2. The acorns have been crazy this year. I try to pick a 5 galloon bucket up every day. We don’t pay for yard work. All of our neighbors do. Leaves started falling so I will upgrade to a garbage can a day. 3. My son brought his shower curtain and asked it it could be save...
Even though gasoline-powered cars overtook electric vehicles in the early part of the 20th century, there were other choices for motorists. The Doble Steam Car was one of them. Built by Doble Steam Motors of Emeryville, California, the vehicle ran on recycled exhaust steam and could top 90 ...
Sam Stovall, chief equity strategist at S&P Capital IQ, said Friday's report could reveal some of the benefits from lower gasoline prices. Over the past month, the national average has dropped 29 cents to $2.92 a gallon, the lowest price in four years, according to the American Automobile ...
Monday's national average was $4.06 a gallon. "Falling oil prices and drooping gasoline demand have paved the way for the recent pump price plunge," said AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins. "The downturn should continue this week, after another round of big losses in both oil and gasoline futures m...
2011 was the first year in which average prices for both gasoline and diesel consistently stayed above $3 per gallon. These record highs can be attributed to inflated costs in the crude oil market, after the Obama administration and UN Security Council instigated a military intervention in Libya...
Although high fuel taxes have stimulated ever more efficient internal combustion engines (UK cars improved from roughly 20 miles per imperial gallon (mpg) in 1923 to 50 mpg in 2020), following current strategies will not quickly reduce oil use in transport. UK retail real gasoline prices per ...
The first federal gasoline tax, of $0.01 a gallon, was put into place in 1932. The gas tax was always intended to create revenue to be used towards new infrastructure, but in 1990, that changed. Congress approved a package in which the gas tax would be raised from $0.091 to $0.14 a...
A 2300 page bill is usually an indication of many political compromises. The Dodd-Frank financial reform bill is no exception, for it is a complex, disorderly, politically motivated, and not well thought out reaction to the financial crisis that erupted
There is also one constant incentive to switch: In Norway, gasoline is nearly four times as much per gallon as we pay in the United States. On a related issue, despite the impressive switch to PHEV and EV which obviously makes for enormous strides towards tailpipe emissions reductions, it ...
Big gasoline engine, thus LPG. Three mobile homes, heading east. A downsized big rig, I posted a very similar combination here. Carrying that lil’ Yanmar tracked excavator must be a piece of cake for the 2013 Veldhuizen tandem axle semi-trailer. I only caught the rear, but I’m quite ...