http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gasoline/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:09:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418313/posts A state senator says Alaska oil refineries have been gouging Alaskans at the gas pump for more than a year, reaping profit margins unparalleled to ones in the Lower 48, and he is once again calling for government to step in. The state's oil refineries are making far more profit on their gasoline as the national average, according to the report released Wednesday by Sen. Bill Wielechowski and authored by the nonpartisan Legislative Research Services Division. But not everyone -- including the refineries and at least one legislator -- agrees with Wielechowski's conclusions, calling them an oversimplification of complicated market... Anchorage Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418313/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:09:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417382/posts RENTON, Wash. – A Tacoma man called 911 to report the truck he had just stolen had run out of gas. But not only was he arrested, he learned not all vehicles run on the same type of fuel. The Washington State Patrol says at about 12:30 p.m. Monday, a City Transfer employee headed south on State Route 167 spotted the silver 1985 Chevy truck that was stolen from their yard earlier that day. Someone was seen in the truck as it sat, disabled, on the shoulder in Renton. Minutes later, and before troopers arrived, the suspect called 911 to... KING 5 News (Seattle) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417382/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:59:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411029/posts <p>"NatWest handed Al Qaeda terrorist 100% mortgage to buy £93,000 home he turned into a bomb factory"</p> <p>SNIPPET: "A bank has sparked outrage by handing over a 100 per cent mortgage to an Al Qaeda terrorist who smuggled himself into Britain.</p> DAILY MAIL.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411029/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:53:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408527/posts The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Tuesday to impose sanctions on foreign companies that help supply gasoline to Iran, a move lawmakers hope will deter Tehran from pursuing its nuclear program. The bill authorizes President Barack Obama to levy sanctions on energy companies that directly provide gasoline to Iran along with the firms that provide insurance and tankers to facilitate the fuel shipments. The Senate is likely to approve a similar bill, but it is uncertain how soon it will vote. HaAretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408527/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:46:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403959/posts Released on December 9, 2009 (Next Release on December 16, 2009) Short-Term Forecast is for Asian Oil Demand Growth With the emerging Asian economies rebounding from the global economic downturn faster than the G-7 economies, the Asia-Pacific region is the leading driver of global economic recovery and higher oil demand. Although the emerging Asian economies were generally less exposed to financial risks and credit default arrangements than the U.S. and European economies, many of them have taken strong stimulus measures throughout 2009 that are expected to boost domestic demand, financial credit, and greater investment in transportation and infrastructure. Growth in... EIA of the DOE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403959/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:22:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384960/posts Has this been a trying decade for the average American, or what? It's bad enough that we've have had to cope with stagnant wages and tax increases at just about every level. But in the months ahead, we may have to deal with yet another nightmare: surging gasoline prices. Factors are lining up that could end up pushing gas prices back over $4 per gallon sometime next year. If you're already exasperated about prices at the pump, you're not the only one. Gasoline demand in 2009 has been comparatively low -- take 7.6 million Americans out of the workforce through... Dailyfinance.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384960/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:30:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379265/posts <p>The most common deals under the government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road, replaced old Ford or Chevrolet pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to an analysis of new federal data by The Associated Press.</p> Arizona Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379265/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:32:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378905/posts DETROIT (Reuters) - There's a simple way to get Americans to drive fuel-efficient cars, according to auto executives, but they are not going to like it -- sharply hike the gas tax. [snip] Gradually raising gas taxes to the point where fuel costs $4 to $5 at the pump will do more to stimulate demand in next-generation vehicles like General Motors Co's forthcoming Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid than any other policy initiatives... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378905/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 04:25:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378959/posts We’ve been here before. The government mandates more fuel-efficient vehicles across the board, yet the American public continues to gravitate toward what’s big and powerful. Barring this era of greater responsibility and restraint, which might pass like a fleeting fancy with the recession, why not pick the bigger or more powerful car, we say? A lot of things are different this time around, though. Perhaps most remarkably, quite a few executives of automakers and major auto-supplier companies are voicing out in favor of higher fuel taxes—of more rigorous regulation of what types of vehicles can be built and sold—as a... The Car Connection™ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378959/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:15:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370952/posts The US has every characteristic of a failed state.The US government's current operating budget is dependent on foreign financing and money creation.Too politically weak to be able to advance its interests through diplomacy, the US relies on terrorism and military aggression.Costs are out of control, and priorities are skewed in the interests of rich organized interest groups at the expense of the vast majority of citizens. For example, war at all cost, which enriches the armaments industry, the officer corps and the financial firms that handle the war's financing, takes precedence over the needs of American citizens. There is no... 321Gold http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370952/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:37:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369098/posts <p>CATANO, Puerto Rico — An explosion at a Gulf gasoline facility Friday rocked a neighborhood outside Puerto Rico's capital, causing minor injuries and forcing evacuations as firefighters raced to prevent additional blasts.</p> <p>Several columns of black smoke and flames were rising from the Caribbean Petroleum Corp., a gasoline warehouse and distribution center on San Juan's bay that owns the Gulf brand in this U.S. Caribbean territory.</p> AP/Eyewitness/Local Radio & TV Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369098/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:57:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358086/posts Iran's oil minister has warned companies that sell gasoline not to halt deliveries to the Islamic Republic in response to Western sanctions moves, saying they would be dropped from its list of suppliers. The United States and its European allies are exploring ways of targeting fuel imports into Iran if the country continues to press on with its nuclear program. "If the suppliers of gasoline avoid exporting it to Iran...they will be eliminated from the National Iranian Oil Company's list of suppliers," business daily "Abrar-e Eqtesadi" quoted Oil Minister Massud Mirkazemi as saying. Iran, the world's fifth-largest crude oil exporter,... Radio Free Europe/ Radio Farda http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358086/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 03:03:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357356/posts Longview Lawn and Garden mechanic Jason Beasley said there's something distinctly different about gas blended with ethanol, and you can see that difference in as little as two weeks."The shelf life is reduced dramatically," Beasley said, referring to how long ethanol lasts before it can no longer fuel small engines. He said it doesn't prevent him from using ethanol. He just knows he can't store the fuel. Jimmy Isaac/News-Journal Photo (ENLARGE) Tricia Edson of Longview pumps gas Wednesday evening at Skinner's Grocery and Market. She said she and her husband buy ethanol-free gas to avoid damage to their vehicles and... Longview News Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357356/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 05:54:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351663/posts Could the U.S. block sales of refined gasoline to Iran as a way of ratcheting up pressure on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Iranian regime? That's a prospect U.S. politicians have talked up for months. But as the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China prepare for crucial talks with Iran in Geneva on Oct. 1, there's a growing realization that the strategy might not work. "The hype around blocking gas is hugely overdone," says Richard Dalton, who was British ambassador to Iran until 2006 and is now an associate fellow at the London think tank Chatham House. "People use this... TIME http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351663/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:29:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348170/posts An early morning fire at Tesoro Corp's 100,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Wilmington, California, has been extinguished, according to local media. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348170/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:38:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329879/posts Energy: We balk at importing "dirty" oil from Canada, but others aren't so reluctant. Exempt as a "developing" nation from Kyoto-like agreements, China has decided to help Canada develop its energy-rich oil sands.The Financial Post reports that PetroChina International Investment Co. has struck a deal to buy a 60% interest in Athabasca Oil Sands Corp.'s McKay River and Dover projects for $1.9 billion. China has been establishing energy beachheads around the world in its quest to keep its growing economy fueled. With possible conflict brewing between Israel and Iran, Beijing recognizes the need for reliable suppliers like Canada in an... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329879/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:03:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324451/posts Energy Policy: A new study shows that Waxman-Markey will increase prices at the pump, deepen our dependence on foreign oil and shred our ability to turn crude into gasoline. Even fuel-efficient cars will still need fuel.Oil may bubble up out of the ground, but gasoline does not. It's made in those ugly little NIMBY places called refineries we are loath to build anymore because we're too busy trying to save the Earth rather than our economy and American jobs. When Hurricane Katrina shut down 20% of our refining capacity in a single day and raised gas prices in a single... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324451/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:59:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317483/posts Get ready for the sugar shock. Raw sugar futures have almost doubled this year amid fears of a shortage, which could lead to slightly higher prices for candy but also a spike in the price of ethanol. Much of the rise in sugar prices has come in just the past few weeks as drier-than-normal weather in India, the world's largest consumer, threatens to leave production there far short of demand... The bigger impact may be felt at the gas pump, where the sugar shortfall is likely to drive up the cost of ethanol, increasingly used as a substitute for gasoline.... Toronto Globe and Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317483/posts#comment Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:43:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297251/posts An Australian man burst into flames after a policeman hit him on the bridge of the nose with his Taser. Sound ridiculous? Not so much if you know the man was arrested on suspicion of huffing gasoline.The man pretty immediately went up in flames, and the officer, recognizing that a man becomes significantly less dangerous once he's on fire, went to the suspect's aid, patting him all over (and getting burned himself) to quell the flames. While the officer tried to help the flammable man, he was hit by rocks thrown by a young woman also on the scene, also... Gizmodo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297251/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:20:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293096/posts Biofuels are a controversial topic. Some support switching to using natural gas (primarily methane), a substance that is in great abundance in America. Others, particularly corn farmers and the U.S. Department of Agriculture suggest switching to an ethanol-based economy. Still others advocate using sugar cane in more limited ethanol or biodiesel deployments. All of these approaches, though, share fundamental inefficiencies -- they require a car engine redesign to full take advantage of them. Modern dual mode vehicles can lose 15 percent or more efficiency. Houston, Texas-based Terrabon believes they have the answer. They have refined and improved on a Texas... DailyTech http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293096/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:14:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285415/posts Minnesota has been an unofficial testing ground for using ethanol to fuel vehicles, but after years of steady increases, interest appears to be waning. Despite a push from the governor and an increase in the number of so-called flexible-fuel vehicles on the road — which can run on either gasoline or a mostly ethanol blend — sales of E85 have dipped in recent months, beyond the normal decline in winter months. In February, sales of E85, a cleaner-burning fuel consisting of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, hit their lowest mark since 2006, according to a new report by... Journalstar.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285415/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:19:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275420/posts Gasoline markets exhibited the first signs that an extended rally in pump prices is nearing an end after 52 straight days on the rise. Gasoline futures started falling midweek after a government report showed a huge surplus. Already, wholesale gasoline prices in key markets like the Gulf Coast and Chicago had begun to fade. Should prices continue to fall on the New York Mercantile Exchange, cheaper gas may be on the way for motorists. AP/GoogleNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275420/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:41:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271454/posts There are several studies that prove this. UCSB's study is rather bold right up front in it's findings: Next time you step on a glob of tar on a beach in Santa Barbara County, you can thank the oil companies that it isn't a bigger glob. That's pretty clear, isn't it? There's a study out there from the US Government which has taken note of seepages and compared them with leaks that happen from offshore oil rigs and notes that rigs leak less than the ocean floor does. The Brits have also noticed the positive benefits of offshore riggery, though... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271454/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:31:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270353/posts When gas tops three dollars a gallon and beyond, will the media blame Obama as it did Bush? On Obama’s inauguration day the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the US was about $1.80. It’s been climbing ever since. Let’s review the news from the past. On April 26, 2006, the Gallup News Service, in an article entitled “High Gas Prices Could Fuel a Further Decline in Bush’s Ratings,” the author wrote: “[T]he prospect of gas prices averaging more than $3 per gallon nationwide this summer could cause Bush's rating to sink even further. In the past, presidents... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270353/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:59:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260610/posts Storage tankers across the globe may be brimming with oil that no one is buying because of the global economic downturn, but the traditional laws of supply and demand don't always apply to oil prices. Drivers have faced rising prices at the gas pump in recent months, as investors and oil-producing countries hoard supplies in anticipation of a global economic recovery later this year. Time/Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260610/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 16:10:17 GMT