Government warns of $4 per gallon gas

It is finally here and the local media is picking up on the surging price of fuel. Thank you Sun Journal my home town newspaper.
By Doug Fletcher , Sun Journal Staff Editor
Thursday, March 13, 2008
On the same day the price of oil set a new intraday trading record – topping $110 per barrel – the [...]

Military planners factor $225 a barrel crude

Yep, folks at the Pentagon seem to be on target for the long term. $225 crude will be factored in on all their planning for equipment and operational planning. Our government know the score and is already planning for the futre.
The smart move is that we should also. I leave $225 crude to your imagination [...]

Less Gas in Your Gas

Mainers have you noticed that your gas prices are going up? AND you are actually paying more for less. Next fill-up look closely at the pump. Most likely you will see a sticker announcing that you are buying gas with 10% ethanol.
Why am I upset? Well the pump price did not go down but the [...]

Hello! I’ve got help on Fuel

December 5
Save Money on Fuel  – Burn Less Save More
 
 This has been my message all along. I attended the diesel price meeting on Saturday last – I posted  that fuel oil is at an all time high.
My FFT Fuel-Saver gives up to 20% savings in fuel oil and 10 to 30% savings in your automobile. [...]

California Sues EPA in Attempt to Tighten Car Emission Rules

November 12, 2007
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The state of California sued the federal government last week, insisting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency quit stalling and issue a waiver that will authorize the state to enforce its emission standards on cars and other light vehicles, the L.A. Times reported.
The state-adopted standards seek to cut California [...]

Gas Prices

Here in Lewiston I can still tank up for about $2.79 a gallon. I also could do this when crude was $59 a barrel. Now that crude is arround $82 OR $23 more; there is no logical reason that unleaded gas should be at old levels. However this crude is for next month delivery. When [...]

Central Maine Community College

9/19/07 Auburn, Maine
Thank you President Scott Knapp and your staff. I visited the College’s Automotive Department to have a look at their Brand new state-of-the-art dynomometer. This unit is so new that the contractors are just finishing the room. The chassis dyno will handle up to 1500 HP and a speed of 200 mph [...]

Crude prices hit record Wednesday even higher today

Light sweet crude reached a 2007 record of $75 yesterday.
“If you think oil prices are high now, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet,” comments our friend Sean Broderick. According to Sean, the three real triggers for sky-high oil prices are “the potential for another monster hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, spreading violence in the Persian [...]

A Fellow Can’t Get a Drink

“Forget the tortilla crisis… no agave, no tequila… mucho problemo!”.
continued our Maniac Trader. Many Mexican farmers are literally igniting their blue agave fields and sowing the land for corn. U.S. demand has pushed prices high enough to pull agave farmers right out of the industry.
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“The switch to corn will contribute to an expected scarcity of [...]

What is this? You mean my beer costs more now?

Sure does – Ask the Germans -Barley has doubled More $$ for the beer!
by Jeff McIntire-Strasburg, St. Louis, MO on 05.30.07

Science & Technology (alternative energy)
We’ve noted on a number of occasions that the recent worldwide biofuels push could have a range of unintended consequences, from higher food prices to greater deforestation. In Germany, recent subsidies [...]