Government to Allow Automakers Fuel Economy Loophole on Trucks and SUVs

July 15, 2011

sd Share Remember way back when the Federal Government was pushing extremely hard and aggressive fuel efficiency standards on automakers? Environmentalists and consumers alike generally liked the new standards, and saw them as a big step forward. Unfortunately, as is standard in Washington, there has been some reneging. According to an article by Josh Mitchell [...]

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Daily Fuel Economy Tip Isn’t Going to Suck

July 14, 2011

sd Share Just a quick post to apologize for how badly Daily Fuel Economy Tip has sucked the last several months. Because I had become so busy in my regular day-to-day life, I subscribed to an auto-post blog service that, as you are well aware, posted stuff that was far below even my standards for [...]

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Gas Prices Still Heading Downward

July 12, 2010

Share Over the past two or three months, we’ve seen wild fluctuations in the economy, stock markets, and commodity markets.  People have been spooked that austerity measures will hurt the worldwide economic recovery (which, I would argue, never really started), which, in turn, would drive down consumer spending and demand for pretty much everything. This, [...]

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Oil Dips Below $70 Then Rallies

May 18, 2010

Share The price of a barrel of crude oil dropped below $70 yesterday afternoon in intra-day trading for the first time since late February thanks to continued concerns over both the European debt crisis and weaker than expected demand. However, as the U.S. stock markets rallied to end the session in positive territory, the price [...]

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Not so Fast for $3 Gasoline?

May 13, 2010

Share Turns out I may need to eat my words, because now it’s starting to look like $3 gasoline — this year — might not be so inevitable after all. Thanks to the European debt crisis, over the past two weeks the price of oil has fallen nearly 16% from its 18 month highs, while [...]

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Tips on How to Select Used Cars

May 8, 2010

Share Cars are considered an essential assets to most people due to the benefits they offer. Most people would love to have new cars but due to different situations they cannot, in this case, used cars come to the rescue. There are quite a number of dealerships who sell used cars and therefore it is [...]

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The Inevitability of $3 Gas

April 29, 2010

Share The national average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline continued to climb overnight, and now stands at $2.88 per gallon. With the busy summer driving season rapidly approaching and more people buying into the economic recovery — I think it’s just a head fake before the second leg down — it now [...]

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Oil Above $80 While Price of Gasoline Remains Flat

February 22, 2010

Share The trading price of a barrel of oil climbed above $80 for the first time since early January based on the believe that the United States Federal Reserve will be forced to keep its key federal funds rate at record lows for an extended period of time. The Federal Reserve will likely have to [...]

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How Much Does Your Commute Suck?

February 17, 2010

Share One of the most painful things of any person’s day is the commute to and from work. In the morning, you’re half asleep, stuck in traffic surrounded by a bunch of idiot drivers, and heading into a job you’d rather not be at. In the afternoon, you’re drained from sitting through boring meetings, being stuck [...]

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Toyota Knew Of Accelerator Problems Back in 2007?

February 4, 2010

Share It looks like Toyota’s recall problems and attacks on its reputation for quality and safety might be on the verge of becoming worse. According to an article by Peter Whoriskey, published in the February 4 issue of the Washington Post, back in 2007, investigators discovered that “at least three of every 100 Lexus ES [...]

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