| Fuel tanker rolls over in Swanswea |
| Published: November 16, 2008, 10:18 pm |
| A tanker truck carrying 12,500 gallons of gasoline rolled over and spilled thousands of gallons of fuel in Swansea after the driver lost control of the vehicle. |
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| Iran News Round Up |
| Published: November 16, 2008, 8:57 pm |
| currency reserve to fund gasoline imports. Government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham claims that the Ahmadinejad government has not made any unauthorized withdrawals from the foreign currency reserve. Abrar's coverage. Unemployment rate to exceed 11%. The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs said joblessness had increased 6.9% in |
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| Boat owners abandon vessels in bad economy |
| Published: November 16, 2008, 8:17 pm |
| and sink the vessels."Oil, gasoline and sewage from these boat leaks into the aquatic environment," said Sejal Choksi, program director at San Francisco Baykeeper, an environmental organization. Boat paint often contains chromium, lead, mercury and other toxic chemicals, and as a vessel deteriorates, the coating flakes off and settles on the |
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| Star Wars Episode II: A New Shield? |
| Published: November 16, 2008, 7:34 pm |
| Tags: Missile Defense, Barack Obama, Dmitri Medvedev, Ronald Reagan, Cold War, 2008, Star Wars, Sdi, Strategic Defense Initiative |
| Two years later, the gasoline continued to trip onto the fire; at a meeting with Reagan in Geneva, Gorbachev summed up the Soviet reaction to SDI [pdf]: It only makes sense if it is to defend against a retaliatory strike. What would the West think if the Soviet Union was developina these weapons? You would react with horror... ...The |
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| DHEC under fire |
| Published: November 16, 2008, 4:30 pm |
| up leaks from underground gasoline tanks — in a state where more than a quarter of residents drink from wells.Imagine an agency that regulates garbage landfills helping to turn the state into a trash mecca for the Southeast.Stop |
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| New Super Surface Hates Water AND Oil! |
| Published: November 16, 2008, 2:53 pm |
| Tags: Science Amp Amp Tech, Invention, Material Science |
| any liquid, be it water or gasoline. Such materials could eventually have promise as fingerprint-repelling coatings, fuel filters, self-washing car paints, and stain-resistant clothing. [...] They started with a polymer developed by the Air Force that contains large numbers of oil-repelling fluorine groups. The MIT researchers made the material |
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| A Plan for Iran |
| Published: November 16, 2008, 2:12 pm |
| heavy dependence on imported gasoline. This dependence could be used by the United States to peacefully create decisive leverage over the Islamic Republic. ... A sustained initiative may be able to convince most or all current and potential suppliers that the profits to be gained from continuing to sell gasoline to Iran will be dwarfed |
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| God save us from the WaPo editors |
| Published: November 16, 2008, 1:37 am |
| want to raise our gasoline taxes... again. It's been a rocky few months for John Q. and Jane Public. First, it was the high gasoline prices and even higher diesel prices, the latter of which made the price of groceries and everything else shipped by 18-wheeler go up. Then came the financial meltdown, the mortgage fiasco, the tanking |
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| BOYCOTT -Gasoline stations in Norwich |
| Published: November 15, 2008, 8:41 pm |
| Tags: Smil3y |
| Why are gasoline prices so high in norwich? If you drive 30 miles north or 30 miles south gas is 50-60 cents cheaper per gallon! I refuse to buy gas in my hometown, and encourage others to do the same. |
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| S. Korea won't need IMF funds: official |
| Published: November 15, 2008, 8:01 pm |
| DETROIT -- The president of the United Auto Workers union said the dire financial troubles of the three U.S. auto makers is the result this year's spike in gasoline prices and the meltdown on Wall Street, not missteps by management or high labor costs... |
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| The Automaker Bailout Battle (Guest Voice) |
| Published: November 15, 2008, 7:25 pm |
| Tags: Democratic Party, Guest Contributor, Barney Frank, Auto Industry, Bailouts, Corporations, Republicans, Politics, Congress, Economy, Democrats, Business, Tarp |
| to retool for more efficient gasoline mileage and development of hybrid vehicles. Without the bailout, GM, Ford and Chrysler could go bankrupt which they say would unleash unintended consequences that could cripple the country’s industrial base. A bailout would be a boon both to the companies and, by saving jobs, to organized labor, a |
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| Using A Cash Back Credit Card Correctly |
| Published: November 15, 2008, 12:56 pm |
| including, cash back on gasoline and travel, cash back |
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| Obama's Top Three Foreign Policy Priorities |
| Published: November 15, 2008, 7:06 am |
| Tags: Commentary |
| tax, increase gasoline taxes, and increase corporate taxation broadly to help Americans reduce consumption of all oil products. This money could be used to fund a massive public works program ( la the Works Project Administration) in clean sustainable local public transportation and to fund local sustainable green energy |
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| Higher insurance costs erode savings on small cars |
| Published: November 15, 2008, 1:20 am |
| year’s higher gasoline prices are prompting drivers to switch to smaller, more fuel-efficient cars. The trouble is, some of the money they save may be going to higher insurance premiums.Small cars generally cost more to insure than larger ones because they’re involved in more accidents and incur bigger claims, especially for |
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| Pastor seeks support to end religious persecution for Christians in India |
| Published: November 15, 2008, 1:17 am |
| a shop and left to find gasoline so they could set him on fire.He was petrified, remembers Daniel John, who was attacked for his Christian faith in a land where the main religion is Hinduism. At the same time, he was famished; he had not eaten in a week."The shop I was in was a bakery, and I knew I was going to be burned, so I thought I |
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