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June 20, 2008 · Filed Under Fuelishness!

Americans drove around 4.5 billion fewer miles in April compared with the same month last year, marking the lowest mileage clocked on US roads for the month since 2003, a report showed Thursday.
For weeks, drivers from the United States have snapped up Mexican diesel, which is selling for about 50 percent less than in California.
Saudi Arabia said Thursday it planned to increase daily oil output by 200,000 barrels per day, according to a statement posted on the country’s London embassy website.
An Orlando man was taken into custody after the pickup he was driving was found to have a hidden 800-gallon tank custom-welded into the back to steal fuel, police said.
Drivers caught speeding in this north Atlanta suburb soon will have to pay an extra $12 â€” to cover $4-a-gallon gas costs for the police officers who stop them.
Rising oil prices threaten the U.S. [airline] industry with 2008 losses that may reach a record $13 billion, the Air Transport Association trade group estimates.