This time, probably for good. And now even V-6s are in trouble. V-8s are on the way out — again. The first mass extinction occurred circa late 1970s/early ’80s, as a result of the first round of the government fuel economy edicts known by the acronym, CAFE — or Corporate Average Fuel Economy. CAFE mandated [...]

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Gas prices are up again and topping $4 a gallon in some parts of the country, rivaling and in some cases surpassing last year, which was the most pricey for fuel, USA Today reported. Gas prices across the nation climbed 17 cents over 26 consecutive days in July, USA Today reported, the first monthly gain [...]

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Obama’s oil flimflam Who do they think they’re fooling? An oil crisis looms, prices are spiking — and our president is extolling algae. After Solyndra, Keystone and promises of seaweed in their gas tanks, Americans sense a president so ideologically antipathetic to fossil fuels — which we possess in staggering abundance — that he is [...]

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Poll: Most say Obama tanking on gas Almost two-thirds of Americans, 65 percent, said they disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is dealing with rising prices at the pump, a new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds. Only 26 percent – the president’s lowest rating in the poll — said they approve of his handling [...]

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And it will all be his doing — blaming Bush wont cut it anymore. When President Obama suggested last week that we might eventually be replacing oil with algae, Mark Whittington of Yahoo suggested that the President had reached his “lunar base moment.” It was an apt analogy. Just as Newt Gingrichs musings about a [...]

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It’s not that gasoline is more expensive; it’s just that your dollars are worth less.  But neither the media nor the political establishment wants you to realize the real reason Americans are experiencing pain at the pump. Surging gasoline prices are back in the news, and President Obama shows his concern for Americans by doing [...]

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TAMPA (CBS Tampa) — Talk about pain at the pump! Some Florida drivers are spending nearly $6 a gallon to fill up their gas tanks. According to GasBuddy.com, motorists are shelling out $5.89 for a gallon of regular gas at a Shell station in Lake Buena Vista, topping out at $5.99 a gallon for premium. [...]

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Just in time for Presidents Day: get ready for the long holiday weekend’s highest prices ever in Southern California as $4 gasoline is expected to arrive in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and probably Orange County, too. That’s what energy analysts are predicting as the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long [...]

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American motorists have seen the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline rise above $3.50 a gallon on just three occasions, but it has never happened this early in the year. Analysts say it’s likely a sign that pain at the pump will rise to some of the highest levels ever seen later this [...]

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