Would you like air in those tires, or nitrogen? These days, more and more customers are asking for nitrogen, says Stanley Wells. The Get Nitrogen Institute points out that 11.7 million tires are filled with nitrogen, and 10,266 dealers are selling the gas. ...more

July 11, 2008

SEBRING For 15 minutes every hour, Clearwater police officers are encouraged to turn off their patrol car engines. And in Tampa, Capt. Stephen Hogue has memoed his officers: Limit the time that engines idle. Lake Placid Police Chief Phil Williams wants to save gasoline, too, but he isn't buying those solutions. "I can't tell an officer, on a 90-degree day, to sit in a car, without the air conditioning running, in a bullet-proof vest," he laughed. ...more

July 9, 2008

For 15 minutes every hour, Clearwater police officers are encouraged to turn off their patrol car engines. ...more

July 9, 2008

Hardworking Tampa Bay area families are being squeezed by the rising costs of health care, housing, property insurance and, of course, gas prices. Many reformers have been standing up to the White House and urging them for years to change direction and focus on long-term solutions to our energy challenges. Big Oil and their allies in Washington have had a stranglehold over our country's energy policy, and unfortunately families and businesses across America are paying the price. Bipartisan reformers are not giving up, however. ...more

July 4, 2008

As gas prices break new record highs, any promise of relief from pain at the pump is tempting. ...more

July 1, 2008

Gimmicks galore but few produce results ...more

June 30, 2008

Paul Weaver parked his motor scooter outside a local bar frequented by a clan of burly bikers. ...more

June 28, 2008

MORE PEOPLE CHOOSING SCOOTERS TO SAVE MONEY ...more

June 27, 2008

To save money and support neighboring farms, Scott Dubbelde began mixing gasoline and cheaper, ethanol-based fuel in his cars years ago, driving first to the gasoline pump and then to the ethanol pump. ...more

June 26, 2008

Now that gasoline is more than $4 a gallon, we are paying attention. ...more

June 21, 2008