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Six Myths About Improving Gas Mileage

Especially with gas prices rising again, myths and rumors about how you can increase gas mileage are spreading like wildfire, from the ridiculous to the real thing. Snopes and Mythbusters have tackled some of them – like whether it’s better to run your AC or drive with the windows open or if acetone improves mileage [...]

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What Would Happen if Oil Supplies in America Suddenly Dried Up?

Lines of cars stretch for miles waiting to fill up their tanks, some drivers inching along as the line slowly moves while others, long out of gas, have no choice but to push their vehicles down the street. People are testy, eyeing each other with suspicion, getting into physical scuffles when they think someone cut [...]

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Walking, Riding Bikes – Too Wacky For Republicans

Are Republicans afraid to step out of their SUVs to take a walk or *gasp* ride a bike? It sounds like a silly stereotype but the National Republican Congressional Committee recently released a video against Democratic nominee Kathy Dahlkemper with just that message.
Dahlkemper, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Phil English to represent Pennsylvania’s 3rd [...]

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How More Efficient Parking Can Save You Gas

You’re headed downtown for a concert, and hoping you won’t have to circle the city for an hour before you find a spot that’s not too far away from the venue.  Once you get there, you discover that, of course, finding a parking spot is going to be a huge headache.  You finally find a [...]

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California Uses More Gasoline than Any Country in the World

California has a reputation for being one of the greenest states in America, environmentally speaking. We hear so much about their progressive laws and programs, and how people there are on the frontlines of the fight against global warming. And yet, somehow, they manage to be huge resource hoggers. California alone uses more [...]

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Fsck Your Hummer, And His Hummer, and Her Hummer, and That Hummer Over by the Tree

10 Miles Per Gallon…
2 Soldiers a Day.
It’d be funny if it wasn’t so tragic. FUCKYOURHUMMER.com doesn’t mince word:
Welcome to FUCKYOURHUMMER.COM. This site is being set up as on omage to vandalized hummers. Whether it is a hard to peel off bumper sticker, slashed tires, keying, spray painted… we want to have your pictures of it! [...]

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