyst's prediction that the big carriers could be back in the black by next year, reports the Wall Street Journal. The stocks have been recovering since mid-July as oil prices started to slip downward and the industry's cost-cutting and revenue-boosting measures began to take... More »

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airline industry • US Airways • United Airlines • gas prices • share price • airlines

OPINION

Look to Danes for Energy Know-How

Tiny nation responded to '73 crisis with bikes, wind, oil tax: Friedman

Aug 10, 08 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hey, America, looking for a way to solve the energy crisis? Try following Denmark's lead, writes Thomas L. Friedman in the New York Times. The country has a few simple fixes that go a long way: Friedman observes half the rush-hour traffic is bicycles; wind provides 20% of the country's... More »

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alternative energy • Denmark • gas prices • gas tax • wind power • energy policy

 EPA Refuses to
 Lower Ethanol Quota

Agency denies request by Texas governor

Aug 7, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The EPA refused to cut a minimum ethanol quota today, despite critics’ charges that the biofuel mandate is driving high food prices, the New York Times reports. The agency approved Congress’ quota that requires the US use 9 billion gallons of ethanol in gasoline blends this year, denying Texas Gov.... More »

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ethanol • alternative energy • corn • biofuel • gas prices • cars • subsidy

Opinion

 Oil Rhetoric Gets Silly

Promises get bigger, and policy gets dumber

Aug 6, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - It might as well be a mathematical formula: High gas prices + oncoming election = stupid policy, writes Ruth Marcus in the Washington Post. John McCain, once the possessor of a sensible energy plan, now screeches incessantly about outer-continental shelf drilling, as though this would instantly solve the energy... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Obama 2008 • gas prices • oil drilling • McCain 2008 • strategic petroleum reserve • energy policy

Car Sharing Rides $4 Gas
to Increased Popularity

Zipcar catches on nationwide

Aug 5, 08 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - With gas prices hovering around $4 a gallon, car sharing as an alternative to car ownership is finally gaining traction, reports Newsweek. Started 8 years ago, the best-known car-sharing company, Zipcar, rents communal vehicles by the hour or day. Both cost-efficient and eco-friendly, the company charges members about $10... More »

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gas • Driving • gas prices • auto industry • Zipcar • Flexcar

 Obama: Time
 to Tap Oil
 Reserves 

Democrat flips policy position, cites crisis

Aug 4, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama called for a release of some of the strategic petroleum reserve today, dubbing the current energy crisis “one of the most dangerous and urgent threats this nation has ever faced.” Campaigning in Michigan, Obama outlined his energy plan, which he says will create 5 million “... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • gas prices • Energy crisis • strategic petroleum reserve

Opinion

Washington Wants You to Guzzle Gas

Tax dollars should subsidize mass
transit, not cars

Aug 3, 08 3:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - As gas prices rise, Americans are driving less—and fewer dollars are flowing into the gas-tax-fueled Federal Highway Trust Fund. President Bush’s illogical response? To take money out of public transportation and put it in the highway fund—the latest bizarre example of officials intent on promoting and subsidizing... More »

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transit • gas prices • subsidies • cars • Federal Highway Trust Fund

 Even Texas Is Going Electric

Gas costs make 'golf carts' smart choices

Jul 31, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - High gas prices are forcing Americans to seriously pursue other transportation options—even in Texas, the heart of oil country. Chrysler’s Global Electric Motorcar division, which sells tiny, utilitarian vehicles, has seen dealerships triple sales. The Wall Street Journal visits a Texas family that’s embraced the cost-efficiency of... More »

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Texas • gas • gas prices • golf cart • electric cars • gas consumption

 Oil, Gas Prices Continue Slide

A glimmer of hope in otherwise gloomy economy as crude prices sink

Jul 30, 08 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A dip in the price of energy is providing a welcome respite from an otherwise grim economic picture. Oil, which neared $150 a barrel earlier this month, has dropped $23, or 16%, since July 3; natural gas prices are down 33%. AAA says nationwide gas prices have dropped to $3.... More »

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OPEC • gas prices • natural gas • economy • oil prices

 China's Thirst for
 Gaz-Guzzlers
 Boosts Oil Demand

SUV sales jump 43% over last year

Jul 28, 08 3:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - While soaring gas prices are driving Americans to buy more energy-efficient cars, Chinese consumers are opting for gas-guzzling Buicks and Hummers, reports the Washington Post. China accounts for 40% of the world's recent increase in oil demand. There were few private cars in China 15 years ago, but today... More »

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China • Russia • Saudi Arabia • Venezuela • India • gas prices • Hummer • oil demand • Buick • oil subsidies • International Energy Agency

 Phew! Gas Sinks Below $4

Diesel down as well, but still high; ethanol hovers in the low $3 range

Jul 26, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gas prices dipped below $4 today for the first time in almost 2 months, CNN reports. A survey by AAA showed that a gallon of regular cost an average of $3.983, 2 cents lower than yesterday. The move continues a trend over roughly the last week in which prices... More »

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ethanol • diesel • American Automobile Association • gas prices • E 85 • automobile

opinion

 LA Prof Discovers
 New World on Foot

Gas prices forced her to walk around the neighborhood

Jul 26, 08 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forced by high gas prices to start walking again, one Los Angeles professor discovered something new: her neighborhood. No longer wanting to drive to a park to walk her dog, Diana Wagman took it through the neighborhood, where she found reburbished homes, furniture on the curb, and—who knew—her... More »

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exercise • gas prices • oil price • neighbors • walking

OPINION

 How Mac Can Get
 His Groove Back 

A laundry list of what to change

Jul 23, 08 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's not quite time for John McCain's "obit," Mark Halperin writes in Time, but we're getting there. How the Republican could right the ship:
  • Realize that voters “want an upbeat president”—and stop pointing out his old age.
  • Recognize that Americans care more about
... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Osama bin Laden • gas prices • subprime crisis

Corn-Hungry Texas Calls for  Cuts in Biofuel Mandates

Ethanol future in balance as governor pleads for livestock corn

Jul 23, 08 2:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The EPA is considering a proposal from the governor of Texas to slash the amount of ethanol that oil companies are required to blend into gasoline to meet quotas, the New York Times reports. Gov. Rick Perry is calling for the EPA to cut the ethanol mandate in half, from... More »

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ethanol • livestock • corn • biofuel • Environmental Protection Agency • gas prices • oil companies

 Riding Mowers
 Sputter With
 US Economy 

Housing downturn, gas prices bode ill for icon

Jul 19, 08 7:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once a symbol of American prosperity, the riding lawnmower is running out of gas, the Washington Post reports. The whole business “is deeply troubled by the decline in housing starts,” said one industry group spokesman. Rising oil prices have also pummeled demand. But what’s really turning... More »

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gas prices • Lowe's • housing crisis • economy • suburban lawn

In Need of Big Ideas,
Ford Thinks Small

Company may move some production of small cars to US

Jul 19, 08 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ford Motor Company will be repurposing some of its US plants to manufacture smaller, more fuel-efficient cars, the Wall Street Journal reports. As rising gas prices drive falling sales of behemoths like the F-150, insiders say the company will move toward making more of the passenger cars, like the Mondeo,... More »

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fuel efficiency • Ford • gas prices • Big Three • small cars

 Oil-Rich Alaska 
 Pays Most for Gas 

State's isolation, small population factor in prices averaging $4.65 per gallon

Jul 18, 08 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Think you’re paying a lot for gas? Try telling that to the people in Lime Village, Alaska, an isolated outpost where prices have hit $8.55 a gallon. Alaska is a major crude supplier, but its residents, paradoxically, face the highest average gas prices in the nation, Reuters reports,... More »

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Alaska • gas prices

Man Trades Baby Name for
$100 Gas Card

Free fuel on offer
for everything from brothels to bloodbanks

Jul 18, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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gas • church • American Red Cross • gas prices • newborn • brothel • gift card • baby name

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