You may do a double-take as you pass your local gas station. Chances are, the price you pay at the pump has jumped markedly in the past couple of weeks, even as crude prices have fallen. ...more

January 17, 2009

Speculation by large investors - not supply and the demand for oil - were a primary reason for the surge in oil prices during the first half of the year and the more recent price declines, an independent study concluded Wednesday. ...more

September 11, 2008

It is no secret that the airlines are hurting as they try to cut costs by charging more for baggage, eliminating movies, meals and other perks that customers assumed were normal when they flew. Some small general aviation aircraft pilots and flight instructors are paying $6 per gallon for aviation fuel. The octane of this small aircraft fuel is similar to automotive Regular (80-87) with a slight boost calling it 100LL (low lead.) ...more

August 7, 2008

Free Market Effect Regarding "Columnist Is Naïve" (Letters, July 29): The letter writer claims that "the price of oil futures went down following upon and directly related to President Bush's changing the presidential ban on offshore drilling." He and others who agree are flat out wrong. ...more

August 2, 2008

Information from official sources, like the CIA World Book of Facts and the U.S. Department of Energy, as well as Gunter Karger, who has appeared on FNN, CNN, radio shows and Editor of The Discovery Letter, indicate some interesting information about our "oil shortage." ...more

July 6, 2008

Hardworking Tampa Bay area families are being squeezed by the rising costs of health care, housing, property insurance and, of course, gas prices. Many reformers have been standing up to the White House and urging them for years to change direction and focus on long-term solutions to our energy challenges. Big Oil and their allies in Washington have had a stranglehold over our country's energy policy, and unfortunately families and businesses across America are paying the price. Bipartisan reformers are not giving up, however. ...more

July 4, 2008

As oil set a new record, top industry executives and a senior EU official Monday urged the world to pull together in the face of skyrocketing energy prices, while acknowledging that - even if it does - costly crude is here to stay for years. ...more

July 1, 2008

OPEC and the oil futures parasites may have inadvertently resuscitated downtown Sebrings across the United States. Sensible medical doctors could serve patients from offices within their homes. Grocers might stroll from nearby residences to send fairly priced products from their markets. ...more

June 26, 2008

The sudden, shocking increase in the price of oil is a market failure that resembles the damaging excesses of the dot-com bubble, Enron scandal and housing meltdown. ...more

June 2, 2008

It pains me to see the most powerful man in the world, the U.S. president, humbly down on bended knee, with hat in hand, begging the towel-headed king of super-rich Saudi Arabia for more oil. ...more

May 31, 2008