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Which Cities Spend The Most on Gas? (Infographic)

12:30 pm in Cars & Transportation, cars and transportation, gasoline prices by TreeHugger

city gas infographic image A new infographic by Mint.com reveals where gas prices are cutting deepest. However, it might also inform us of something more important -- where we need to start focusing for walkable cities. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Want Lower Gas Prices? Be Careful What You Wish For

9:10 am in business, Business & Politics, gasoline prices by TreeHugger

via internet business politics The day before the 2008 elections, Michele Bachmann took credit for the fall in gas prices, saying:
"We saw gas at $2.04 today. That was my goal, when I started this year I wanted to get gas below two dollars a gallon and we are almost there..."
Of course, the reason gas prices were so low was because the economy was in total free fall. I wonder what she is hoping for now; as one analyst said on CNBC:
He and [Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at OPIS] said if Greece were to default, Brent [cru...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Americans Are Working To Feed Their Cars, Not Their Families

12:50 pm in bikes, cars, cars and transportation, gasoline prices by TreeHugger

montreal bike lanes photo Cars and cycle path, Montreal. Image Credit James Schwartz James Schwartz writes The Urban Country " to show that using a bicycle for transportation is fast, fun and healthy & improves our cities, our people and the world." He also occasionally writes about how using a car for transportation is slow, annoying, polluting and destroys our cities, our people and the world. Case in point: his post Read the full story on TreeHugger

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GOP Post-Birther Strategy: ‘ Where’s Our Cheap Gas’

8:55 pm in Business & Politics, gasoline prices, government policy, usa by TreeHugger

donald trump hair photo Excerpt from portrait of Donald Trump speaking at CPAC in Washington D.C. on February 10, 2011. Image credit, Wikipedia, George Skidmore Republican political strategy. bypassing the the failed 'birther' tactic, is likely to move to 'what you going to do about high gas prices?'. That, naturally, involves attacking EPA generally, resurgent "drill baby drill" chants, demanding eased permitting for petroleum refinery expansions, and so on. Such measures may boost oil company stock values. They will do nothing, however, to lower g...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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