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July 7th, 2008

THE BUSH PUSH ON OIL PRICE INCREASES 5: Inadequate & ineffectual policies & measures

Adam Kritzer at CurrencyTrading.net has written an article on “8 Ways the Bush Administration Has Caused the Oil Price Boom.”
While Venezuela, one of the US sources, can increase supply, Adam Kritzer reports that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, despite ideological disagreements with President Bush, has offered to dialog but has been repeatedly rebuffed. Kritzer also […]

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July 7th, 2008

THE BUSH PUSH ON OIL PRICE INCREASES 4: Iraq war has increased demand & decreased supply

Adam Kritzer at CurrencyTrading.net has written an article on “8 Ways the Bush Administration Has Caused the Oil Price Boom.”
. . . the ongoing US military effort [in Iraq] requires 3 million gallons of imported gasoline per day to sustain its operations. Disregarding the cost to taxpayers- estimated at $1 Billion per week due to […]

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July 7th, 2008

THE BUSH PUSH ON OIL PRICE INCREASES 3: Foreign Policy

Adam Kritzer at CurrencyTrading.net has written an article on “8 Ways the Bush Administration Has Caused the Oil Price Boom.”
The Bush Administration’s aggressive foreign policy has also contributed to the surge in oil prices. When the USA invaded Iraq in 2003, the justification was that Saddam Hussein was harboring weapons of mass destruction, and secondly, […]

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July 7th, 2008

THE BUSH PUSH ON OIL PRICE INCREASES 2: The Weak Dollar

Adam Kritzer at CurrencyTrading.net has written an article on “8 Ways the Bush Administration Has Caused the Oil Price Boom.”
Adam Kritzer notes that the Dollar has depreciated 37% against its chief rival, the Euro. Against the Canadian Dollar (Canada being the biggest source for the US of imported crude is at 1.8 million barrels […]

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July 6th, 2008

COST EFFICIENT FILLING UP FOR GAS 5: Average down on your cost of gas

With the price of gas going up on a week-to-week basis (Energy Inforation Administration), it is good economic practice not to go below half a tank on your gas. This way, you will always have half of your gas at the lower price of the past week and will be spending gas at a […]

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July 5th, 2008

COST EFFICIENT FILLING UP FOR GAS 4: Don’t fill up during fuel delivery

Average gasoline prices in the US ($ 4.079 as of 23 June) dipped a bit from the previous week (about $0.003), but still more than a dollar increase from a year ago. The expectation is gasoline prices will continue to rise.
While the fuel truck is pumping fuel into the gas station’s storage tank, sediment […]

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July 3rd, 2008

COST EFFICIENT FILLING UP FOR GAS 2: Keep the trigger on low

Average gasoline prices in the US ($ 4.079 as of 23 June) dipped a bit from the previous week (about $0.003), but still more than a dollar increase from a year ago. The expectation is gasoline prices will continue to rise.
The trigger on the hose for filling up has three settings: low, middle, and […]

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July 2nd, 2008

COST EFFICIENT FILLING UP FOR GAS 1: Cold weather best for filling up

Average gasoline prices in the US ($ 4.079 as of 23 June) dipped a bit from the previous week (about $0.003), but still more than a dollar increase from a year ago. The expectation is gasoline prices will continue to rise.
For safety, gas stations have their storage tanks underground. Temperature affects fuel: […]

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June 17th, 2008

SOME RELIEF FROM INCREASING OIL PRICES? 2

An article in the New York Times (14 June 2008) reported that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter and the US’ second largest source of crude, announced that it was increasing its production level by 500,000 barrels per day.
This move of Saudi Arabia is not entirely a response to the economic problems of countries […]

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June 16th, 2008

SOME RELIEF FROM INCREASING OIL PRICES? 1

An article in the New York Times (14 June 2008) reported that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter and the US’ second largest source of crude, announced that it was increasing its production level by 500,000 barrels per day.
In a previous post, we dug up statistics from the Energy Information Administration which showed that, […]

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