Fuel

cash for clunkers
Trade Your Clunker For These Sweet Fuel-Sipping Rides
The Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), popularly known as the "cash for clunkers" program, starts next month. Need help picking a suitably fuel-efficient car? More »

7:19 PM on Thu Jun 25 2009
By Laura Northrup
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fuel
Watered-Down Gasoline Damages Cars Near Baltimore
Rain water, not fraud or sabotage, is behind the bad gasoline sold at stations near Baltimore early this week. Hess, the supplier, is covering any damage to customers' cars caused by the diluted fuel. So, how does this happen? More »

7:40 PM on Thu Jun 18 2009
By Laura Northrup
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inflation
If Gas Prices Fly As Expected, Busineses Need To Ground Themselves To Avoid Crashing
Things that are headed up these days: unemployment, foreclosures, adorable Pixar characters whose houses are attached to helium ballons, Daisuke Matsuzaka's ERA and, argh, gas prices. A Russian energy group is predicting oil, which is currently just over $70 a barrel, will eventually pierce the stratosphere at $250, meaning it'll pretty much be Mad Max time for everyone. More »

10:17 AM on Mon Jun 15 2009
By Phil Villarreal
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Most discussed Eyebrows McGee (now...: My current plan is to purchase corner lots in neighborhoods and put up livery stables so that people can stable more »
fuel
Gas Price Watch
Consumerist brings you a sampling of gas prices from cities around the nation. More »
fuel
Gas Price Watch
Consumerist brings you a sampling of gas prices from cities around the nation. More »
fuel
Gas Price Watch
Consumerist brings you a sampling of gas prices from cities around the nation. More »
fuel
Gas Price Watch
Consumerist brings you a sampling of gas prices from cities around the nation. More »
Why Does Diesel Cost So Much? In part two of a two-part series on diesel fuel, Consumer Reports finds that there are three main reasons diesel fuel costs so much, according to the petroleum experts they interviewed. The most obvious reason? Higher taxes. [CR] MORE »

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fuel
Gas Price Watch
Consumerist brings you a sampling of gas prices from cities around the nation. Red means that gas prices went up, green means they went down. More »

8:47 AM on Thu Mar 12 2009
By Meg Marco
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Spring is coming! Consumer Reports tests scooters and motorcycles for the first time since 1981. [Consumer Reports] MORE »

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Exxon has set another record for profitability, with $45.2 billion in 2008, up from $40.6 billion in 2007. As prices fell in the fourth quarter, however, Exxon's income fell 33 percent. [NYT] MORE »

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President Obama has ordered the EPA to allow states set their own fuel-efficiency standards (fourteen states had begun the process when President Bush put a stop to it a couple of years ago.) He's also asked the DOT to "develop higher fuel-efficiency standards automakers would have to follow." [USA Today]

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airlines
What Next? US Airways Gets Rid Of Clothes Hangers?
Justin Wolfers, from the Freakonomics blog, has noticed something troubling on US Airways. The clothes hangers are gone from First Class. More »

10:54 AM on Wed Jan 7 2009
By Meg Marco
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gross
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Uses Liposuctioned Fat As Fuel For Car
And here's number 16 on our grossest stories of 2008 list: an LA plastic surgeon is in trouble for powering his car with "lipodiesel" from his patients' fat. Ewwww.

7:30 PM on Mon Dec 29 2008
By Alex Chasick
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recession watch
Now That Gas Prices Are Lower, You Have Money To Buy Stuff, Save
Even though real incomes are dropping and people are worrying about their jobs — a drop in gas prices has lead to a push in retail spending, says the New York Times. More »

11:59 AM on Wed Dec 24 2008
By Meg Marco
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gas
Despite OPEC's Best Efforts, Oil Prices Have Slipped Below $40 A Barrel
Oil prices have fallen below $40 a barrel, a 4 year low, despite OPEC announcing that it would cut production by 2.2 million barrels a day. More »

3:29 PM on Thu Dec 18 2008
By Meg Marco
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oil
What Would $40 A Barrel Oil Mean For Travelers?
Oil is now nearing a 4-year low as the world's economic crisis keeps on truckin', says the Wall Street Journal. Light, sweet crude (don't you just love that term?) is now trading at 44.56 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. "The price was the lowest since January 2005 and more than $100 below oil's record close July 3," says the WSJ. So, what does that mean for travelers? More »

2:05 PM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Meg Marco
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Most discussed courtarro: Obviously the airlines will start removing all these new baggage fees and fuel surcharges, right? Right?!? more »
travel
Airfares Sinking Due To Lack Of Demand
The crappy economy is taking its toll on airfares. Demand is sinking taking airfares with it, says USAToday. More »

4:05 PM on Wed Nov 26 2008
By Meg Marco
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