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A Tale of Two Gas Stations
By 5.4.06
It’s like that scene in Steinbeck’s The Pearl where the pearl buyers are all lined up in a row, giving the illusion of competitiveness but they’re really in cahoots with one another. Except the pearl is your car and the peasant wins, temporarily.
Flying Cheaper Than Driving
By 5.4.06
Oh to be a reporter, sporting a fedora at a jaunty slant (with that hat brim with which to stick our official reporter card in), glad-handing our sources, uncovering secrets at every turn… and getting paid to fly to Islip on an airplane and then drive back.
Sympathy For The Devil; Oil’s Makeover
By 5.3.06
As of late, the oil industry finds itself suffering an image malfunction. Petrol makers have hired Blue Worldwide, the advertising wing of PR giant Edelman. Another one of Edelman’s clients is Wal-Mart. But is that enough? McCain attacked major oil companies last week over reckless profiteering: “Outside of satanic cults, these people have the worst P.R. of anybody in the world.”
Gas Companies Profit During Consumer Plight
By 4.28.06
As quarterly earnings rolled in yesterday, Exxon announced it earned $8 billion in profits. The oil company earned 9.5 cents per dollar of gas, “cashing in on skyrocketing prices at every stage of the process,” reports MSNBC.
Gas by Dash Snow
By 4.28.06
Your pain at the pump is palatable, but what ring of the underworld inferno should we consider this?
What’s The Best Alternative Fuel For Your Buck?
By 4.27.06
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?
UPDATE: A Long Con Doesn’t Go Very Far
By 4.24.06
Last week we reported on US Energy doing a little hit and run salesmanship of their natural gas delivery service.
Democrats to Exploit Oil Anger in Upcoming Elections
By 4.21.06
- “Democrats running for Congress are moving quickly to use the most recent surge in oil and gasoline prices to bash Republicans over energy policy, and more broadly, the direction of the country.
Oil Companies Exploiting Gas Crisis?
By 4.20.06
According to a study released Tuesday by the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, oil companies are using rising crude oil prices to smokescreen record profiteering.
Debit Cards at Gas Pump Splooge Your Bank Account
By 4.18.06
Watch out when using the debit card at the gas pump. Some banks will “block out” $50-$75 on your card until the transaction clears.
Consumer-Made Ad Mocks Chevy
By 3.31.06
With all the bloat and spasmodic jibbering about consumer-generated ads, it’s nice to see one backfire. Chevy teamed up with The Apprentice to hold an online contest where you remix video and sound clips to make your own Chevy Tahoe ad. Winners receive their choice various expense paid trips.
Triple Indemnity: Keyspan Overestimates Gas Bills
By 3.1.06
Got bi-monthly bill from Keyspan. Gas supplier. Opened. Read.
Around the Globe: Rough Week for Christmas Shopping
By 12.27.05
Gunfire erupted on a busy Toronto street filled with holiday shoppers Monday evening, killing a young woman and wounding six other people, police said.Gunfire erupts in Canada shopping area [CNN] A gas attack in a home-supply store on one of the busiest shopping days of the year sickened scores of…
