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GasBuddy Blog – Gasoline prices soar compared to last Thanksgiving

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Right now, according to GasBuddy, the national gas price average is about $2.63 per gallon. Not, bad. Not GREAT, but better than most of Europe where prices average around $7 a gallon (OUCH!). GasBuddy’s Patrick DeHaan doesn’t expect prices to go down this winter. Here’s a small clip from his recent blog post: What a […]

Where are gas prices headed?

Friday, October 30, 2009

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(Click to enlarge) Here you see a chart of Average Retail Gas Prices over the last 72 months. The red hands are pointing to gas prices for December 30th over the last 6 years. It’s already gone up $1.08 US per gallon since January of this year. My unscientific guess is that we pass the […]

Peak oil – Optimist vs. Pessimist

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

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(Wha? Wait! No, I said “PEAK” oil, not “PEEK”. Oh well… Ladies and gentleman, Kim Peek.) When I saw the name of the blog, I didn’t understand the connection. Why would a blog called PeakOilDebunked be talking about scooters? I was expecting to see a lecture on how scooter riders where a bunch of crybaby […]

NPR – Gas Prices Down, SUV Sales Up

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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(And fast-food peddling clowns are back in fashion! Make mine SUPERSIZED!) Say it ain’t so! I havn’t had a chance to actually listen to this report… and I’ve just finished eating, so I’m gonna wait until tomorrow to see what NPR has to say about this. Here’s the teaser: SUV sales seemed doomed by high […]

The shortsigted consumer: Gas high? Buy scooter. Gas Low? Sell scooter, buy SUV – Repeat ad nauseam

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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(caution… rant in t-minus 4 seconds and counting) Oh it pangs me so, this cycle of madness. What I had perceived as a paradigm shifting “perfect storm” (Ref) just seven months ago looks to be another example of American gas pains. There are 22 new scooter listings in the Austin Craigslist this week alone.“Brand new […]

Oil expected to rocket back over $100/barrel unless YOU keep down demand

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

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(Here’s a good way to lower oil prices. Toss yer car in the recycle bin!) A pair of recent Reuters stories mention a deferment in oil production cuts originally planned for this month but they are torn over how we might react to these cuts. Today oil has dropped to $49 a barrel down from […]