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more about #fuelprices more comments → Turboner: No corruption here. These aren't the droids you are looking for. Move along. #fuelprices more » Trai_Dep: Why don't they just strap a chicken hawk to the tailpipe of each US vehicle and let hot air power it? #fuelprices more » Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: My girlfriend's uncle's brother used to work in Iraq for a contractor -- he's told tales of graft so bad that you pretty much had to order ten times o... more » Flathead Smith: $400 dollars per gallon seems like a lot, but it’s my understanding that those MRAPs get really good gas mileage which makes up for the high cost. #... more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: If you look at the Ponzi scheme which is Social Security, you'll soon realize the government isn't good at math. #fuelprices more » TurboBrick [LIGIER]: With margins like that, I'm going to Afghanistan and opening my own Kwik-E-Mart. #fuelprices more » GreenN_Gold: Any soldier that leaves an engine idling unnecessarily better get down and give me 20. #fuelprices more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Did the military grab the Stig because he was doing undercover research into the high price of military fuels? Enquiring minds want to know. #fuelprices more » Zweben: Those numbers aren't even close to adding up. $400 a gallon x 800,000 gallons a day = $320 million a day on fuel. According to an article released... more » LoganSix: For some reason, the picture makes me think of this: But, besides roads, plumbing, education, and laws....what did the Romans ever give us? #fuelprices more » lilwillie: and the Military is about 21% of the budget, give or take depending on where you get the source from. So imagine how much money is spent in Washingto... more » Bullitt417: You mean they cant just stick a straw into the ground and suck it into the gas tanks? #fuelprices more » pauljones: This is redonkulous. Didn't we blow the crap out of half the people that we buy oil from anyways? #fuelprices more » LoganSix: Maybe we can get some for cheaper over in Iraq. We'll just need to make a transport road through the neighboring country... no big deal. BTW, don't ... more » Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Should have gotten an RS... maybe they'd only have charged him $60 billion instead. more » -
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US Military Pays $400 A Gallon For Fuel In Afghanistan
Think last summer's $4 a gallon prices at the pump were painful? Imagine being the US Military, which pays around $400 a gallon in Afghanistan according to the Pentagon comptroller's office in a report to the House Appropriations Defense panel.
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#offbeatnews
Driver Charged $81 Billion For Filling Camaro Gas Tank
Juan Zamora pumped $26 of gas into his 1994 Chevy Camaro at his regular Conoco just like any other normal day. The only problem is his Paypal debit card recorded a transaction of $81,400,836,908. More » -
#carpocalypsenow
What's Up With The Price Of Gas?
The price of gasoline's certainly lower than the record highs of this past summer. But are they low enough? More » -
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#ifeelgassy
Five Reasons High Gas Prices Are Good For Real Drivers
While people who drive out of necessity are understandably upset about high gas prices, the real enthusiast driver recognizes the positives. Artificially low fuel prices have subsidized an American automotive lifestyle out-of-sync with the needs and desires of serious drivers. And although we're not happy to be forking over the dimes for premium fuel, we've got five reasons the enthusiast is happy the era of cheap gas is over. More » -
#howtoprotectyourgastank
Six Ways To Protect Your Tank From Gas Thieves
As fuel prices rise, gas is rapidly becoming an extremely valuable commodity. And after sharing the five best ways to steal gas last week, we figure it's prudent to do the right thing by providing six of the best ways to protect your gas investment from the shady characters out there wishing to make it their own. More »
