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With electricity and gasoline prices climbing again, many mainstream homeowners are giving a new look to wind generator plans as a low cost DIY family project that will save big bucks in the long run.

The New York Institute of Technology is helping the town of Hempstead save some money. The college donated an energy dependent solar powered house to the town that's going to provide some office space with a very low electric bill. Amanda Gerry explains.

Making biodiesel at home is becoming so mainstreamed by those who are concerned with rising fuel prices and cleaning up the environment, that even the thieves are getting involved.

Global Community Communications Alliance encourages everyone to proclaim their independence from fossil fuels on the 5th day of every month until gas prices are brought down significantly. The campaign's slogan is: “Freedom, not Fueldom.”

The average price of gas, based on a survey of 7,000 gas stations nationwide, jumped 17 cents to a record $3.79 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg survey. In 2000, it made headlines when oil hit $30 per barrel. Since then, Asian markets have been increasingly hungry, and the supply has struggled to keep up.

Chairman Markey's closing statement at "Pumping up Prices: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Record Gas Prices" hearing in which he calls onPresident Bush to use oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to offset rising fuel prices.

After covering 22 of the most popular myths about biodiesel, I realized I’d only given lip service to a major issue: increasing food prices. If I use biodiesel made from soybeans right now, am I contributing to the larger problem of increasing commodity prices and starving poor people?

A barrel of oil costs twice as much today as it did a year ago, and experts say prices could go higher. According to new data from the Philippine government, 4 million Filipinos slid back into poverty in 2006 as a result of rising oil prices and a higher cost of living. In addition, Chinese demand for oil is increasing by 15 percent a year,

How much does business-as-usual cost? This morning, GreenCarCongress.com reported that the US is projected to pay $440 billion for imported petroleum in 2008: "The increase to the estimated $440 billion for 2008 is based on an average $90 per barrel crude oil price for the year. In 2002, before the current bull market for oil began, US oil imports cost less than $103 billion. The preliminary figures for last year came to some $327 billion."

Interest in green investing has blossomed, thanks largely to Al Gore's 2006 documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," and soaring oil prices, which have fueled a sharp rise in alternative-energy stocks...

The goal of the Hawai'i Clean Energy Initiative is to use renewable resources -- such as wind, sun, ocean, geothermal, and bioenergy -- to supply 70 percent or more of Hawai'i's energy needs by 2030.  This will reduce the state's dependence on imported oil and help bring energy price stability to Hawai'i consumers.

Matt Simmons, author of "Twilight in the Desert", talks about discussions he had about peak oil with the Bush family and campaign staff before the 2000 election, and continuing on into advising the Cheney Energy Task Force.

State Energy Assistance Directors call for increased funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). They describe the struggles of low-income residents of their states facing sharply rising energy prices.

Mark Wolfe, Executive Director, National Energy Assistance Directors Association, is interviewed about how rising energy prices is making it harder for low-incomeAmericans to pay their home heating and cooling bills. He also talks about efforts in Congress and the states to deal with the problem.

Steve Andrews, co-founder of ASPO-USA, discusses what needs to be done to prepare for peak oil.

Matthew Simmons, investment banker and author of "Twilight in the Desert", discusses ways to motivate people to take action and avoid the worst societal effects of peak oil.

Julian Darley, founder of the Post Carbon Institute, discusses a key idea that will help society adapt to life after peak oil.

Economist Doug Reynolds discusses the effect that peak oil will have on the US economy.

David Strahan, author of "The Last Oil Shock", discusses the first steps people can take to adjust to life after peak oil.

Columnist David Cohen discusses what individuals can do to prepare themselves for life after peak oil.

Permaculture expert Albert Bates discusses the disconnectedness of today's society and how we have become detached from fundamental values.

Part 4 of 4 looks at how peak oil affects various people on a personal level and how they have come to change their way of thinking and living.

Part 3 of 4 examines the decline in Energy Return On Investment (EROI) in the world's biggest oil fields, and the consequences that will have for cilivization.

Part 2 of 4 discusses the bigger picture of the impacts that peak oil will have on our society.

Pt. 1 of 4 gives a humorous overview of the looming threat of peak oil - features Matthew Simmons, author of "Twilight in the Desert" and Charles A. Hall, professor of Forestry at SUNY.

This hearing examines how manipulation is affecting energy markets, including oil and natural gas. The hearing discusses, among other topics, the case of Amaranth, a $9 billion hedge fund that manipulated natural gas prices and ultimately came under investigation. Another topic is what the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) -- two agencies that share jurisdiction over these matters -- have done to address the problem of energy market regulation.

Adding insult to injury in a stalling economy, prices for energy are up 12.7 percent this year. There are some things you can do about it however.

Other factors, including the price of gasoline, are to blame -- more than the demand for corn for ethanol -- for rising food prices.

Senator Grassley says ethanol is not to blame for a rise in popcorn prices.