According to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report, “Average U.S. gasoline prices rang up at $1.84 a gallon on Tuesday, up from $1.67 a gallon a month ago.” That certainly is a far cry from the $4 plus a gallon that we had 7 months ago. Funny how those championing alternative energies have got...

I made the mistake of watching some of the T.V. coverage of the Presidential campaign last night—I guess that's what happens when the Yankees have the night off and I'm too tired to do anything else. Listening to the commentary is mind numbing and most of it ranges from misleading to out and out i...

Filed under: Trends, Etc., Lifestyle UPDATE: Once again, our sharp commenters FTW! This may be a scam, we'll be following up, but head to the comments for more details. The post was written several days ago and we were not aware of the dustups at that time. You can pre-pay for cellphone minutes, her...

The GMA anti-ethanol campaign, with the intended consequence of increasing the taxes on clean burning domestically produced fuels, sadly lacks the context and perspective that somehow their concern about increasing the price of food $15 per year outweighs the benefits of biofuels and trumps the impo...

As President Bush makes a push for offshore energy drilling, the question is whether Americans are feeling enough pain at the pump to force their leaders to go along....

"Surprise, surprise, surprise!". And, as a former filling station attendant, by the name of Gomer Pyle , may exclaim - "Shazam!" In a way, it almost sounds like something Gomer might have come up with. Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol; Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacte...

You know, it's really sad when I long for the days of $2.00 a gallon gasoline. Seriously, what the hell is Congress doing? Get off your collective asses and find the corruption going on with the oil companies. Can't anyone remember Enron? Seems like a similar situation to me! I would also like to po...

Companies that make hard goods using raw materials derived from oil are seeing their costs skyrocket and are pondering difficult choices....

Filed under: Commodities, Oil Oil fell to $122 in early trading Wednesday, as traders locked in profits earned during oil's record up in the first half of the year. Oil fell $2.21 to $122.10 per barrel -- its lowest level in about two months -- despite the fact the U.S. Energy Information Administra...

There are good reasons for running out of gas; let's say you're the Lord Humungus and the only way to get the juice is to defeat the puny plan of the refinery owners. Or maybe your primered-out......