Skyrocketing Budget Problem: Fuel
I’ve added a new blog to my blogroll, Save Fuel – Save Money today. I don’t know about your locality, but gas is pushing $4 a gallon right here in my neck of the woods right now, and will probably go...
View ArticleThe Ruinous Cost of Gasoline
Ford Prodigy, cutaway view of a ‘concept’ car we could someday be able to buy… maybe. Or not. The 100 miles per gallon car. One that carries four adults, has all the safety features that protect in...
View ArticleGreen Fuel Hope on the Horizon!
Perhaps many readers have become aware of the looming worldwide food shortage, there was a story on NPR’s The World just Monday night (March 31) about rising tensions in the bread lines of Egypt....
View ArticleWhat’s For Dinner? …Anything?
The market news reports that consumer spending is up again this month. The problem is that this is not as a sign of possible economic recovery from the deepening recession we find ourselves in. It’s a...
View ArticleIs It Depression Yet?
As we start moving into summer I thought it might be interesting to take a look at some economic predictions made way back in 2007 by an “informed” opinionator over at Sustainable Living’s Natural...
View ArticleThe Poor Get Poorer Still
Last month I asked the question, Is It Depression Yet? and linked quite a few opinions of economic pundits about when the recession no one in DC cares to admit we’re in will turn into a full-fledged...
View Article15 Real Ways to Save Money on Gasoline
As the ever-rising price of fuel puts a serious dent in consumer budgets (and summertime vacations), it’s a good time for remembering good advice from the past as well as new advice for the present on...
View ArticleGood News? Globalization Slows Down
Transportation Costs Hit the ‘New World Order’ The Sunday New York Times offered an in-depth analysis on August 3 by Larry Rohter entitled, Shipping Costs Start to Crimp Globalization. A decade ago oil...
View ArticleSurvive the ’08 Meltdown: Part 1
Roadblocks and Interference As Congress meets today and tomorrow to grill the principals before Friday’s vote on the $700 billion “emergency” Wall Street bailout plan (which has been in the works for...
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