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Save 58 Cents/Gallon At The Gas Pump This Summer
Thirty-seven years ago during the 1973 Oil Crisis we developed a liquid fuel enhancer. We call it MPG50. When added to gasoline or diesel fuel, it provides
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Philly.com
http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165806&44=44880612&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2Fbreaking%2F20090513_Gas_prices_advance_in_Phila__area.html
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Earlier this year, we wondered out loud if it was really possible to achieve drastically improved fuel economy figures through the use of a dimpled vinyl automotive wrap. The premise is pretty simple: just as golf balls and recent high-tech sporting
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Autoblog
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/xOmW0yG4PR4/
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Fastskinz MPG-Plus is a vinyl vehicle-wrap system that uses closely spaced shallow dimples with about a 5-mm diameter. Every painted surface on the vehicle is wrapped and, according to the company, it improves aerodynamics and fuel efficiency. The idea
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Popular Mechanics
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The average price of gas went up overnight at the local and national levels.
The five-county Philadelphia area was paying an average $2.16 - 2 cents more - for a gallon of regular no-lead, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.
South Jersey's average was up 2
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Philly.com
http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=44527357&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090507_Local_gas_prices_up_2_cents_a_gallon.html
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Save 58 Cents/Gallon At The Gas Pump This Summer
Thirty-seven years ago during the 1973 Oil Crisis we developed a liquid fuel enhancer. We call it MPG50. When added to gasoline or diesel fuel, it provides many benefits including a gas mileage boost of
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PhillyBurbs.com
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PennsylvaniaNews/~3/x8a3VU2jow4/gasoline-prices-in-nj-hit-2.html
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BusinessPortal24
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The company that attacked television advertising is trying to resuscitate it.
TiVo, which allows viewers to digitally record programs and fast-forward through ads, is trying to sell ad spaces on its screens.
It is in a footrace with other
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Austin American-Statesman
http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/04/26/0426tivoads.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=3
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A post linking to an Edmunds comparison test of muscle cars in the Up to Speed blog last week brought a flurry of comments with many opinions about a) whether American car companies should be building muscle cars in these eco-friendlier times, b) if
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Los Angeles Times
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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Ad agencies and media companies are looking a lot more like CPA firms these days, thanks to a slew of recession-related changes that mean longer workweeks and fewer perquisites such as access to car services and free
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Big News Network
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=23717140&cat=5c99d63b36637bd7
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On Sunday, GM CEO Fritz Henderson went out of his way to avoid waving the American flag in his desperate attempt to sell the idea that his employer had a future building and selling cars in the U.S. market. Well duh. Ford, GM and Chrysler are not
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The Truth About Cars
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/buy-american-you-cant-kill-it-with-a-stick/
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I love these advances in cars, especially after being to europe a few times and noticing that they get along just fine with MUCH smaller transportation. I hate all these huge trucks and SUVs because they are so wasteful and expensive. I would love to
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Crunch Gear
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/04/06/giveaway-sound-off-in-the-comments-win-some-great-roadtrip-gear/
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n2a Motors have made quite a name for themselves over the past few years, designing and building unique coachbuilt cars like the 789 and more recently the Anteros. They were kind enough to send us some renderings and clay model photos of their next
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AutoblogGreen
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You won't get Prius—like MPG in a Ford F-150, but the variability in MPG for a single car model can be very high. Just learning to drive, as much as possible, at a constant speed can make a huge different since coasting burns less fuel—everything
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Planet Green
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/improve-gas-mileage-pedal.html
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We’re nearing the end of our long road trip but we still have a bunch of stuff to giveaway. This edition of Guess the MPG involves us driving from Las Vegas, NV to Pomona, CA. We are headed to a Garage of Tomorrow event with the Fusion Hybrid and this
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Crunch Gear
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/26/guess-the-mpg-win-a-jbl-on-stage-micro-hk-earphones/
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SAVE 50 CENTS/GALLON AT THE GAS PUMP
There's not much that one of us can do about the price of gas at the pump, but as a team of American Patriots working together (en masse), we can accomplish much.
See:
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Philly.com
http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165806&44=41679277&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2Fbreaking%2F20090323_Phila_-area_gas_prices_inch_up_over_weekend.html
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Suppose you're running a small organization with five motor vehicles used by your staff and you want to replace them with more fuel-efficient versions, both to save money and reduce your organization's carbon footprint. Each vehicle travels 10,000
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Cognitive Daily
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Using an electrical current running through the wire coil, the Fuel Genie is busy separating hydrogen from oxygen in the
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TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times
http://www.tampabay.com/features/consumer/article983925.ece
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They propose to cut down trees in order to produce ethanol to fuel our cars? Destroying our forests will worsen our environment. Ethanol use results in reduced gas mileage MPG, increases wear and tear on engines, and the production of ethanol damages
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The State News
http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/03/msu_michigan_tech_awarded_14m_to_research_biofuels_in_up
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Canada's Environment Minister Jim Prentice believes that there should be a single fuel efficiency standard for all countries in North America. He says, "At this point in the United States, it would appear as though they are headed toward a 35 mile a
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AutoblogGreen
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/03/04/canada-wants-north-american-fuel-efficiency-standard/
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"If we let another ten years pass before we take advantage of new media technologies the agency business will be disintermediated," believes Steve Lanzano, who has been chief operating officer of media agency MPG (a unit of Havas) for the past five
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Jack Myers
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JackmyersThinkTank/~3/LrpvMIi9zuo/36222794.html
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How realistic is it -- in these near-impossible economic times – to invest in building brand relationships when there are insufficient budgets to drive sales today and tomorrow? For consumer brands, the decision is difficult enough. For
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Jack Myers
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With one single glance there is simply no mistaking the Toyota Prius. Since its inception in 2000 the hybrid car has taken on a look all its own. Some don't care for the triangular look, but those that drive it like the fact that others around them can
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1468499/2010_toyota_prius_has_hybrid_car_classic.html
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So we've all heard of the Hooker with a Heart of Gold, right? Well step aside Ms. Thang, because there's a new clichéd sheriff in town, and this time she's equal parts cute, cuddly and quirky. Before I get started, I just want to make sure you know I
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Cinematical
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CBS Films, the recently established theatrical film unit of CBS
Corp., has awarded its media planning and buying account to Havas'
MPG after a review, the client has confirmed. Spending on the
account is $100 million, per sources.
Other contenders
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MediaWeek
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In its biggest win since landing the $700 million-plus Sears Holding Corp. account more than a year ago, Havas' MPG unit has picked up CBS Films, the new Hollywood movie studio being launched by CBS Corp. MPG will handle all media planning and
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MediaPost.com
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/index.cfm?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99863
Complete video at: fora.tv Inventor Saul Griffith explores methods to conserve energy consumption and better our quality of life, including a dramatically reduced speed limit. Would you drive 30 mph to save the environment? ----- Engineer, environmentalist, and entrepreneur Saul Griffith examines the numerical reality of the fight against climate change. Drawing from a personal assessment of his own energy needs, Griffith argues that we not only need to switch to alternative energies, we ...
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People who like powerfully expressive, boldly colored, abstractly composed paintings using as their visual cornerstones figurative images like people, still-life images of fruit and bottles — even highly recognizable local building images such as
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Terre Haute News
http://www.tribstar.com/features/local_story_036212012.html
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Paving the way for new respectability in the digital out-of-home
space, health-care and packaged goods advertiser Schering-Plough
plans to place the industry’s largest paid buy, estimated to be
close to $10 million. The campaign, set for second quarter
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MediaWeek
http://mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/esearch/e3i6e3ab16ed8b79d8b702f0f34b6882fb6?imw=Y
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Let's start at the beginning: An MPG meter is a device that tells you how many miles per gallon your car is getting (or how many kilometers per liter, for those on the metric system). Some vehicles have this feature on their onboard computer with
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Planet Green
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/mpg-meter-guide.html
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How realistic is it -- in these near-impossible economic times – to invest in building brand relationships when there are insufficient budgets to drive sales today and tomorrow? For consumer brands, the decision is difficult enough. For
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Jack Myers
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JackmyersThinkTank/~3/524321494/38379974.html
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The Santa Ana winds blew in blasting gusts across the
infield track at the Auto Club Speedway as co-pilot and photographer Mike
Hoffman and I walked between the rows of new cars parked next to the paddock
sheds. The Motor Press Guild’s annual track
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Winding Road
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/windingroad/~3/523131781/track-day-auto-club-speedway
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Paving the way for new respectability in the digital out-of-home
space, health-care and packaged goods advertiser Schering-Plough
plans to place the industry’s largest paid buy, estimated to be
close to $10 million. The campaign, set for second quarter
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MediaWeek
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediaweek-News-All/~3/5H1xEsbyTUE/e3i6e3ab16ed8b79d8bafb660ce63d4bf65
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“I found real gasoline again. So my days of 33 to 37 mpg in the Prius during winter SHOULD be over soon, and hopefully I’ll see my typical winter time 44 mpg overall average return soon. On the current tank of E10, as the trip meter passed the 120
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The Truth About Cars
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Ask just about any media buyer how they think the 2009-10 national
TV upfront marketplace will shake out and you’ll likely get a
response like former Indianapolis Colts coach Jim Mora as he
appears in that Coors Light press conference mash-up:
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Brandweek
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DALLAS, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/15/09 --
SkinzWraps, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SKZW), the
vanguard of the vehicle wraps industry, today unveiled a new, patent
pending, drag reducing vehicle wrap material called MPG-Plus(TM). The
improved fuel economy of a
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Street Insider
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The Havas-owned MPG has the account in France, Belgium and the Netherlands and launched a joint venture with Group M called 2MV to service the business in Germany and Spain. Vizeum has the PSA account in Italy and Sweden.
The review is in its early
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Brand Republic
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/873584/Peugeot-CitroEn-pool-350m-Euro-media/
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Jim McDonald, head of broadcast at MPG, said there is a "general acceptance" that Channel 4's share will come down as TV watching becomes more fragmented due to the rise in multichannel take-up.
He added: "The decline has got to be disappointing for
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Brand Republic
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/873139/Channel-4-impacts-dip-16-34-year-olds-turn-off/
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i want the weather mans' job....who else can be so wrong ALL THE TIME and still have a job...besides the president of course.
I have way, way more than 2 inches here in Broomfield
Accuweather among others is forecasting snow all day into the evening.
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Rocky Mountain News
http://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/12/snow-blows-denver/?partner=RSS
Senior Editor Edward Loh finds out just how fuel-efficient and fun to drive Honda's all-new 2010 Insight is.
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The people determined to live with their head in the sand will either never see it or tune it out. America is still a country in denial and that fact still disturbs me.
When gasoline, due to whatever cause, spiked up to a national average of over
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EcoEarth News
http://www.alternet.org/environment/116854/6_reasons_why_nuclear_power_can't_save_us/
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NEW YORK, Dec. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- In the late summer of 2009, the technology will be demonstrated by driving a full sized SUV equipped with "The Boston Air Machine Engine" from New York City, Via Chicago, and finally Los Angeles, achieving in excess of
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Street Insider
http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/New+York+City+Consulting+Group+LLC.%2C+Aeolus+Alternative+Energy+Inc.%2C+and+Native+Partnerships+Reach+Agreement+on+Financing+and+Production+of+High+Mileage+Automobile+and+Wind+Farm+Deployment+on+Indian+R/42671
Cream live playing a song called Crossroads
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"If we let another ten years pass before we take advantage of new media technologies the agency business will be disintermediated," believes Steve Lanzano, who has been chief operating officer of media agency MPG (a unit of Havas) for the past five
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jack-myers/mpgs-steve-lanzano-advoca_b_151328.html
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At a media agency, there’s strategy, and then there’s strategy.
Coleen Kuehn, executive VP and chief strategist at MPG/Havas Media, says the agency’s media directors certainly are involved in strategic planning. But that’s in the context of running a
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TV Week
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tvweek/News/~3/480847076/strategy_key_for_mpgs_kuehn.php
Rio Ferdinand of Manchester United when he was in a school play as an adolescent. He does a little song and dance.
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The EPA, that’s who. Those 33/38 numbers are for the pre-2008 estimates. Go take a look at a 2008 Fit and you’ll see it achieves 27-28 in the city and 33-34 on the highway. Fact-checking for the win.
Glad you mentioned the mpg.
09 worse than 08.
Not as
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The Truth About Cars
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/review-2009-honda-fit/

