It has been said that Americans have had a long and intense love affair with the automobile, ever since they were first introduced to the marketplace. However, in the last few years, prices at the pumps have steadily increased and it has gotten increasingly expensive to keep a gas tank full, making the love affair [...]

Between the mid 1970s and today, more than 30 years later, the amount of fuel being imported into the United States has more than tripled. The US is now importing more than 12 million barrels of crude oil each and every day in an attempt to provide the various petroleum-based fuels that are such an [...]

Except for those who either don’t drive or who just don’t set foot outside of the house much, most everyone is acutely aware of the sharp increase in gas prices during the last few years. Even people who don’t own their own gas powered vehicle and have not experienced the shock of seeing the total [...]

It should come as no surprise to most people that gas prices are again inching higher and higher. These days, many people are struggling to make ends meet because more and more of their budget ends up going into the gas tank instead of to pay for other necessities. Because of this, drivers across the [...]