Even though Hurricane Ike entered the Gulf of Mexico today on a path toward the Texas coast and potentially its vast refinery complex, gasoline prices in Florida and elsewhere continued to drop. ...more

September 9, 2008

After several weeks of declining gas prices, consumers might want to brace themselves for an increase this week. ...more

August 25, 2008

Wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving prices for the past year rising at the fastest pace in 27 years, according to government data released Tuesday. ...more

August 20, 2008

Chris Dennison smiled broadly while he fueled the tanks of a fleet of lawnmowers and several gas cans for just less than 3.78 a gallon for unleaded at Race Trac gas station, in Avon Park on Tuesday. ...more

August 6, 2008

It's absurd to argue that ending the moratorium on drilling off parts of the U.S. coasts would quickly bring down the high price of gasoline. ...more

August 2, 2008

Free Market Effect Regarding "Columnist Is Naïve" (Letters, July 29): The letter writer claims that "the price of oil futures went down following upon and directly related to President Bush's changing the presidential ban on offshore drilling." He and others who agree are flat out wrong. ...more

August 2, 2008

Gas prices have decreased by nearly 8 cents in Florida since last week. It appears such a decline will continue for a while, according to AAA Auto Club South. ...more

July 28, 2008

The problems do not get any easier as President Bush attends his final summit with leaders of industrialized democracies. ...more

July 6, 2008

Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. ...more

July 4, 2008

Hedge Fund Traders Buying The Presidency The fact is oil is abundant worldwide. For example, there is shale-oil in the U.S. with an estimated 2.8 trillion to 3.3 trillion barrels of recoverable oil. That equals two-thirds of the world's total reserve of crude oil. ...more

June 26, 2008