Economy
Goleta California University Chevron Price Gouging Its Customers
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Today I drove by the University Chevron in Goleta California and my jaw dropped. The price of regular unleaded fuel was $4.43 per gallon.We all know that fuel costs are extremely high. The primary causes are clear: [...]
No Single Alternative Fuel will Solve Global Warming
Jared’s blog article, Myth of the Electric Car, got me thinking about our cultural predisposition to become singularly focused on a good thing when we find it. True, electric cars are not the sole solution to greenhouse gas emission or to the fuel shortage we are currently experiencing. I agree that it’s highly probable that [...]
When is a Recession not a Recession?
I have been saying that we are in a recession for quite some time. My estimates put the recession as having started in late 2007. There are varying opinions about when the recession started and even IF we are in a recession. With so much evidence pointing towards a recession, why is it that so [...]
What Your Bills Say About Your Carbon Footprint
I have terrible anxiety about “doing” the bills. Not because I cannot pay them, its because my costs in nearly every category have gone up. While my racing mind shielded my from the muscle burn of my last 5 minutes of a 45 minute cardio–it became clear to me what this represented. I have fallen [...]
Excess, Dependance and the Economy: The “Pussification” of the Suburban Male
I was driving down the 101, just North of Los Angeles and one thing suddenly dawned on me: I have become fully integrated into the rat race of So. Cal. I am a consumer is is working to afford my level of consumption. I have become something that resembles characteristics of a creature I [...]
Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist Shawn Brennan is Our Radio Show Guest this Week
Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist, Shawn Brennan, is our guest on this Saturday’s Words Cause Radio Show! He’ll be walking us through several steps to help you better plan your finances to meet your long-term goals. He’ll also be sharing some great expert insight into the drastically changing world of the mortgage industry.
Years ago, getting funded [...]
Energy-based Inflation: Solution
The Washington Post released an article today stating that the price of coal has risen by more than 50% over the last five months. Earlier in the week, I gave a brief explanation of the economic theory I developed 5 years ago called Energy-based inflation.
The article published by the Washington Post creates an even greater [...]
Energy Crisis: The Cycle
Energy prices drive a significant portion of the price we spend for everything. No matter what we spend our money on, we cannot escape the cost of energy. It requires electricity to power the computers we use to purchase items from Amazon and eBay. It requires electricity to power the machines that it takes to make the computers that we use to purchase items from Amazon and eBay. It takes electricity to power the machines that manage the orders for Amazon and eBay. And so on and so on. Energy Inflation is perhaps the most challenging aspect of any economy today.
WTF! No way is it alright for one dude to wizz between another two dudes! That's in the Man Law ...
What I have observed is that gas stations seem to watch one another to see how high they can price ...
Gas/service stations are independently franchised and prices are not set by the corporations that own them, but by the franchisee. ...
Chevron is setting a bar for other stations to charge more. Chevron is choosing to do this. I understand ...
Chevron price gouging? No way :-P
The crack down should be on our education system, not Chevron. 
Yeah, I agree with the other post. This so-called university obviously is not a institution of Higher Education.
Is gouging ...
Mindblowing, but sadly very common, and in more contexts than just restaurants. A lot of it, IMO, is simple ...
