Posts Tagged ‘fuel’

US Oil & Gas Inventories Stay Above Average

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

oiltanksAs I predicted a couple weeks back, the cold weather cut into our surplus of natural gas and heating petroleum products. But it wasn’t enough to bring them down to average levels. Yesterday’s EIA weekly petroleum report showed crude oil supplies climbing to astronomical heights at (more…)

Fuel Efficiencies Rising: New Prius Gets 50 mpg

Monday, January 12th, 2009

prius2010The Detroit auto show is featuring some great progress in vehicle efficiency. The 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid boasts fuel economy of 41 miles per gallon (mpg) in the city and 36 mpg on the highway. Honda will begin selling a larger version of its Insight that will get 40/43 mpg in April. But the king of efficiency remains the Prius, which is introducing a 2010 version within a few months that promises (more…)