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According to a recent poll, nearly 60% of people said they would not support an increase in the federal fuel tax, even if all the revenue went towards funding research for alternative energies and fuels.

At their very core, plug-in hybrids are nothing more than the best parts of electric and gas powered cars. Sort of makes you wonder why we haven't had these readily available all along.

Spending nearly a trillion dollars on renewable alternative energy could put us on a path to break our dependence on oil. Instead, Congress is going to try and bailout Wall Street by putting a band aid on a bullet hole.

Our current energy plan -- a term used loosely thanks to the current administration aversion to effective planning -- is pretty much a joke. Will either Presidential candidate do any better going forward or is it going to more business as usual?

As the price of gas continued to climb, many transportation pundits expected a boom in public transportation riders. It still hasn't happened.

According to a recent poll, nearly 50% of Americans believe gas and oil prices are being manipulated for the upcoming Presidential election. And, considering since 1990, 75 cents of every dollar contributed by energy companies to campaigns has gone to the Republican Party, it's pretty clear who Big Oil would like to see elected.

This car will break our addition to oil, solve our renewable energy crisis and will help us stop damaging the environment. What's not to love?

In order to recoup the premium paid to own a hybrid rather than a regular gas sipper (think Prius vs. Yaris), you'd have to drive roughly 500,000 miles.

For starters, we'd save billions of dollars and keep billions of tons of carbon dioxide out of the environment. So, on that note, support proper tire inflation, not off-shore drilling.

According to a recent poll, 67% of drivers will continue to try and find new ways to save gas, even if prices continue to fall.

While most "hypermiling" tips revolve around driving the correct speed and making sure your car is in top shape, many of their “extreme tips” are dangerous and should not be attempted under any circumstance.

Chances are you could get by with an electric car.

If you drive a car that gets great gas mileage you have another reason to smile: it ’s very likely that the opposite sex now finds you more attractive!

Sure, it's certainly more convenient, but it probably increases the number of cars on the road - and fuel consumption - by 40% or more.

The last time the price of crude oil closed below $100 a barrel was back on March 3, 2008. As of this past Friday - four months since the final sub-$100 close - the price of crude oil closed at a record high of $145.29 per barrel. And things are getting better any time soon - right?

While it's awesome to save 10 cents on a gallon of gas, if you've got to drive 10 miles out of your way, chances are you're burning up your savings simply by driving back and forth.

The Two Mile Rule states, if safe, you should either walk or ride your bike to any place within a two mile radius of your home or work. Considering these trips account for a significant amount of our driving, you should see a significant savings at the pump and end up in much better shape.

While we're all worried about $4 gas, one of the best side effects is we've started to consume less gas and drive fewer miles.  Here are some of the best tips in order to help keep this trend going.

Now that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has finally hit the $4 mark, it is probably a good time to reflect on how far our perspective regarding the price of gas has changed over the last year or so.

A tongue-in-cheek look at how you can drain your savings $4 at a time.

By raising the per gallon federal fuel tax from a paltry 18.4 cents to 50 cents, the government would raise an extra $60 billion annually to earmark for alternative fuel research and improving public transportation, not to mention the fact it'll help to push us towards maximizing fuel efficiency and minimizing fuel consumption. Seems like short-term pain for a very long-term gain.

Have you ever been told that you drive like a grandma? If so, good for you!

Based on a recent poll, nearly 90% of Americans made an adjustment in their life to help offset the rising cost of gasoline.  Remember when gas hit $2 and everyone freaked out? Remember when gas hit $3 and people started saying they were going to stop driving, but didn't? Well, it looks like $4 gas, in these tough economic times, is the real breaking point.

Some simple tips worth repeating. Maybe if we hear them enough more of us will actually implement them.

As the price of oil continues to increase in the face of falling supplies, don't be surprised if all of the modern conveniences we've come to accept and expect start going away.

In looking at data from the last several summers, the price of gasoline has gone up, on average, over 15% from now through the summer's peak. Based on today's price of $3.53, this would put us above $4 gas this summer.

Does it really matter? If we don't start getting these "new and improved" cars to the market, isn't this just a hypothetical exercise?

Is it the evil empire of Big Oil? The Bush Administration and their policies? The growing economies of China and India? Supply and demand? Nope. Nearly half of those polled blame the Bush Administration.

We all like to complain about $3.25 gas, but has it really affected the amount we drive?  If gas prices are to make a dramatic decrease in the amount of driving we do (thus reducing the burning of fossil fuels, with which we choke our planet) it appears as if they will have to go much, much higher.

Back in 1908, America's best selling vehicle was the Model T, which got 17 MPG. In 2007, America's best selling vehicle was the F-150, which got 16 MPG. See a problem here?