06-27-2006 - Levin-Coleman Report Finds Speculation Adding To Oil Prices: Put the Cop Back on the Beat : Senator Carl Levin: News Release
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EcoGeek - 6 Stupidly Simple Steps to Saving Billions of Gallons of Gas
OK...gas prices are getting out of hand, and carbon emissions have been out of hand for a long time. So let's kill two birds with...well...five stones. We generally focus on high-technology here at EcoGeek, and how we can save energy with smart designs. But sometimes, there are simpler ways. In fact, an absolutely tremendous amount of gasoline could be saved in America with some very simple measures. We break it all down and figure out how much gas can be saved with some stupidly simple techniques.
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Newsvine - Bush rhetoric on energy strays from the facts
WASHINGTON — President Bush put politics ahead of the facts Tuesday as he sought to blame Congress for high energy prices, saying foreign suppliers are pumping just about all the oil they can and accusing lawmakers of blocking new refineries.
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Wonk Room » Big Oil: ‘Together, We Can’ Ignore Climate Change
The American Petroleum Institute (API), the trade organization for the oil and natural gas industry, has just begun running a feel-good commercial that argues “America’s future” lies in drilling out domestic reserves of oil and natural gas off our coasts, in our western lands, and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Here’s what the ad says:
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Why-Gas-in-the-U.S.-Is-So-Cheap: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
Relatively low taxes have kept pump prices far below most other developed nations, which some say is precisely why the current runup is so painful. Despite daily headlines bemoaning record gas prices, the U.S. is actually one of the cheaper places to fill up in the world. Out of 155 countries surveyed, U.S. gas prices were the 45th cheapest, according to a recent study from AIRINC, a research firm that tracks cost of living data. The difference is staggering. As of late March, U.S. gas prices averaged $3.45 a gallon. That compares to over $8 a gallon across much of Europe.
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It’s a myth that the world’s oil is running out - Times Online
THERE are more misunderstandings about the oil market than perhaps any other. In America, drivers are fuming and politicians are demanding explanations because petrol has hit about $3.50 a gallon. That’s 47p a litre, less than half the 105p-115p being paid by British motorists. So “high” in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Oxford, Mississippi, is “low” in similarly named cities in Britain.
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Analysis: Congress attacks Iraq spending - UPI.com
WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) -- Iraqis would be forced to pay for U.S. efforts in their country directly or via loans from the United States if any of at least five similar pieces of legislation introduced on Capitol Hill this month is approved. This comes as Americans deal with -- and politicians respond to -- an unpopular and expensive war, a sinking economy and record gas prices.
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US military energy consumption- facts and figures | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
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