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Americans Will Want Electric Cars When Gas Hits $5 Per Gallon (Or Maybe $4.50. No, Wait, Make That $7)

Everyone has a price. But Americans have a wide variety of answers when asked how much they would be willing to pay for gas before grudgingly switching to electric cars. READ»

The True Price Of Gas: What It Should Really Cost To Fill Up

If you follow one gallon of gas from the ground to your car and then to the atmosphere, it gets a lot more expensive than what you pay at the pump. READ»

America's Most Gas-Dependent States Also The Least Prepared For Having No Gas

A new study finds the states whose residents pay the most of their income for gas. It's the same states where they're not embracing electric cars.READ»

Why I'm Not Surprised That Utah's 4/10 Compressed Workweek Failed

Unfortunately, I wasn't surprised by the news that Utah state lawmakers recently voted to override the Governor's veto of a bill requiring state agencies to be open Monday through Friday, effectively ending Utah's three-year 4/10 compressed workweek initiative. In fact, I saw it coming.READ»

Your Gas Is Expensive To Pay Off Oppressed Arab Citizens

Because it costs more to run an oil-producing dictatorship when your people are trying to overthrow you, gas prices are going to stay high even when the conflicts stop.READ»

Uncommon Indicator: Gas at $3 Per Gallon

Fuel costs are climbing--does that mean our confidence is doing the same?READ»

Scion badged, Toyota iQ concept!

During April of 2009, the Scion iQ was revealed to the people at the New York Auto Show. This may mean that Toyota is thinking about bringing the iQ to the US under their “youth brand” Scion name. The ...READ»

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Dangerous Times for Big Iron

The joke about owners of sports utility vehicles being in constant readiness to invade Poland became all the more poignant last week, with reports that Russia had deployed ‘peacekeeping forces’ to Georgia. With the distant echo of ...READ»

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The America Price

Commentators have coined a term that is being hotly debated in business, political, and social settings these days - - the “China Price”. A quick Google search shows that the China Price is variously defined as: - The ...READ»

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An Inconvenient Economy

On Friday, the price of oil jumped a record $10.75 per barrel, to more than $138, immediately sending the dollar into a freefall and causing the Dow Jones to ask for a sick-day. Meanwhile, unemployment rose at a record-setting pace ...READ»

Want a Holiday From Gas Taxes or Traffic?

Senators John McCain and Hilary Clinton are among many in Congress clamoring for a gas tax “holiday” as fuel prices rise and the summer driving season fast approaches. Never mind that they focus entirely on poor consumers and ...READ»

$10 Gas! The National Work+Life Flex Strategy

Some experts are beginning to predict that gas prices could climb as high as $10 a gallon in the next two to three years.  However, all of the solutions under consideration, such as developing alternative sources of energy, will ...READ»