Posts Tagged ‘Gas’

Mar 9
2009

Wealthy Credit

by in Everyday Nonsense | 5,419 views | Reading Time 3:24

Another day, another drop in the DJIA… this is the reality even after several news sites were pushing articles about a potential run-up in the stock market because they believed we had hit the theoretical market floor. It was a good idea… or ploy considering they had the entire weekend to try and magically conjure […]

Dec 22
2008

Future Oil Horror

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,275 views | Reading Time 3:12

What a year it has been for gas and oil. What a past few years for that matter. Corporate profit records have been shattered while the individual’s bank account has been decimated. Commodity traders have become instant millionaires and the average commuter has had to trade in their vehicle at a loss for a compact […]

Nov 7
2008

Affordable Gas

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,131 views | Reading Time 3:19

As I was driving through town, I noticed something in the distance gleaming in the morning sky. It was a gas station’s digital sign proudly displaying the figure $1.999 for a single gallon of gasoline. I had read that across the United States, there were some areas already below the $2.00 mark but our local […]

Aug 28
2008

Fuel Consumption Future

by in Everyday Nonsense | 3,018 views | Reading Time 3:45

Fuel consumption, gas prices, energy creation, and green house gases are just a few of our hot topic issues these days. We are all worried about the costs at the pump, our demand for oil, our environmental issues from burning fuel, and also the costs associated with heating our houses during fall and winter. Researchers, […]

Aug 26
2008

Volume Cheating

by in Everyday Nonsense | 1,815 views | Reading Time 4:33

Are you really getting the amount of gas you have purchased each time you go to the gas station? We all like to think so. I ran across a story detailing maintenance checks on gas pumps throughout our country and it leaves a gaping hole which we could be paying for. How can we ever […]

Aug 25
2008

Change Of Message

by in Political Beefs | 3,339 views | Reading Time 4:27

Barack Obama began his Presidential campaign with a singular message, Change. More specifically, Change We Can Believe In. His journey was founded upon portraying himself as the polar opposite of our current governmental strategy and position. He has publicly denounced the Republican Party’s stances and promises to make “things right.” Over the last year or […]

Aug 20
2008

Electric Car Savings

by in Everyday Nonsense | 3,552 views | Reading Time 5:06

Everyone has felt the pinch of the extreme energy costs in their wallets and budgets over the last few years and we have been inundated with theoretical new technologies that can help provide alternative power sources for our vehicles in an effort to de-emphasize our demand for foreign oil imports. Nothing new, just a new […]

Aug 6
2008

Tire Pressure Oil Savings

by in Everyday Nonsense | 3,254 views | Reading Time 5:00

Barack Obama has recently been touting that Americans can decrease our dependence upon oil by driving on correctly pressurized tires and also by up keeping our car via regular maintenance. Is it too good to be true? Or, is this just another scam such as the fuel additives that “increase” gas mileage and the like? […]

Aug 1
2008

Monopoly Money

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,323 views | Reading Time 3:33

Today, General Motors (GM) and Ford released disheartening news regarding their vehicle manufacturing operations. GM reported a net loss of $15.5 Billion for the second quarter of this year. Ford followed that with a report stating their overall United States vehicle sales dropped 14.9% in July. Even Toyota joined the crowd reporting a drop of […]

Jul 28
2008

McCain Attacks

by in Political Beefs | 2,283 views | Reading Time 5:04

Well, it’s nothing new to see a Presidential candidate weather various storms of negativity and character attacks from all sides, but I have recently run across a specific attack on McCain which I thought deserved some attention. Of course the price of energy (oil) has long been on the minds of our country and rightfully […]