'Unethical behavior' to blame for gas prices - poll

62% of survey respondents say record runup in prices is fault of actions by players in the gasoline supply chain.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The question nags at Americans every time they fill up their gas tanks: Why is it costing $4 a gallon?

A poll released Wednesday finds that 62% of Americans blame "unethical behavior" by industry players, while 32% attribute the price increases to supply and demand.

The CNN/Opinion Research Poll highlights a growing debate among American consumers, policymakers and oil executives over the exact causes of skyrocketing gas prices. Retail gas rose to another record Wednesday, with half the states in the nation paying more than $4 a gallon on average, according to AAA. Gas prices have risen nearly 9% from $3.718 last month and are 32% higher than the $3.066 average price a year ago.

The poll reflects telephone interviews with 1,035 adults conducted June 4-5. The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points

While gas prices have taken a toll on consumer budgets, oil companies have seen record profits. Last month, industry executives faced lawmakers on Capitol Hill to explain those profits, which critics claim are excessive. The executives testified that the price runups belie tight margins and reflect fundamental economic factors such as a weak dollar, increased demand abroad for oil and speculative investment.

The weaker dollar encourages buying by investors who view oil and other commodities as a hedge against inflation. It also increases the appeal of dollar-denominated commodities like oil to overseas investors.

Industry analysts agree that the increased gas prices reflect complicated market forces rather than deliberate actions by individuals or corporations looking for profit.

"There's a solid supply-and-demand model that indicates that production is not growing for myriad reasons and demand continues to grow," said Jim Ritterbusch, president of energy consultancy Ritterbusch and Associates in Galena, Ill.

Looking ahead, Ritterbusch believes that gas prices will level off by the end of the summer, although he declined to forecast an exact figure.

"The prices are already starting to choke off demand in the United States," he said. "That's going to spread overseas and to the emerging economies. We're also going to see concerted efforts to strengthen the dollar and we are going to see higher interest rates."

BP PLC (BP) chairman Peter Sutherland said Wednesday oil companies never expected demand for oil to surge so quickly, and they failed to make the investments needed to clear the supply bottleneck.

Consumer sentiment on gas prices has become a major election issue. On Tuesday, Senate Republicans blocked a proposal to tax the profits of the five largest U.S. oil companies and rescind an expected $17 billion in tax breaks for the companies over the next decade.

Analysts said the U.S. could help ease future gas prices by lifting restrictions on domestic oil drilling.

"We need to develop more sources of oil, not only globally but also in the United States," said Addison Armstrong, director of market research at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Conn. "The United States has done very little to boost its capacity."

The Entire World Is Feeling The Pinch at the Pump!

Tens of thousands of truckers in Spain, France and Portugal on Monday stepped up protests against rising fuel prices, causing mayhem on highways and blocking border crossings.

Huge tailbacks built up around major cities and on the French-Spanish border as French fishermen in Mediterranean ports ended their three-week strike over the spiralling cost of fuel.

Spain's second largest hauliers' union Fenadismer, which claims to represent 70,000 out of Spain's 380,000 truck drivers, launched an open-ended strike on Monday. It said it was "peaceful" but followed "massively".

Talks Monday between the hauliers and the government ended in failure, Fenadismer said.

"Fenadismer will maintain its national strike" as the government's proposals were "insufficient", it said.

Trucks jammed several main highways including at the frontier with France, according to traffic officials, who also reported massive snarls in Madrid and Valencia.

A Spanish truckers' group calling itself the Platform for the Defence of the Transport Sector, who say they speak for 50,000 truckers, walked off the job last week. They have threatened to disrupt the opening this weekend of the International Exposition in Zaragosa.

The conservative Spanish newspaper ABC said the aim of the strikers was to block oil supplies from refineries and stocks at retail markets this week.

Spanish media said the number of trucks at wholesale markets on Monday were considerably lower than usual.

French truckers struggling with high fuel costs staged fresh protests near the Spanish border and in the southwest.

Several trucks from the southern city of Perpignan disrupted traffic at border posts, preventing trucks from crossing and causing a tailback of some 10 kilometres (six miles) on both sides of the border. Private cars were allowed through.

Protestors branded banners which read: "Trucker = Unemployed," and "It's the end of our profession."

Some 200 trucks converged on the four main motorways leading into Bordeaux Monday morning, causing 30 kilometers (20 miles) of tailbacks in and around the city.

"We are demanding immediate measures" to counter the impact of high fuel prices, said Jean-Pierre Morlin, president of the European trucking organisation for the Aquitaine region.

Portugal's Transport Minister Mario Lino was to meet later Monday with representatives of road transport associations in a bid to end the strike by truckers who have threatened to "paralyze" the country.

According to police, trucks parked at petrol pumps were stoned overnight or while they were on the road after the strike started at midnight.

Many had their windscreens shattered.

The strikers also blocked entrances to several factories. According to industry figures, there are some 40,000 truckers in Portugal serving an estimated 5,000 firms.

However, French fishermen from Mediterranean ports on Monday ended a three-week strike ahead of a key meeting of European fisheries ministers.

"All of the fleets from the Mediterranean ports went back to work this morning, but we remain very vigilant," said Ange Natoli, a representative of the Mediterranean fishing fleets.

Fleets in the Channel ports of Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais and Dunkirk last week called off their strike pending the talks.

Portuguese fishermen called off their five-day-old strike on Wednesday.

However, their counterparts in Spain, home to Europe's largest fishing fleet, maintained their "indefinite" stoppage launched May 30.

"Almost all the ports in Spain are on strike," said the head of the Spanish Fisheries Confederation, Javier Garat.

EU fisheries ministers meet on June 23-24 tackle the fuel crisis.

Marine diesel prices have leapt by around 30 percent since the start of 2008, triggering protests in European ports as well as warnings that fishing boat owners face bankruptcy without higher subsidies.

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Fuel Economy Leaders: 2008 Model Year

2008 Fuel Economy
Information Now Available

• Fuel Economy Leaders
• Lowest Models Overall
• Highest Models within Class
• Lowest Models within Class

Rank	Manufacturer/Model	MPG city/highway
1	Toyota Prius (hybrid-electric)	48/45
2	Honda Civic Hybrid	40/45
3	Nissan Altima Hybrid	35/33
4	Ford Escape Hybrid FWD Mazda Tribute Hybrid 2WD Mercury Mariner Hybrid FWD	34/30
5	Toyota Camry Hybrid	33/34
6	Toyota Yaris (manual)	29/36
7	Toyota Yaris (automatic)	29/35
8	Ford Escape Hybrid 4WD Mercury Mariner Hybrid 4WD Mazda Tribute Hybrid 4WD	29/27
9	Toyota Corolla (manual)	28/37
10	Honda Fit (manual)	28/34

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Sometimes, it just isn't easy trying to figure out which car to buy. If fuel economy is one of your primary selling points, then you should head on over to the fueleconomy.gov website to get the latest fuel economy (and emissions) from the EPA.

Unfortunately the EPA assumes people come into the site looking to purchase a particular type of car, whether SUV, small car, family sedan or hatchback. Not everyone thinks that way. So I looked through and located every 2008 model year car that gets over 25 mpg and sorted them by their fuel economy.

Not surprisingly, the top five most fuel efficient vehicles on the list are hybrids.

UPDATE (May 30, 2008): I've gone back and updated the list. There are now 99 cars listed that get over 25 mpg combined. As you can see from the list, the MINI(s) has been added in, along with the Saturn Vue Hybrid and a few others.

			MPG
Ranking	Category	Vehicle	City	Highway	Combined
1	family sedans	Toyota Prius 4 cyl, 1.5 L, Automatic (CVT), HEV, Regular	48	45	46.7
2	small cars	Honda Civic Hybrid 4 cyl, 1.3 L, Automatic (CVT), HEV, Regular	40	45	42.3
3	Coupes	smart fortwo coupe 3 cyl, 1 L, Automatic (S5), Premium	33	41	36.6
3	Convertibles	smart fortwo convertible 3 cyl, 1 L, Automatic (S5), Premium	33	41	36.6
4	family sedans	Nissan Altima Hybrid 4 cyl, 2.5 L, Automatic (CVT), HEV, Regular	35	33	34.1
5	family sedans	Toyota Camry Hybrid 4 cyl, 2.4 L, Automatic (CVT), HEV, Regular	33	34	33.5
6	SUV	Ford Escape Hybrid FWD 4 cyl, 2.3 L, Automatic (CVT), Regular	34	30	32.2
6	SUV	Mazda Tribute Hybrid 2WD 4 cyl, 2.3 L, Automatic (CVT), Regular	34	30	32.2
6	SUV	Mercury Mariner Hybrid FWD 4 cyl, 2.3 L, Automatic (CVT), Regular	34	30	32.2
7	small cars	Toyota Yaris 4 cyl, 1.5 L, Man(5), Regular	29	36	32.2
7	small cars	MINI Cooper 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Automatic 4-spd, Regular	29	36	32.2
7	Hatchback	Toyota Yaris 4 cyl, 1.5 L, Man(5), Regular	29	36	32.2
8	small cars	MINI Clubman 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Manual 6-spd, Premium	28	37	32.1
8	small cars	Toyota Corolla 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Man(5), Regular	28	37	32.1
9	small cars	Toyota Yaris 4 cyl, 1.5 L, Auto(4), Regular	29	35	31.7
9	Hatchback	Toyota Yaris 4 cyl, 1.5 L, Auto(4), Regular	29	35	31.7
10	small cars	Honda Fit 4 cyl, 1.5 L, Man(5), Regular	28	34	30.7
10	Hatchback	Honda Fit 4 cyl, 1.5 L, Man(5), Regular	28	34	30.7
11	small cars	Honda Fit 4 cyl, 1.5 L, Auto(5), Regular	27	34	30.2
11	Hatchback	Honda Fit 4 cyl, 1.5 L, Auto(5), Regular	27	34	30.2
12	small cars	Toyota Corolla 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Auto(4), Regular	26	35	30.1
13	small cars	Honda Civic 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Auto(5), Regular	25	36	30.0
13	small cars	Chevrolet Cobalt XFE 4 cyl, 2.2 L, Manual 5-spd, Regular	25	36	30.0
14	small cars	Scion xD 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Man(5), Regular	27	33	29.7
14	small cars	Nissan Versa 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Automatic (CVT), Regular	27	33	29.7
14	small cars	Honda Fit 4 cyl, 1.5 L, Auto(S5), Regular	27	33	29.7
14	Hatchback	Scion xD 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Man(5), Regular	27	33	29.7
14	Hatchback	Honda Fit 4 cyl, 1.5 L, Auto(S5), Regular	27	33	29.7
14	Station Wagons	Scion xD 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Man(5), Regular	27	33	29.7
15	small cars	Honda Civic 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Man(5), Regular	26	34	29.6
15	small cars	MINI Cooper 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Automatic (S6), Premium	26	34	29.6
15	small cars	MINI Cooper S 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Manual 6-spd, Premium	26	34	29.6
15	small cars	MINI Clubman S 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Manual 6-spd, Premium	26	34	29.6
16	small cars	Kia Rio 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Auto(4), Regular	25	35	29.5
16	small cars	Pontiac G5 XFE 4 cyl, 2.2 L, Manual 5-spd, Regular	25	35	29.5
16	Coupes	Pontiac G5 XFE 4 cyl, 2.2 L, Manual 5-spd, Regular	25	35	29.5
17	small cars	Honda Civic 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Auto(5), RNG=170, Natural Gas	24	36	29.4
18	small cars	Hyundai Accent 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Man(5), Regular	27	32	29.3
18	small cars	Kia Rio 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Man(5), Regular	27	32	29.3
19	Station Wagons	Pontiac Vibe 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Man(5), Regular	26	33	29.2
19	Station Wagons	Toyota Matrix 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Man(5), Regular	26	33	29.2
20	small cars	Ford Focus 4 cyl, 2 L, Man(5), Regular	24	35	29.0
21	small cars	Scion xD 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Auto(4), Regular	26	32	28.7
21	Hatchback	Scion xD 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Auto(4), Regular	26	32	28.7
21	Station Wagons	Scion xD 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Auto(4), Regular	26	32	28.7
22	small cars	Nissan Sentra 4 cyl, 2 L, Automatic (CVT), Regular	25	33	28.6
22	family sedans	Hyundai Elantra 4 cyl, 2 L, Auto(4), Regular	25	33	28.6
23	small cars	Chevrolet Aveo 5 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Man(5), Regular	24	34	28.5
23	small cars	Chevrolet Aveo 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Man(5), Regular	24	34	28.5
23	Hatchback	Chevrolet Aveo 5 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Man(5), Regular	24	34	28.5
23	Hatchback	Chevrolet Aveo 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Man(5), Regular	24	34	28.5
24	small cars	Nissan Versa 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Man(6), Regular	26	31	28.3
25	SUV	Saturn Vue Hybrid 4 cyl, 2.4 L, Automatic 4-spd, Regular	25	32	28.2
26	SUV	Ford Escape Hybrid 4WD 4 cyl, 2.3 L, Automatic (CVT), Regular	29	27	28.1
26	SUV	Mazda Tribute Hybrid 4WD 4 cyl, 2.3 L, Automatic (CVT), Regular	29	27	28.1
26	SUV	Mercury Mariner Hybrid 4WD 4 cyl, 2.3 L, Automatic (CVT), Regular	29	27	28.1
27	small cars	Ford Focus 4 cyl, 2 L, Auto(4), Regular	24	33	28.1
27	small cars	Hyundai Accent 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Auto(4), Regular	24	33	28.1
27	small cars	Pontiac G5/Pursuit 4 cyl, 2.2 L, Man(5), Regular	24	33	28.1
27	small cars	Chevrolet Cobalt 4 cyl, 2.2 L, Man(5), Regular	24	33	28.1
27	family sedans	Hyundai Elantra 4 cyl, 2 L, Man(5), Regular	24	33	28.1
27	Coupes	Pontiac G5/Pursuit 4 cyl, 2.2 L, Man(5), Regular	24	33	28.1
28	Station Wagons	Pontiac Vibe 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Auto(4), Regular	25	31	27.7
28	Station Wagons	Toyota Matrix 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Auto(4), Regular	25	31	27.7
29	small cars	Mazda 3 4 cyl, 2 L, Man(5), Regular	24	32	27.6
29	small cars	Nissan Versa 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Auto(4), Regular	24	32	27.6
29	family sedans	Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid 4 cyl, 2.4 L, Auto(4), Regular	24	32	27.6
29	family sedans	Kia Spectra 4 cyl, 2 L, Auto(4), Regular	24	32	27.6
29	family sedans	Saturn Aura Hybrid 4 cyl, 2.4 L, Auto(4), Regular	24	32	27.6
29	Hatchback	Saturn Astra 2DR Hatchback 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Manual 5-spd, Regular	24	32	27.6
29	Hatchback	Saturn Astra 4DR Hatchback 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Manual 5-spd, Regular	24	32	27.6
30	small cars	Nissan Sentra 4 cyl, 2 L, Man(6), Regular	24	31	27.2
31	small cars	MINI Cooper S 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Automatic (S6), Premium	23	32	27.1
31	small cars	MINI Clubman S 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Automatic (S6), Premium	23	32	27.1
31	small cars	Chevrolet Aveo 5 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Auto(4), Regular	23	32	27.1
31	small cars	Chevrolet Aveo 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Auto(4), Regular	23	32	27.1
31	family sedans	Nissan Altima 4 cyl, 2.5 L, Man(6), Regular	23	32	27.1
31	luxury sedan	Mercedes-Benz E320 Bluetec 6 cyl, 3 L, Auto(L7), Diesel	23	32	27.1
31	Hatchback	Chevrolet Aveo 5 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Auto(4), Regular	23	32	27.1
31	Hatchback	Chevrolet Aveo 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Auto(4), Regular	23	32	27.1
31	Coupes	Nissan Altima Coupe 4 cyl, 2.5 L, Man(6), Regular	23	32	27.1
31	Convertibles	MINI Cooper Convertible 4 cyl, 1.6 L, Man(5), Premium	23	32	27.1
32	small cars	Nissan Sentra 4 cyl, 2.5 L, Automatic (CVT), Regular	24	30	26.7
32	Hatchback	Saturn Astra 2DR Hatchback 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Automatic 4-spd, Regular	24	30	26.7
32	Hatchback	Saturn Astra 4DR Hatchback 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Automatic 4-spd, Regular	24	30	26.7
33	small cars	Mazda 3 4 cyl, 2 L, Auto(S4), Regular	23	31	26.6
33	small cars	Suzuki SX4 Sedan 4 cyl, 2 L, Auto(4), Regular	23	31	26.6
33	family sedans	Nissan Altima 4 cyl, 2.5 L, Automatic (CVT), Regular	23	31	26.6
33	Coupes	Audi TT Coupe 4 cyl, 2 L, Auto(S6), Premium	23	31	26.6
33	Coupes	Nissan Altima Coupe 4 cyl, 2.5 L, Automatic (CVT), Regular	23	31	26.6
33	Sports/Sporty Cars	Audi TT Coupe 4 cyl, 2 L, Auto(S6), Premium	23	31	26.6
34	small cars	Chevrolet Cobalt 4 cyl, 2.4 L, Man(5), Premium	22	32	26.5
34	small cars	Pontiac G5/Pursuit 4 cyl, 2.4 L, Man(5), Premium	22	32	26.5
35	Hatchback	Dodge Caliber 4 cyl, 1.8 L, Man(5), Regular	24	29	26.3
36	family sedans	Kia Spectra 4 cyl, 2 L, Man(5), Regular	23	30	26.2
37	SUV	Toyota Highlander Hybrid 4WD 6 cyl, 3.3 L, Automatic (CVT), HEV, Regular	27	25	26.1
38	small cars	Pontiac G5/Pursuit 4 cyl, 2.2 L, Auto(4), Regular	22	31	26.1
38	small cars	Chevrolet Cobalt 4 cyl, 2.2 L, Auto(4), Regular	22	31	26.1
38	Coupes	Pontiac G5/Pursuit 4 cyl, 2.2 L, Auto(4), Regular	22	31	26.1

Rankings for the Most Fuel Efficient Cars of 2008

The rankings for this list of the most fuel efficient cars in 2008 was based on the combined fuel economy (45% highway, 55% city). Since fuel economy is so dependent on the engine type, the EPA breaks down the vehicle by engine type. So, even though the list seems to be repeating itself, it's not.

The numbers shown are based on the new EPA MPG testing. The old ratings were not very realistic, leading to many complaints about not getting the fuel economy they were promised. And although many predicted that hybrids would be affected more than others, they are still there at the top.

UPDATE (May 30, 2008): The following paragraph is no longer true since I've gone back to update the list. But I would still like to hear from you if you see a car that's not on the list.

All cars on this list are 2008 model year. Notice that the 2008 Saturn Vue Greenline Hybrid is not on the list. For some reason it's not up on the fueleconomy.gov website, yet. If it was, in would be right up there with the top ranked vehicles. But since it's not there, I decided to keep it off the list.

You may notice other vehicles that are not on the list. If you do, please let me know in the comments below. When I come back to update the list, I'd like to get it right.

Fuel protests erupt in India, Malaysia

By EILEEN NG – 8 hours ago

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Protests broke out in India and Malaysia on Thursday as consumers reacted angrily to sharp fuel price hikes that could undermine governments in both countries.

With global oil prices soaring, authorities in the two countries said a day earlier they were slashing fuel subsidies that were draining government coffers.

In Malaysia, gasoline pump prices jumped 41 percent overnight and diesel prices surged a stunning 67 percent.

The gasoline price hike in India, the second this year, was smaller — about 11 percent in the capital, New Delhi — but will still weigh on consumers. India also raised prices on diesel and cooking gas.

The most pronounced protests were in India's West Bengal state, where schools and businesses were closed and flights and trains canceled. Shops were also shuttered and roads emptied in the southern state of Kerala, with protests also reported in the central city of Indore.

India's communist parties, which control both Kerala and West Bengal, have called for a week of protests across the country, saying import duties on oil should be further cut instead of raising retail prices.

In Malaysia, long lines of vehicles formed at gasoline stations overnight to fill up before midnight when the new pricing came into effect, and brawls broke out as some motorists tried to cut in line.

On Thursday, gas stations were mostly deserted. The opposition Democratic Action Party staged a small protest in downtown Kuala Lumpur and vowed more rallies to demand the government back down from the plan.

"There is a sense of public outrage ... both on the increase and the manner in which it was done," said DAP chief Lim Kit Siang.

But many Malaysians appeared resigned to the cut in fuel subsidies.

"If we don't increase the fuel price now, the economy will go down," said Chong Wai Ket, a 29-year-old shopkeeper in Kuala Lumpur.

PROTES, an anti-inflation coalition of opposition parties and other groups, is planning rallies nationwide which will peak in a mass demonstration in Kuala Lumpur on July 12, said a coalition leader Hatta Ramli.

"We are hoping for 100,000 people to turn up. We want the government to revert to yesterday's price," said Hatta, who is also a member of the opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party.

Like many Asian countries, Malaysia, is struggling with a spiraling fuel subsidy bill that may breach $14 billion this year as global oil prices skyrocket.

India, which imports 75 percent of the crude oil it needs, has said the hikes will help cover losses at state-run oil companies which have been unable to pass on to consumers the higher fuel costs due to price controls.

Government finances have been strained as crude oil prices doubled over the last year, spiking above $135 a barrel last month before falling back to the $122 range Thursday.

Indonesia, Taiwan and Sri Lanka have also recently raised fuel prices.

In Malaysia — which had some of Southeast Asia's lowest gasoline prices — gasoline jumped from the equivalent of $2.32 a gallon to $3.31 a gallon.

In India, gasoline was raised 5 rupees per liter. In New Delhi, that lifted the pump prices to 50 rupees a liter, or $4.56 a gallon. Fuel prices vary between states, which also impose their own taxes. Singh has urged states to lower taxes to ease the burden for the people.

The fuel price hike is expected to send prices of food, transportation and other essentials higher across the board, piling further inflationary pressure on India and Malaysia. India's inflation is currently at 8 percent and Malaysia at 3 percent.

Protests over the price hikes may further weaken Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government ahead of an election in India by the middle of next year, analysts said.

In Malaysia, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi faces increasing risks as he fights for his political survival after shock election losses in March.

"It's going to be hard for people to accept. There will be an immediate adverse effect on (Abdullah's) popularity," said Ibrahim Suffian, director of independent think-tank Merdeka Center of Opinion Research.

Associated Press reporters Manik Banerjee in Calcultta and Julia Zappei in Kuala Lumpur contributed to this report.

From the looks of the blatant scam and manipulation of the big oil crime syndicate, things are going to get worse before they get any better!

Why Wait?

Do something about this on going crisis now!

HHO Gas, also referred to as Browns Gas or Oxyhydrogen, is extracted from water through the process of electrolysis। By modifying you car's engine to burn HHO, you can save at least 40% on your fuel cost

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Why haven't we heard of this technology?
Although this technology has been known for many years (Nicola Tesla had discovered that water can be used as a fuel, almost a century ago), it was kept hidden from the public. Economical and political reasons prevented this technology from being publicized. But now this system is becoming more and more popular and has been simplified enough for anyone to use.

Here's why you should consider running you car on Brown's gas:

• Your car will be at least 40% more fuel efficient and you can start saving thousands of dollars on gas per year.
• You will cut down on harmful carbon emissions and protect your health and the environment.
• You will boost your engine's performance.
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• You can decrease the noise levels of your engine.
• You will reduce you car's maintenance costs.
• You can save on taxes for driving a vehicle that is friendly to the environment.
• Your car's engine will last longer.

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Prototype car runs 100 miles on four ounces of water as fuel

While his unique electrolysis process – working simply with water and electricity – was originally designed to work in welding factories as a replacement for acetylene torches, a whole new application has come to light from Denny Klein, who recently filed a patent on his solution. He has converted his 1994 Ford Escort to run either as a water-gas hybrid, or on water alone.

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You think we got it bad....Wait until you read this!

High gas prices hit consumers worldwide

By ANGELA CHARLTON – 4 hours ago

PARIS (AP) — Feeling woozy about the fortune you've just pumped into your gas tank? Drivers around the world share the sensation.

Consumers, gas retailers and governments are wrestling with a new energy order, where rising oil prices play a larger role than ever in the daily lives of increasingly mobile people. But as the cost of crude mounts, the effect on the price at the pump varies startlingly — from Venezuela, where gas is cheaper than water, to Turkey, where a full tank can cost more than a domestic plane ticket.

Taxes and subsidies are the main reasons for the differences, along with lesser factors such as limited oil refining capacity and hard-to-reach geography that push up prices.

"I don't know why it is but... it hurts," says Marie Penucci, a violinist filling up her Volkswagen at an Esso station on the bypass that rings Paris.

As she pumped gas worth $9.66 a gallon she looked wistfully at a commuter climbing onto one of the city's cheap rent-a-bikes, an option not open to her since she travels long distances to perform.

High taxes in Europe and Japan have long accustomed consumers to staggering pump prices, which now are testing new pain thresholds — and it could have been even worse, if a strong euro hadn't cushioned some of the blow. As a result, plenty of European adults never even bother to learn to drive, preferring cheap mass transit to cumbersome cars.

Subsidies in emerging economies such as China and India, meanwhile, shield consumers but hurt governments, which must find a way to afford rising market prices for oil.

Increasingly, they can't. Indonesians are staging protests against shrinking gasoline subsidies in a nation where nearly half the population of 235 million lives on less than $2 a day. And there are now 887 million vehicles in the world, up from 553 million vehicles just 15 years ago, and on track to nearly double to a billion by 2012, according to London-based consultancy Global Insight.

In Europe, taxes are often the focus, since the high tax burden means crude itself is a smaller part of the burden.

"The pain of a rise in prices is much less in Europe, because we may be paying a lot more here, but the rise in a percentage sense is a lot smaller," said Julius Walker, oil analyst at the Paris-based International Energy Agency.

The United States, with its relatively low taxes, is considered to have retail prices closer to what energy data charts call the "real cost" of gasoline — which is closely linked to the price of oil.

So as oil prices have soared, average U.S. prices have gone up 144 percent in the past five years — from $1.67 in May 2003 to $4.02 a gallon this month, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Over the same period, gas prices in France went up 117 percent to $9.66 a gallon.

Proposals by U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Hillary Clinton to suspend federal gas taxes this summer would lower the price tag — but have little effect on the underlying oil price. French President Nicholas Sarkozy has urged the EU to cut value-added tax on fuel.

French fishermen and farmers, who need fuel for their trawlers and tractors, say their livelihoods are threatened by soaring prices and have blocked oil terminals around France and shipping traffic on the English Channel to demand government help. Italian, Portuguese and Spanish fisherman joined them and went on strike Friday. British and Bulgarian truckers are staging fuel protests, too.

Russia is proof that big oil-producing nations are not in any better shape when it comes to gasoline prices. Gas in the world's No. 2 oil producer runs about $3.68 a gallon — nearly that in the United States, where the average wage is about six times higher.

Much of the Russian cost comes from taxes, which run between 60 and 70 percent. Limited refining capacity and the costs of transporting gasoline across the country's vast expanse also push up prices.

Turkey faces similar problems — and even higher prices — $11.29 a gallon, which for a full tank in a midsize car can reach nearly $200, enough for a domestic plane ticket.

In China, government-mandated low retail gasoline prices have helped farmers and China's urban poor but also have hurt conservation. In the first four months of 2008, gasoline consumption was up 5.5 percent from the same period last year.

Venezuela, too, is a gas-guzzler's wonderland. A gallon costs just 12 cents and consumers are snapping up SUVs even as Americans are shunning them. Thanks to long-held government subsidies and plenty of oil, Venezuelans see cheap fuel as a birthright.

Some policymakers in less oil-flush nations look to Brazil's use of ethanol as a potential solution. Ethanol from sugarcane is widely available in the world's No. 1 sugar producer and its 190 million people. Eight out of every 10 new cars sold are flex-fuel models that run on pure ethanol, gas or any combination of the two. The price for ethanol in Sao Paulo is currently running about half the price of gas, which runs $5.67 per gallon.

In Japan, gas station owners say some customers aren't filling up their tanks all the way.

"It's been tough. I had to switch to regular gasoline from premium class," said Hiroyuki Kashiwabara, a company employee in his 50s whose monthly spending on gasoline has increased by nearly 10,000 yen ($96) over the last couple of months. "My salary doesn't change and I can't cut back on my spending on food or anything else."

Americans, too, are beginning to trim their hearty gas appetites.

"We're beginning to see a slowdown in the U.S. in gasoline demand in particular. That's not so visible in other parts of the world," the IEA's Walker said.

Jean-Marc Jancovici, a French engineer and co-author of a philosophical treatise called "Fill It Up, Please!" despairs rising thirst in the developing world for shrinking oil resources.

"The real question is ... how to save peace and democracy in this context," he asks.

His answer? To rich-country consumers, at least, he says: Pick up your bike and "stop being petroleum slaves."

Associated Press writers David Nowak in Moscow; Robin McDowell in Jakarta, Indonesia; Ian James in Caracas, Venezuela; Alan Clendenning in Brasilia, Brazil; Joe McDonald in Beijing; Mari Yamaguchi and Shino Yuasa in Tokyo; Ashok Sharma in New Delhi; and Franziska Scheven and A.J. Goldmann in Berlin contributed to this report.

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NEW YORK - The gasoline price record keeps getting broken with each passing day. AAA puts the national average for a gallon of regular at a record $3.95. It's jumped 35 cents in the past month and is 76-cents-a-gallon higher than a year ago.

If you need premium, it's also never been more expensive. The auto club says the national average for premium is $4.35. That's an 84-cent-a-gallon jump over last year.

Oil prices fell back Thursday ahead of a report expected to show U.S. inventories of crude and petroleum products grew last week.

Prices remained volatile, though, buffeted about by threats against Nigerian oil facilities, worries about falling gasoline demand in the U.S. and a strengthening U.S. dollar.

By midday in Europe, light, sweet crude contract for July delivery was down 65 cents at $130.38 a barrel in electronic trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

In London, July Brent crude fell 86 cents to $130.07 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.

The Nymex July contract dipped below $126 a barrel Wednesday in New York before recovering to finish at $131.03, up $2.18. At its low in the floor session, oil was more than $9 off the record high it hit last week above $135 a barrel.

"Fears that soaring oil prices could damage demand continue to weigh on sentiment," said a report from research firm JBC Energy in Vienna, Austria.

The reversal from the floor session's close came with a renewed strengthening of the dollar and ahead of the U.S. Energy Department's inventory report, to be released later Thursday.

In the last couple of days, the dollar has rebounded against both the euro and yen, receiving some support Wednesday when the U.S. Commerce Department said orders to American factories for big-ticket manufactured goods fell by a smaller-than-expected amount in April.

That was taken as a possible signal of a rebound in the slumping U.S. manufacturing sector and the dollar strengthened back above the 105 yen level, while the euro dropped below $1.56.

When the dollar declines, investors tend to buy commodities such as oil as a hedge against inflation. But a stronger dollar makes oil more expensive to investors dealing in other currencies, and the tendency usually reverses.

Also, a survey of analysts by Platts, the energy research arm of McGraw-Hill Cos., indicated that U.S. crude oil stocks were expected to have grown 750,000 barrels in the week ended May 23.

The Platts survey also indicated analysts were expecting a build in U.S. gasoline stock of 400,000 barrels, and a build in distillate stocks, which include heating oil and diesel fuel, of 800,000 barrels.

Prices were still being supported, though, by further threats against Nigerian oil facilities. Those threats led investors in the U.S. to at least temporarily set aside concerns about falling gasoline demand.

On Wednesday, the Nigerian rebel group The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta threatened new attacks on oil installations to mark the one-year anniversary of President Umaru Yar'Adua's inauguration. A weekend attack by the group on an oil facility cut about 130,000 barrels of the nation's oil production, according to Addison Armstrong, director of market research at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Connecticut, in a research note.

News of disruptions in Nigeria, one of Africa's largest producers and a major U.S. supplier, have helped push oil prices higher over the past year.

That contended Wednesday with the growing belief that U.S. demand for gasoline is falling as the average retail pump prices approaches $4 a gallon ($1.05 per liter). That belief was supported by two new surveys showing Americans consuming less gasoline.

Demand for gasoline fell 5.5 percent last week compared to the same week last year, according to the weekly MasterCard SpendingPulse survey. The survey also found that, on average, demand over the past four weeks is off 6.3 percent compared to the same period last year.

A separate CreditCards.com survey of about 1,000 people found that more than half have cut back on their driving due to high fuel prices.

In other Nymex trading, heating oil futures fell 2.08 cents to $3.8035 a gallon while gasoline prices were down 1.31 cents to $3.4345 a gallon. Natural gas futures rose 1.9 cents to $12.014 per 1,000 cubic feet.

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