How Leaded Gasoline Changed the Brain of an Entire Generation

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k3WVIJ0rS5Q

Democrat Ro Khanna to introduce bill to stop US gasoline exports amid Iran war

Congressman says keeping gas supplies at home could lower costs for Americans amid price hikes sparked by war…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/ro-khanna-bill-stop-gas-exports-iran-war

 

Lead in gasoline tied to millions of excess mental health disorders: study

Exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas, which was phased out in 1996, resulted in anxiety, depression and ADHD symptoms in generations of people, researchers found...

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/lead-gasoline-tied-millions-excess-mental-health-disorders-study-rcna182881

DeSantis pledges $2 gas if elected — though presidents only have limited say | The Hill

"As President, I will be laser-focused on reducing gas prices and energy costs," DeSantis said in a written statement. "We will unleash American energy dominance as a way to stop inflation and achieve $2 gas in 2025." 

The average price of gasoline in the U.S. is currently about $3.88 cents per gallon. Prices rose in recent weeks amid supply cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia...

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4213811-desantis-pledges-2-gas-if-elected-though-presidents-only-have-limited-say/

Electric Vehicles Could Match Gasoline Cars on Price This Year - The New York Times

The subsidies, which were also part of the Inflation Reduction Act, could cut the cost of making electric vehicles by as much as $9,000. That break and the tax credits for buyers of electric cars could allow battery-powered vehicles to achieve price parity with gasoline cars as soon as this year, according to the International Council on Clean Transportation, a research and advocacy group…

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/business/electric-vehicles-price-cost.html

California to approve plan to ban sales of gas-powered cars by 2035 | California | The Guardian

Research has shown a transition to electric cars would have substantial effects in the US, where transportation is the largest contributor to the country's greenhouse gas emissions. A report released earlier this year by the American Lung Association found the US could save 110,000 American lives, $1.2tn in public health costs and reduce greenhouses gases by 92% by 2050 if it were to swap gas-powered vehicles for zero-emissions cars...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/24/california-ban-sales-gas-powered-cars-2035

The truth about gas prices and oil production - The Washington Post

…Partisans on all sides, as is often the case, are misrepresenting the facts, obscuring the complicated truth about oil production, gas prices and the role of renewables. Here's a guide to that issue…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/15/truth-about-gas-prices-oil-production/

How high are gasoline prices today, really? - PolitiFact

…The government's historical data goes back to 1992. During that period, the single-week high was about $4.11 a gallon in July 2008, while the low was 93 cents a gallon in 1999...

https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/mar/11/how-high-are-gasoline-prices-today-really/

How a Russian Invasion Will Affect Gas Prices - The Atlantic

Beyond the imminent threat of violence, Russia is poised to upend the global energy market...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/energy-crisis-russia-gas/622884/

Fact check: False claim cites gas prices from 2005

… Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that gasoline is $2.10 in Russia, $0.78 in Kuwait and $0.98 in Saudi Arabia. These numbers reflect the cost of gas per gallon in March 2005, not currently…

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/12/08/fact-check-false-claim-cites-gas-prices-2005/8837038002/

China races ahead with electric transport - The Washington Post

A year ago, when D.C. Metro officials unveiled 14 electric buses — a purchase that made the capital one of the largest electric-fleet operators in the United States — this southern Chinese metropolis was already in the middle of a full-blown electric revolution. Today, more than 16,000 buses and 12,000 taxis whir along Shenzhen’s palm-fringed boulevards. How many run on diesel or gasoline? Practically none. How many are made in China? Almost all.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/with-state-subsidies-and-a-firm-hand-china-races-ahead-with-electric-transport/2019/06/01/2bec456e-7af1-11e9-a66c-d36e482aa873_story.html

Trump Cap on U.S. Auto Fuel Economy May Raise Prices at the Pump - Bloomberg

The Trump administration’s proposal to ease U.S. fuel economy standards after 2020 may slow an expected decline in gasoline demand, resulting in higher prices at the pump....
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-02/trump-cap-on-u-s-auto-fuel-economy-seen-supporting-pump-prices

Gas prices are up 31% from last Memorial Day. Here's why - CNN Money

Get ready for sticker shock at the gas station if you're one of the estimated 41.5 million Americans hitting the roads this Memorial Day weekend. ....
http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/25/news/economy/gas-prices-memorial-day-summer/index.html

An increase in gas prices easily outpaces the benefits of the tax bill for lower-income Americans - The Washington Post

It's a function of the modesty of that bill for the bottom quintile of incomes as much as the recent gas price increase. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/22/an-increase-in-gas-prices-easily-outpaces-the-benefits-of-the-tax-bill-for-lower-income-americans/

France to ban sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2040 -- the guardian

Move by Emmanuel Macron's government comes a day after Volvo said it would only make fully electric or hybrid cars from 2019...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/06/france-ban-petrol-diesel-cars-2040-emmanuel-macron-volvo

Is Donald Trump right that gas prices are now lowest in over 10 years? | PolitiFact

All presidents like to tout their policy accomplishments, and Donald Trump is no exception. On July 4 -- one of the major travel weekends of the year -- Trump tweeted, "Gas prices are the lowest in the U.S. in over ten years! I would like to see them go even lower."...
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jul/06/donald-trump/donald-trump-right-gas-prices-now-lowest-over-10-y/

Pretty Soon Electric Cars Will Cost Less Than Gasoline -- Bloomberg

Battery powered cars will soon be cheaper to buy than conventional gasoline ones, offering immediate savings to drivers, new research shows.

Automakers from Renault SA to Tesla Inc. have long touted the cheaper fuel and running costs of electric cars that helps to displace the higher upfront prices that drivers pay when they buy the zero-emission vehicles....
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-26/electric-cars-seen-cheaper-than-gasoline-models-within-a-decade?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews

There’s still lead in your unleaded gasoline — and it may be putting kids at risk

Trace amounts of the toxic metal are allowed in car fuel and contribute to ongoing risk for children, especially in urban areas...
https://thinkprogress.org/theres-still-lead-in-your-unleaded-gasoline-f0124ebdcb17

Icahn Raises Ethics Flags With Dual Roles as Investor and Trump Adviser

Since Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor, was named by President Trump as a special adviser on regulatory matters, he has been busy working behind the scenes to try to revamp an obscure Environmental Protection Agency rule that governs the way corn-based ethanol is mixed into gasoline nationwide.

It is a campaign that fits into the charge Mr. Trump gave Mr. Icahn, to help the nation “break free of excessive regulation.” But there is an additional detail that is raising eyebrows in Washington: Mr. Icahn is a majority investor in CVR Energy, an oil refiner based in Sugar Land, Tex., that would have saved $205.9 million last year had the regulatory fix he is pushing been in place....

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/us/politics/carl-icahn-trump-adviser-red-flags-ethics.html

LPT: How to mute the gas pump. : LifeProTips

If your gas pump has one of those screens that blares sports center at you, there's an unlabeled mute button here...
https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/5obfv7/lpt_how_to_mute_the_gas_pump/?st=iy0rjwz0&sh=aadbb94f