Consumers Suffering Gas Pains Find Relief at MapGasPrices.com ? Site Shows Prices Continue to Fall in Some Areas
Orem, UT (ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) September 27, 2005 -- As the storms subside, consumers are hearing that gas prices may rise nearly 40 cents per gallon. On Monday, President Bush urged Americans to travel less and conserve on gas. Although forecasts look gloomy, consumers can track surprisingly positive information about gas prices on MapGasPrices.com. While the Nation as a whole saw an increase of five cents per gallon, Monday, data from MapGasPrices.com is actually showing a continued slight downward trend in many areas. Consumers can follow such trends for themselves as they shop and compare gasoline prices on this online database that monitors more than 150,000 service stations nationwide and updates prices on a daily basis.
Using the newly released Google mapping API, MapGasPrices.com makes it easy, interactive and even fun for consumers to stay on top of rising gas prices."The current high cost of gasoline is hitting the American people where it hurts and they need some way to fight back," said Mark Olsen, spokesman for Orbizon, Inc, developers of MapGasPrices.com. "With national gas price close to $3.00 per gallon people are searching for the best place to buy gas, we hope we can help make the process a little easier." Olsen said (www.MapGasPrices.com). MapGasPrices.com allows customers around the country to zoom in to their neighborhood gas stations and look up the lowest price. The site collects gas price data from numerous sources including consumers who can contribute up-to-date information by adding latest prices or even new locations of gas stations."This keeps station operators honest because they know customers can now compare prices around town and around the state," Olsen said. "We are suffering from gas pains and this tool lets oil companies, refineries and gasoline retailers know someone is watching and directing traffic to the best deals in town," Olsen said.Orbizon is a web development company based in Orem, Utah.
Orbizon is also the creator of www.MapSexOffenders.com, a site that maps sex offenders in your own neighborhood, as featured on Fox News Live, Reuters, ABCnews.com and Newsweek. Orbizon has also created the Whistle Sidebar, the original sidebar, available at www.orbizon.com. Contact: Mark Olsen Orbizon Inc.(801) 687-0851.
Harvest Commodities LLC Provides Leadership in Crude Oil Market
At a crucial time in time in the crude oil market when supply is low, global demand is high, and prices are fluctuating wildly, buyers and sellers have just gained a new resource to help them negotiate their purchases more securely. Harvest Commodities International LLC is a recently launched global commodities consulting firm that specializes in the crude oil market.Company President Iasha Pickett says Harvest International makes trading less risky, more efficient and more profitable for both purchasers and suppliers.
She says the current market instability in supply and pricing makes it more crucial than ever for traders to get expert guidance before entering the market.
"One of the biggest problems in international commodities trading is knowing how to tell the serious buyers and sellers...
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Should Oil Companies be Bbanned from Owning Ethanol Plants
(ContentDesk) November 21, 2005 -- For many , the time of alternative fuels has finally become a viable option to pure petroleum based fuels . E85 is 85% ethanol and 15 unleaded gas . It's appeal is not only that it typically cost less than unleaded , not that it only shifts and lowers our dependence from
foreign based oil to supporting American based Agri-Business; but to many the greatest appeal is simply that E85 is a fuel product that directly competes with Big Oil.When gasoline prices skyrocket the question of whether Big Oil is price gouging or always emerges , whether it is true or not the bottom line is they can raise the price to whatever price they want because there have been no viable fuel options..until now with E85.Big Oil companies are making billions each quarter , Exxon Mobil for example earned 10 BILLION in the 3rd Quarter of 2005 alone , Royal Dutch Shell made $9 billion and British Petroleum made 6.5 billion.These companies have absolutely no competition...
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Where's The "Plastic" In Plastic Surgery?
Don't be looking for the Dupont Company sales rep the next time you visit a Plastic Surgeon's office because, despite popular belief, there's no "Plastic" in Plastic Surgery. The name is taken from the Greek word "plastikos" which means to "mold or shape." Initially plastic surgery procedures were limited to facial and body reconstruction caused by accidents, trauma, illness or birth defects. As people began to see the purely cosmetic possibilities, many surgeons expanded their services to include...
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UK life insurance, stock markets, and investment value.
Life insurance is often considered a dry topic. However it's a subject that can pry open a number of interesting questions about?you.
The number one consideration, UK or elsewhere, when you are considering your life insurance policy is: what are you really after from your life insurance? Are you after basic, no-frills insurance that covers costs and cashes in should you die within a pre-determined period, or are you looking to benefit yourself with investments tied-in with your life insurance?
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Colour Contact Lenses - Corrective, Therapeutic and Cosmetic
Contact lenses are classified as corrective, therapeutic, and cosmetic. For those who are short sighted, near sighted, or who have astigmatism (all refractive defects of the eye) corrective contact lenses are in order. In these cases, an eye patient will mostly likely be prescribed "spherical" lenses. Therapeutic contact lenses cure other problems that are non-refractive, like "dry eye," and some types of therapeutic lenses even deliver medicine to the eye.
Two types of cosmetic...
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From Passive Applications to Sentient Machines
(ContentDesk) November 12, 2005 -- We are close to the point where new types of automated routines and software applications could operate independently of direct human control to carry out prescribed tasks. Helping us arrive, researchers have designed a model that supports the development of applications constructed from mobile sentient objects.Firstly though, developers need to overcome the shortcomings of current architectures and middleware, which are still largely based on sequential programming...
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Encouraging Blossoms of Achievement
The tiny dogwood sapling was only a twig when my mother planted it years ago. At age four, with a red wagon and bucket, I was happy to carry water to anything that grew, even to the full grown, flowering apple trees in my grandfather's orchard.Thrilled with the promise of a flowering dogwood, I happily nourished the new sapling with both water and anticipation. Yet weeks later, to my naive impatience, there were no flowers.Greek philosopher Epictetus, said, "No great thing is created suddenly...
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