This is interesting:
Want to spend less at the pump? Lose some weight. That’s the implication of a new study that says Americans are burning nearly 1 billion more gallons of gasoline each year than they did in 1960 because of their expanding waistlines. Simply put, more weight in the car means lower gas mileage.
Using recent […]
If embryonic stem cells had oil in them, you’d bet your ass that the government would be funding ExxonMobil’s research into how to extract it.
[Stolen shamelessly from somebody’s comment on one of my YouTube videos]
An educational moment.
Ever since 2001 when President Bush took office, the oil industry has been making the largest profits ever, and Americans have been forced to pay more at the pump. In 2000, oil prices per barrel were around 23 dollars a barrel. These days they are well upwards of 70 dollars and there’s talk of 100 […]
The folks over at KickTheOilHabit.org (specifically the guys in the roadtrip
Sweet music video about rising gas prices. Sponsored by the Center for American Progress (the thinktank that runs the excellent ThinkProgress blog). On the way back from New York yesterday, we noticed some stations offering $3.26 for regular and were surprised at how expensive it was.
Have you checked out the Kick the Oil Habit Road Trip yet? It’s run by The Center for American Progress (the same thinktank that runs the excellent ThinkProgress.org blog). Three guys are taking a cross-country trip fueled only by E85, which is a fuel that consists of 85% American-made clean burning ethanol (corn oil), and […]
Just a quick update on the situation I shared about yesterday. First he tried to disprove Al Gore’s global warming film with two sources paid by ExxonMobil, to specifically spread doubt about global warming.
Now (after I revealed his earlier sources as what they really were– oil industry shill), the same user is now telling me […]
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The above clip is from a PBS program called “NOW” which aired on June 16. The program explained in this segment titled “Crude Awakening” how big oil companies are earning record profits, while the Bush Administration is letting them get away with not paying up to 80 billion dollars in royalties owed […]
So, have you guys heard about this new documentary yet? It’s called Who Killed the Electric Car? and it’s about how clean, safe and fast electric cars which were available in the mid-1990s were essentially “killed” after a massive lobbying effort from the oil industry. It’ll go into a limited release this summer. Trailer […]
Reuters is reporting that the Republican-dominated House of Representatives voted late yesterday to allow oil drilling in the Alaskan refuge known as ANWR. Naturally it doesn’t have a chance in the Senate, but this vote serves as another reason why Richard Pombo (one of the absolute worst enemies of the environment in Congress today), who […]
Evidently the vast majority of big oil lobbyist money goes to Republicans. Hardly a surprise. This has always been the case, even when Republicans are in the minority in Congress. The Center for Responsive Politics has found that one Texas Republican has recieved more than $159,611 from big oil. Well, what do you expect from […]
According to GasPriceWatch.com the average price of gas in the United States is $2.88/gallon. While in the Boston area for the weekend, I’ve noticed gas prices are signifigantly higher (the above photo I snapped from the car seems about average). What are gas prices like where you are?
A friendly public service announcement from everybody’s buddies at ExxonMobil.
According to a new poll conducted by the respected Pew Research Center, reveals several interesting findings about American public opinion. Most Americans expect that Iran would like to develop nuclear weapons (no surprise), but there are some surprising findings. From the results writeup:
… Yet the public overwhelmingly wants the United Nations, not the United States, […]
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