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I just don't get it. Does Consumerist know of a good media source that has a *current* (i.e., in the last week or two) breakdown of why the heck gasoline prices are rising 10 cents a week and more in the last month?  More »

—>Gas thieves have stolen over 5,000 gallons of fuel from the Open Pantry Citgo in Wauwatosa, WI according to WauwatosaNow.com.   More »

—>There's 4 main ways a gas pump can screw you over:  More »

—>Reader Brian wants to know how to tell a "surcharge" applied to a credit/debt card transaction vs a convenience charge?  More »

—>Yechial wants to know why his Chase BP Visa card, which offers 5% rebates on gas purchases, costs him more to use at BP stations than if he pays with cash. He asked a BP station owner in Pennsylvania about this and the station owner told him it was because credit transaction fees had gone up—"When I told him that I would report his station to BP and to Chase Bank, he said, 'Screw you! I don't care, report me. They are the ones charging us more money for the transactions.'"  More »

Will you be fueling your car on used french fry oils in a few years? Will you plunk a bushel of corn into your auto's Mr. Fusion? Or will you simply urinate into the tank — the trucker's dream technology?  More »