News tagged with gasoline price

Researchers pioneer molecular catalyser

Scientists in Sweden have developed a molecular catalyser with the ability to quickly oxidise water to oxygen. Presented in the journal Nature Chemistry, the results are a significant contribution to the future ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Obama urges end to US reliance on foreign energy

US President Barack Obama called on Saturday for an end to America's dependence on foreign energy sources -- and to the multi-billion-dollar subsidies given each year to oil companies.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 17, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 48

3Qs: A tankful of reasons for gas price surge

Gas prices tend to increase in the summer, but the most recent spike, which began in February and appears on track to continue through March, has caught many drivers off guard. Northeastern University news ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obama calls for investment in clean energy

US President Barack Obama called on Congress Saturday to invest more money in clean energy technologies and end multi-billion-dollar subsidies given each year to oil companies.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 10, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 25

Ethanol mandate not the best option

Many people are willing to pay a premium for ethanol, but not enough to justify the government mandate for the corn-based fuel, a Michigan State University economist argues.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

India's Tata to launch Nano car in Bangladesh

India's Tata Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, will go on sale in Bangladesh on Saturday -- but with a price tag nearly triple what it is at home.

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New startup believes it has a way to cheaply convert methane to ethylene

(PhysOrg.com) -- When people think of uses for petroleum, they generally think of oil and gasoline, but doing so means ignoring the production of ethylene, a compound used to make many of the products most ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Obama to announce new car efficiency standards

US President Barack Obama will later this week unveil new fuel efficiency standards for passenger cars and light trucks for the 2017-2025 period, the White House said Wednesday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 156

Motorists driving less, but gas prices keep rising

(AP) -- Gasoline prices are rising again even though drivers in the U.S. have bought less gas for four months in a row.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

US ethanol subsidy caused corn price surge: study

US ethanol subsidies pushed up corn prices as much as 17 percent in 2011, according to a study released Wednesday at a time when Washington's policies on biofuels are coming under heightened scrutiny.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Ready to clean up with a green business

There's figurative sweating, as in the fretting that goes on in the lives of small-business owners, a worry-filled club of risk-takers.

Technology / Business

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Best for batteries: Not too hot, not too cold

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thermal management is crucial in the development of new car batteries; NREL's Large-Volume Calorimeter helps prepare for a surge in electric vehicles.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Economist studies how higher gas price affect consumer behavior

A dollar is a dollar is a dollar, so goes the economic theory of fungibility. But do people really act that way? In a new working paper, Brown University economist Justine Hastings and Jesse Shapiro of Chicago Booth School ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hitting the breaks: $4 gas could slow economic recovery, study says

A significant jump in gasoline prices from the current $3 to $4 a gallon has the potential to slow Indiana's economy, where the unemployment rate currently is about 9.8 percent, says a new Ball State University study.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Study: Reducing carbon emissions: High gas taxes equal low impact

Increasing the federal gasoline tax would have only minimal effects in reducing vehicle carbon dioxide emissions, says a University of Michigan economist.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1