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Obama calls for $1,000 consumer energy rebates

Finding it tough to come up with the cash to keep your tank full? You are most definitely not alone. To offset the rising cost of gas in the country, Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama has called for a new $1,000 consumer energy rebate, which he says, "will be enough to offset the increased cost of gas for a working family over the next four months." From what we can gather, the actual rebate amount would be $500 for an individual or $1000 for a married couple. Wondering where the money would come from to? According to the plan ... Read more →

Obama joins the anti-McCain battery prize league Sebastian Blanco

John McCain's (R) plan to give the advanced hybrid battery industry a boost sounds promising. I mean, a $300m prize to the company that can deliver a better, cheaper battery? What's not to like? Well, ...

T. Boone Pickens continues his bad energy news tour, wants to be a player in the fall election Sebastian Blanco

Andrew Littlefair (left) and T. Boone Pickens in Las Vegas in May There was a lot of interest in my post about oil (and wind and natural gas) man T. Boone Pickens' presentation at the AFVI Expo last ...

Barack on a bike Sebastian Blanco

With the gas tax idea hopefully safely behind us and just two major party political contenders left in the race for president of the U.S., the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee, Barack Obama, ...

"Dumb on all counts" - the experts chime in on the gas tax holiday idea Sebastian Blanco

Photo by Ewen and Donabel. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. First, Republican presidential candidate John McCain had the brilliant idea to prove his ignorance of the economy by calling ...


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