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A funny video

spideralex — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:03:46 +0000

I found this video of two guys singing the Gas Prices song. It’s pretty funny.

Gas Prices Song (Kink in the Hose-Live) – Watch the top videos of the week here

Barack Obama On Gas Prices

spideralex — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:51:10 +0000

On Obama’s website he has addressed many problems we have energy-wise. He states that “there are a lot of families out there that can’t(afford to put $50 in their cars every week). People who have to drive to work long distances, people who don’t have the money to buy more fuel-efficient cars right now and they’ve seen their standard of living drop substantially as a consequence of higher gas prices.”

He wants to approach car companies and force them to increase the average mile per gallon on cars by 3 percent each year. That means that by 2020 a car would average 40 miles to the gallon, which is a small but welcomed increase and easily do-able with today’s technology. He states that the republicans and the democrats both have not approached car companies like this in over 17 years, and that it’s time for a change.

He also wants to switch the whole country to E85 which is 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, because of the amount of cars being made with flexible fuel tanks. He wants automakers to install flex fuel tanks in every car and possibly make the government cover the $100 per car expense to switch.

His plan sounds great, but whether or not it’s really high on his agenda is a different thing.Either way He’s making big promises, let’s hope he’ll keep them if he makes it in.

http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/060511-a_real_solution/

Oil Barrel Breakdown

spideralex — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:44:14 +0000

So, you hear that Oil is at $100 dollars or so per barrel, so that’s alot of gas right? well actually each barrel generally commits about 50% to gas for cars and such. Here’s a breakdown:

http://www.energy.ca.gov/gasoline/whats_in_barrel_oil.html

Where should you fill up?

spideralex — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:40:46 +0000

I’ve heard sunoco is the best place for quality gas, however they are generally expensive and most people are looking for cheap gas to get by on. Check this link out, they are constantly updated on almost every gas station and what price they have.

http://www.gasbuddy.com/

Gas and Your Diet.

spideralex — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:38:11 +0000

http://www.kensavage.com/index.php/archives/food-gas-price-increasing/

Here’s an article for you. It’s about how the rising prices of gas is causing farmers and such to raise their prices in order to fill up their trucks while out in the field. It’s not the biggest thing on peoples minds, but hey, every penny counts right?

Oil executives say gas pains are not their problem.

spideralex — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:47:23 +0000

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/01/congress-has-big-question_n_94390.html

Basically, they are saying, hey don’t look at me. Gas companies recieve billions of dollars in tax breaks, yet they made about 123 billion dollars last year. hmmm…

Bush trying to ease gas pressure.

spideralex — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:50:10 +0000

This article is a little old, but it was posted by MSNBC.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12469582/

Basically he trying to hold onto the reserves we have, so he can squeeze every ounce out of them and keep the gas prices as low as possible. Of course it’s not really new information, it’s more of a ‘hey i’m doing what i’m supposed to, or at least trying to.’

-Alex Everingham

Hello People!

spideralex — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:39:52 +0000

This is my new blog, about the issue of Gas prices, i will conduct and post research that i have made and post the findings of others on the internet. I will be interested in your comments and such, and i will try to respond if i can. Thanks fro checking this out and i look forward to informing you.

-Alex Everingham