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High Fuel Prices Threatening Scottish Jobs, Says Survey
The ever-rising fuel prices we are confronted with have many negative implications, ranging from those we totally understand, to others that are a little more complicated. In Scotland, for instance, many local businesses are considering laying off some of their staff due to rising fuel costs, and 6 percent of those asked for a recent survey by the Energy Saving Trust said they had actually already started taking action, while 45 percent said energy costs were the most influential negative factor plaguing their business.
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A Third Of U.s. Car Buyers Are Considering Diesels, Survey Finds
The times they are a-changin’ indeed, as Bob Dylan said in his famous song. Not long ago, diesel fuel was mainly used by trucks in the U.S. but now it looks like a third of consumers are considering buying a diesel car when the time of purchase...
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Honda Offers New Civic Natural Gas Vehicle Customers A $3,000 Fuel Card, Is It Worth A Look?
With gasoline prices creeping up again to as high as an average of $4.67 a gallon (€1.23 a liter) in California on Tuesday, according to the AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report, Honda thought it would be a good idea to launch a new promotion for...
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Ford Raises Uk Prices By Nearly 4% Due To Weakening Pound
As if the ongoing economic turmoil hasn't stirred enough troubles, automakers in the UK now have to deal with the continued weakness of the British Pound against the Euro, which this week edged even closer to parity. To deal with this problem Ford...
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Why The Surprise? Hybrid Sales Fall 9,9% In The U.s. In 2008
Just as gasoline-electric hybrids looked like they were ready to conquer America when gas prices rose up to nearly $4 a gallon in July, a steep decrease in fuel costs -aided by the collapse of the auto market in the second half of the year- resulted to...
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2007 Australian Annual Cost Of Vehicle Ownership Survey
An Australian survey concerning vehicle ownership cost? As strange as it may seem, not only do we like knowing that Lexus is Japanese and Land Rover is British (…), but we also find interesting totally useless stuff like how many bucks will an Aussie...
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