Posts Tagged ‘gasoline’
Study credits ethanol for cutting gas prices more than $1 a gallon
>> Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Adding ethanol to the nation’s collective gasoline supply has helped lower pump prices for American consumers, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa State University say.
Editorial: What the Keystone XL pipeline won’t do
>> Washington Post
The best way to insulate Americans from oil-price volatility and other drawbacks of oil use would be to use less oil. The price would still move around, but it would matter less.
Have gasoline prices already peaked for the year?
>> Los Angeles Times
Only once in the last 20 years have gasoline prices peaked before mid-May. One could usually expect them to peak sometime during the U.S. summer driving season, experts say. But in 2012, the old patterns don’t seem to apply.
Settlement to fix “hot fuel” problem at gas pump
>> The Kansas City Star
In a precedent-setting decision, a federal judge has approved Costco Wholesale’s plans to keep customers from being shortchanged because gasoline and diesel fuel lose energy value as their temperature goes up.
Editorial: Gas price rhetoric gets pumped up again
>> Washington Post
President Obama is fond of saying there is no silver bullet to bring down gasoline prices. This week, however, he went into the silver-bullet business.
Obama proposes tighter oversight of oil markets
>> Washington Post
President Obama proposed measures Tuesday to step up oversight of energy markets and boost by tenfold the penalties for market manipulation, in an effort to blunt political pressure over the 20 percent increase in gasoline prices since the beginning of the year.
House speaker: Iowans ‘not interested’ in gasoline tax increase
>> Cedar Rapids Gazette
Advocates of a gas tax increase believe there are sufficient votes in the Iowa Legislature to such an increase this year. However, they appear to be lacking one important vote: Speaker of the House Kraig Paulsen.
Editorial: Rising concern on climate change
>> Washington Post
Louisiana and Virginia offer a picture of how further sea-level rise and higher storm surges — just one set of climate-related risks — could seriously disrupt human activity. America, meanwhile, is fixated on … paying an extra buck per gallon at the gas pump.
David Roberts: Media fosters ignorance on gas prices
>> Grist
There are tons of stories on GOP attack strategy and Dem defense strategy and horse-race coverage of who’s up and who’s down. But coverage (or even mention) of the facts, the simple realities of gas and oil prices, is absurdly rare.
Voters blame Obama for gasoline prices, experts say not so fast
>> Washington Post
How much does the president have to do with the price of gasoline? A lot, say American voters. According to oil experts and economists, not so much — at least in the short term.
