Gasoline Prices to Approach $5 Per Gallon by 2010!

If experts in the oil and gas and financial services industries are on target, Americans should expect to see fuel costs rise during the remainder of 2009.  In particular, they should expect to see gas prices...

Airlines Included in Emissions Trading Plan

Today the European Union approved plans that will include forcing airlines to take part in a greehouse gas reducing program, which will come at a bad time for the aviation industry as a recession looms.The...

Coke dealer passes fuel costs on to customers

First it was the airlines, then the ferries,  and now drug dealers. Fuel prices are just starting to come down after a recent jump last week, but compared to last year, fuel prices have increased over 30...

Environmentally friendly "walking schoolbuses" becoming more popular

With gas prices and obesity in children at an all time high in North America, school boards in the United States have adopted a novel solution; make the kids walk to school.  Along with being healthy and cost effective, walking to school reduces the environmental impact...

Florida Company to Take Fuel Hedging Mainstream

A South Florida company is poised to take fuel hedging to the mainstream by enabling consumers to purchase fuel in a manner similar to that used by Southwest Airlines.Southwest has set itself apart from other...

Crisis looms for airlines

For anyone who has been paying attention, the perils of peak oil have been obvious for some time now.  But if you think you're getting pinched at the pump imagine what it must be like to fuel up a 747? ...

Future of Airlines Bleak As Fuel Prices Climb

In the wake of ever-increasing fuel costs, the nation’s airline industry is receiving more and more attention. Today, however, that attention came in the form of grim news as two industry-focused groups warned...

Ireland/Eire - fishermen lose patience in face of fuel cost rises & cheap imp...

Fishermen in Ireland are taking direct action to highlight their concernsabout current problems facing the industry. For a second day theyare picketing Cork Airport as part of a series of protests againstwhat they...

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