Gas & Auto RSS FeedIs Big Oil just playing head games with us?
KFMB VIDEO: This story looks at gas prices and local consumer reactions over the last 30-years. Are we being conditioned to think that $3 a gallon is "cheap?" Probably. Full story.
Big Oil Hog gets nasty surprise
Big Oil Hog flees at sight of voter ballot. Predicts pain at pump ... for the oil companies.
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Feb 2 is Oil Hog Day!
Step aside "Punxatawney Phil," and mark your calendar for February 2, (formerly known as Groundhog Day), when the "Big Oil Hog" makes his annual appearance in San Diego County. GET DETAILS.
Sky-high gas prices are dropping, but for how long?
San Diego's sky high gas prices dropped 7¢ in the last 48 hours, but how long will it last? True to form, the California refining cartel is restricting supplies to limit competition and game the wholesale markets. Analysis.
High gas prices "puzzling ..."
Los Angeles Times: The market is flooded with surplus gasoline. According to this story, retailers could sell their gas for as little as $2.77 a gallon, yet San Diego's average gas price is at least 40¢ higher. Now in an effort to create shortages, Big Oil is shutting down refineries and exporting gas to Asia to prevent a price-slide. Full story.
Gas prices should be dropping like a thick brick.
Today, UCAN's gas survey showed that prices finally dropped, albeit sluggishly, in response to market conditions. Learn why price cuts are long overdue.
Valero steps on the gas in California
Los Angeles Times: Valero has added 300 California stations. Now if they'd only compete more aggressively... Full story.
Gas up 8¢ in 7-days
In another week of major moves for local gas prices, San Diego's average price for regular unleaded is now $3.324 a gallon. Full story.
Oil hits $100 a barrel; gas reaches new January highs
North County Times: Drivers winced on Wednesday as pump prices surged to levels never before seen ... Full story.
Gas prices unusually high for December
San Diego Union Tribune: Gas prices aren't just "unusually high," they've never been higher at the start of a New year ... a year that looks so unpredictable that many experts are unwilling to make predictions. Full Story.
Gas prices: "a very scary Christmas ..."
KPBS NEWS: Gas prices have never been higher at this time of year, says UCAN's Gasoline Project Manager, Charles Langley. Full Story.
The influence of politics on gas prices
North County Times Opinion: The oil industry says oil prices determine gas prices, but our research suggests that politics has more to do with the price of gas than supply and demand. Full Story.
Pete Domenici: Fighting hard to keep America weak
Energy "independence" bill passes through the Senate like a kidney stone
Today, Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico took a courageous stand against energy independence by making sure that the world's most profitable oil companies get to keep massive tax breaks. More.
Gas prices likely to fall
North County Times: "It appears that oil is overpriced and that market fundamentals cannot support gas prices at $4 a gallon in the first half of 2008," said Langley, a consumer advocate with the Utility Consumers Action Network" Full Story.
Despite high oil prices, you are still getting gouged for your gas.
UCAN's gas survey showed that gas prices declined slightly over Thanksgiving, and that given the market cost of oil, San Diego is being gouged by at least 18¢ a gallon compared to last year.
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