Six Fixes For Pricey Gasoline
Ideas to help people ease the burden of high gas prices are swirling in Washington. Will any of them work?
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Life In The $4 Lane
<strong>Rising fuel costs eat into profits and curb fun, yet boost wealth for some</strong>
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Like invisible fumes spreading across the ground and through the air, gasoline -- more specifically its rising cost -- is creeping into almost...</p>
It’s Here: Gas Hits $4 In KC Area
Four dollars and rising.
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Soaring oil prices have pushed the
average price of premium gasoline in the Kansas City area past $4 a
gallon for the first time. Other fuel grades, including regular, appear
poised to follow.
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‘Hot Fuel’ Adds To Pain At The Pump
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A survey shows that Californians could be overpaying as much as $3.4 million a day as heat makes gas expand.<br/>
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Soaring gasoline prices are bad enough. But this summer, California's higher temperatures could add an additional...</p>
Hot Fuel Adds To Cost Of U.S. Summer Gasoline
NEW YORK, NY -- As if paying $4 a gallon isn't bad
enough, U.S. drivers will soon face another gasoline price
burden as the summer heat dilutes the amount of driving power
delivered per gallon, industry watchdogs said on Thursday.
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Squeezed At Both Ends — Independent Refiners Watch Profits Sink As Consumption Falls
While drivers are facing sticker shock at the pump these days, here is a bigger shock: high prices are putting a strain on oil refiners.<br/>
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After last year’s stellar profits, American refiners are going through a traumatic period....
Record Oil Company Earnings Haven’t Trickled Down to Gas Stations
BOUNTIFUL, UT -- During the first week in May, Doug Olson sold fuel at a loss.<br/>
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The co-owner of Slim Olson's gas stations in Bountiful and Woods Cross charged customers $4.25 for a gallon of diesel — despite purchasing it from...
Prices at the Pump Up at Dawn, Some by 20 Cents
Some gas stations in Arkansas raised regular by 20 cents overnight as record-setting oil futures gave retail prices a hefty boost Thursday.<br/>
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The record state average of $3.52 for regular trailed those pacesetters but nevertheless has...
Chevron Commits to ‘Alt’ Energy
Chevron Corp. will spend $2.5 billion on alternative and renewable energy
technologies, part of its push to develop new kinds of energy, the
company said Wednesday.
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San Ramon-based Chevron said it expects
to spend the money over a...</p>
Taxing Oil Profits: Proceed With Caution
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<strong>Politicians are dying to get at more of Big Oil's billions, but analysts are torn about what that will do to prices or future energy sources.</strong><br/>
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NEW YORK, NY -- Politicians are eyeing oil profits like a fat...</p>
Tired of Paying Through the Nose, Americans Try Praying at the Pump
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<span class="SS_L3"><span class="verdana">WASHINGTON, DC -- </span></span>At a Shell gas station in Washington, Rocky Twyman and an unusual group of activists were mad as hell about soaring fuel prices.
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Gas Prices Level Off — For Today
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<strong>Stability could be fleeting, analyst says, as California average pauses at $3.92.</strong><br/>
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The surge in gasoline prices has stopped for now. The grumbling hasn't.<br/>
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As the average price in California...</p>