By David Edwards

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski talked with Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) blamed “the auto industry teamed up with big oil” for a lack of increased fuel economy standatds.

Boxer said that lobbying efforts funded by big oil companies and car manufacturers are responsible for blocking legislation that would increase the average miles per gallon requirements for cars sold in the U.S.

Boxer believes that technology allowing higher fuel economy standards already exists. Boxer told Joe Scarborough, “The technologies are here. I mean, I’m driving a hybrid, we get over 50 miles per gallon. They have now the plug-in hybrid which is going to get 150 gallon miles a gallon.”

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Peak oil is a serious problem for your economy and here are some of the reasons why.

Tell someone you know about Peak Oil. For meaningful solutions to develop, the public must first be made aware of the situation.

Links in the video:

LinkTV Peak Oil special: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqdw7yhEpIk

Preparing for Peak Oil (UK): http://www.odac-info.org/sites/odac.postcarbon.org/files/pdf/PFPO_Final.pdf

Export Land Model and Energy Prices: http://investletters.com/blog/export-land-model-and-energy-prices/

Indonesia to Withdraw from Opec: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7423008.stm

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If high gas prices have got you down, here are seven simple gas saving tips that will have you using less gas and saving money. Get all 61 of my gas saving tips at http://www.fuelsavingzone.com

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We are entering the Peak Oil era. The growth of oil production is slowing, forcing up oil and gasoline prices, firing inflation, driving unemployment, straining our global economy, and threatening to collapse our entire system. Teacher Aaron Wissner, highlights the impacts, underlying problem, and solutions. This is part 5 of 5 in a one-hour presentation. See the full one-hour video at LocalFuture.org. Also, at YouTube, see the summary with great resources, web sites, video clips, and detailed background on Peak Oil and its impacts.

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What is peak oil? How will it impact the future? How can we prepare for this challenge?

In this uncut video clip, Aaron Wissner of the Local Future Network interviews Megan Quinn Bachman of Community Service, Inc. about peak oil and the future.

We are entering the Peak Oil era. The growth of oil production is slowing, driving up oil and gasoline gas prices, firing inflation, driving unemployment, straining our global economy, and threatening to collapse our entire system. We are reaching Peak Oil and we are unprepared.

This was published earlier but with a spelling error. The incorrect version had 459 page views.

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