Cheap Gas Prices
February 7th, 2007Over at automotive.com, website owners can snatch up a really cool chart to display the current national (or even local) average gas price. It’s the first time I’ve seen such a tool, and we’re really digging it. In fact, you’re looking at the cheap gas prices in my area. Fortunately Georgia has some of the lowest gas prices in the nation, definately comes in handy during spirited driving : )
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Ohio Has Nation’s Cheapest Gas
September 17th, 2006
According to AAA, those in the Buckeye State are benefiting from the end of the summer driving season by registering the lowest gas prices in the nation. Ohio residents are enjoying a 30-cent discount on fuel, compared to the national average, partly due to seasonal demand and increased competition between the purveyors of the go-juice… maybe among other things (continue reading).
The average cost of tank of unleaded in Ohio is $2.29 a gallon, which in comparison to this writer’s residence in the Golden State, is a full 58 cents less than the fill-up station down the road. Fine, we’ll see your cheap gas and raise you our ability to go skiing in our shorts.
Hybrid Owners of America
August 17th, 2006
A new and 100-percent independent organization – the Hybrid Owners of America – is being launched today to organize and advocate for the interests of the roughly 500,000 Americans who are saving money on gas, reducing America’s dependence on foreign oil, and reducing global warming pollution by driving hybrid cars and other gas/electric vehicles.
In addition to tracking federal, state, local and private sector incentives to keep hybrid car owners armed with the latest information, HOA is encouraging hybrid vehicle drivers to get involved by urging Congress and the White House to embrace a five-point “hybrid friendly” agenda: lifting the current cap on the federal tax break for hybrid purchases; creating a new federal tax incentive for those who undertake a plug-in hybrid conversion; promoting a new federal tax break for corporations that provide direct incentives to employees who buy hybrids; rewarding U.S. automakers that undertake more hybrid research and production with assistance in dealing with health care and other high-cost issues; and conversion of 30 percent of the federal car and truck fleet over three years to hybrids. Read the rest of this entry »