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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»

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Fuel Efficient Cars like the Honda Fit at your Local Miami Honda Dealership

 Summer can only mean a few things in Miami- besides more fun, temperature and gas prices are sure to skyrocket. According to data from miamigasprices.com, which lists the highest and lowest gas prices in South Florida, gas prices ...READ»

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WILLOW LABORATORIES - DR BRIAN STRASNICK

Willow Laboratories Info Mazda MAZDA6 Function Most of the 2009 Mazda Mazda6's controls are logically arrayed and easy to use, though the buttons on the right side of the center stack — such as the tuning knob and the ...READ»

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Past Imperfect

This news, about GM and Chrysler cooperating to create their own Hybrid Cars, is an interesting development. Both companies announced their SUVs would be using the Hybrid engine in 2007. Why only mention the SUVs and not other ...READ»

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Uncommon Indicator: Gas at $3 Per Gallon

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

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Spend Your Summer in Miami in a Honda

Spring has ‘sprung’ and is nearly as good as through with its ‘springing’, and Summer is upon us once again. Summer can only mean a few things in Miami- besides more fun, temperature and gas prices are sure to skyrocket. ...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»

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Safety and Fuel Efficient Honda Vehicles Found in Miami Dealership

Honda has just introduced a new PC-based driving simulator, which comes complete with steering wheel and pedals. It will be available in Japan for about $2200-$3100 US, but it is not completely clear whether or not it will be released ...READ»

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Miami Honda Drivers are Ready for Cash for Clunkers Bill

With one of the most fuel-efficient vehicle lineups in the industry, nearly every new Honda model will help customers qualify for a federal "Cash for Clunkers" credit, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today. Depending on the ...READ»

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NBC’s New Media Jim: At the Crosshairs of Old & New Media

Why does a veteran network news cameraman immerse himself in Twitter & blogging? Because of the high price of gas and to avoid being a dinosaur. New Media Jim explains.READ»

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Subsidize fuel prices?

The rising cost of fuel is becoming a political issue. Europeans are asking for reduced taxes on fuel, US Presidential candidates are proposing tax holidays/breaks on fuel. Admittedly these are not subsidies; however, it is still a ...READ»

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Honda Insight Takes on the Toyota Prius in Miami

 By Jason Kavanagh, Engineering Editor Email | Blog Psychologists have said that consumers have a three-week memory of fuel prices. If prices stay constant for more than three weeks, the buying public's decision-making ability ...READ»

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Technology: Between a Rock and an IT Place

As the news site Anna.Aero points out, route reductions are providing opportunities for some airlines to expand and others to cut back. The overriding issue derailing airline recovery especially in the U.S. is, of course, oil. ...READ»

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Hybrid Nation

Auto-makers are experiencing difficulty. High gasoline prices are making an impact: SUV sales have declined dramatically. Who wants to buy a gas-guzzler? It is common sense to avoid the extra expense at the pump. But maybe there ...READ»

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It's Easy Street Being Green...

It was the only Super Bowl ad that stopped me cold: Was that really Kermit the Frog, shilling his froggy self in the second quarter? And was he actually sitting on top of an SUV??? I mean, sure it was a hybrid SUV, the Ford Escape ...READ»

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Schell Goes Green! Lloyd Schell's green biking machines that is...

Going green isn't just about the environment anymore. With gas prices soaring, we all seem to be watching the green go, go, go. But For Lloyd Schell of Lockwood, Montana, watching the green go, go, go has taken on a whole ...READ»

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Technology: Airline Industry Basically Bankrupt?

George Mason University's Kenneth Button, a professor of public policy, calls an airline basically "a bus with wings." In the same Travel Weekly article in which Button makes that assertion, he also points out ...READ»

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Traveling at an Additional Cost

It’s summertime, which is almost synonymous with vacation-time. This year, however, vacation plans for many Americans has been thrown into a tailspin as rising fuel costs force airlines to raise ticket prices -- and tack on ...READ»

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Motorhead Messiah

Johnathan Goodwin can get 100 mpg out of a Lincoln Continental, cut emissions by 80%, and double the horsepower. Does the car business have the guts to follow him?READ»

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Work/Life: Will Minimum Stays Stay?

Once upon a time the airlines had this rule called the Saturday night stay, and business travelers hated it because it was aimed at them. Earlier this year, when high fuel prices pressured the airlines to find new ways to raise ...READ»

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Green Business: FedEx's Hybrid-Truck Program Stalls

Why FedEx's ambitious goal of putting 30,000 hybrid vehicles on the road by 2013 has stalled.READ»

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Get You Honda Civic Hybrid While Financing Deals Last

Brickell Honda of Miami is now offering finance specials on all Civics, including the 2009 Civic hybrid, which has won accolades from many publications, including USA Today, which said that the Civic compares favourably well ...READ»

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Cash for Clunkers - Who's The Winner...

The government’s “cash for clunkers” program, which offers credits between $3,500 and $4,500 to those disposing of gas-guzzling vehiclesREAD»

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Mailin' Goes Electric

In July, the U.S. Postal Service announced its plan to buy 1,900 fuel-efficient vehicles, including 900 hybrids and 1,000 alternative fuel vehicles. Impressive enough, but now USPS is investing its resources in building an ...READ»

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Vacationland Lost

Are rising gas prices keeping Americans from taking their summer vacations? Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., a global outplacement consulting firm thinks so. Firm chief officer, John A. Challenger said that with gas prices close ...READ»