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Where does gasoline come from? Why does it cost so much??

Monday, September 15th, 2008

First let me state right up front that I'm about as far from an oil expert as you can get. I'm just a Southern California car guy who owns '34 Ford hot rod that gets about 8 miles to the gallon  . . . and that's Premium! Four bucks a gallon!! So I let Google's search ...

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‘Plug-in’ electric cars . . . pretty cool . . . but are they ‘green’?

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Uhhh . . . No. Not in a lot of the country anyway. Before I get into this let me say again that I think plug-in cars are pretty cool. They are quick, quiet, and smooth. There's not much range with current battery technology, but all the ones on the drawing boards are ...

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