Nevada Ramblings

Columnist - Carolyn Bishop

• August 2013:
  Las Vegas Gasoline Prices; Smoking Vehicle Hotline; Mike Walsh Signed for WPMA; A Look Back
• June 2013:
  Nevada Gasoline Prices and Gasoline Tax Increase Proposals; Nevada Energy Plans; Fracking
• April 2013:
  Gasoline Prices in Las Vegas; EdgeRunner Electric Cargo Bikes; Xpress West; WPMA Convention Review
• February 2013:
  Low Fuels Prices in Nevada; Fracking In Nevada; WPMA Convention Preview
• December 2012:
  Gasoline Lines in the East; Man Set on Fire at Circle K; Alternative Fuel Vehicle Leads to Dispute; Smarty's Adds Ice Cream; Ruby Pipeline; High Speed Rail Update; WPMA Convention Coming
• October 2012:
  Labor Day Gasoline Prices; Motoring in the U.K.; More High Speed Rail Between Las Vegas and California
• September 2012:
  Las Vegas and Nevada Gasoline Prices; High Speed Rail Between Las Vegas and California
• August 2012:
  4th of July Gasoline Prices; Google Self-Driving Car in Nevada; Boulder City Shell; Xtreme Green Products; High Speed Rail Between Las Vegas and California
• June 2012:
  Las Vegas Gasoline Prices Up 19 Percent in 2012; Senator Reid Visits Xtreme Green; Zip Lines Coming to Las Vegas Strip; Google Tests Self-Driving Car in Nevada
• April 2012:
  Alternative Fuel Vehicles Promoted in Las Vegas; Nevada Issues Regulations For Self-Driving Cars; WPMA Convention Recap
• February 2012:
  Gasoline prices in Nevada; Las Vegas Push for Electric Cars; Morton Truck Stop
• December 2011:
  Free Parking For Alternative Fuel Vehicles In Downtown Las Vegas; Clean Fuels to Build LNG Station in Las Vegas; University Sinclair Involved in Occupy Las Vegas; WPMA Convention Preview
• October 2011:
  Alternative Fuel Options Promoted; Holly And Sinclair Building UNEV Pipeline; Nevada Gasoline Prices; WPMA Convention Preview
• September 2011:
  Nevada Looks At Vehicle Miles-Traveled Fee; High Speed Train Gets Approval; Ruby Pipeline Operational; Fuel Prices Up 59 Cents Over Last Year; Ben Stein Heading To WPMA Convention
• August 2011:
  Construction Wrapping Up On Ruby CNG Pipeline; Nevada Gasoline Prices Falling; E-Bikes in Las Vegas; Robot Cars; Tire Checking Mandate Killed; WPMA 2012 Convention
• June 2011:
  Tourism On the Rise in Las Vegas; Cabs Add Fuel Surcharge; Ruby Pipeline Resumes Construction; Gasoline Street Price Increases Slow
• April 2011:
  Gasoline Prices On the Rise; Nevada Tourism Affected by Mideast Turmoil; LNG Station Opens On I-80; WPMA Convention Highlights; AAA Gasoline Station App
• February 2011:
  Gasoline Prices Spike in Southern Nevada; Work Continues on Ruby Pipeline; Out-Of-State License Hotline
• December 2010:
  Work Begins on Ruby Pipeline; Smug License Plate; Biodiesel From Coffee and Hot Springs; WPMA 2011 Convention Preview
• October 2010:
  Las Vegas Fuel Prices Move Up; Station Owner Florian Houston; Nevada Legislators Reject Electric Car Mandates; Natural Gas Pipeline Deal Reached; DMV Smoking Vehicle Hotline; Gasoline Pricing; WPMA 2011 Convention Preview
• September 2010:
  Vegasgasprices.com; Nevada Fuel Prices Staying Low; Smoking Vehicle Hotline; Repair Shops Must Check Tire Pressure; WPMA 2011 Convention Preview
• August 2010:
  Street Fuel Prices Flat in June; OPIS To Meet At Palazzo; Union Oil Station Razed; Commuter Bus Demand Three Times Higher Than Anticipated; Trains Planned Betweet Las Vegas and Southern California; WPMA 2011 Convention Preview
• June 2010:
  Government May Add Black Box in Vehicles to Increase Taxes; Carolyn Johnson Competes for the XPrize; Ace Underway; High Speed Rail Debate Continues
• April 2010:
  Las Vegas Adds The Ace; Clark County School District Buys Hybrid Bus; Nevada Gasoline Prices Rising; WPMA Convention Review
• February 2010:
  MGM Mirage Gets CNG-Fueled Limo Fleet; The Rev; Gasoline Prices on the Rise
• December 2009:
  Clark County Commissioners Repeal Gasoline Formulation Regulation; DOT Driver Assistance; High-Speed Train Linking Las Vegas and California Proposed; Las Vegas Gasoline Prices Stable. WPMA 2010 Convention Preview
• October 2009:
  Fuel Prices Stay High; Homer Powell's Auto Repair; Construction Begins at Big Wheel Truck Stop; Driver Courtesy; Van Conversions; WPMA 2010 Convention Preview
• September 2009:
  Fabulous Freddy's Full-Service Gasoline; Tesla Roadster In Las Vegas; Nevada Governor Gibbons Orders Gasoline Price Investigation; Nevada Petroleum Marketers Petro Cup Challenge; WPMA 2010 Convention Preview
• August 2009:
  Nevada Gasoline Prices on the Rise; Nevada Fuel Taxes; Road Projects Feel Effects of Declining Sales Tax Revenue; Earth Limos; Downtown Las Vegas Bus Station Planned; Clark County Workers Get GPS; WPMA Post Convention Cruise Report
• June 2009:
  Bill To Raise Diesel Tax 12 Cents Defeated; Desert Living Center Adds Hybrid Vehicle; Vintage Cars For Rent In Las Vegas; WPMA Alaska Cruise
• April 2009:
  Federal EPA Looks At Emissions Standards; Street Fuel Prices Rising; WPMA Convention Recap
• February 2009:
  Fuel Tax Increase Debate; Teaching Alternative Fuel Vehicle Repairs; Senator Harry Reid; Fuel Market Price Shifts; WPMA 2009 Convention Preview
• December 2008:
  Reflections on Gasoline Prices; Bike Riders; IZIP Hybrid Electric Bicycle; 2008 Hydrogen Road Tour; WPMA 2009 Convention Preview
• September 2008:
  Goodman Returns From The Conference of Mayors; Service Station Owner Hugh Canady; Converting Diesel Engines to Vegetable Oil; Taxicab Authority Adds 45 Cent Per Mile Fuel Surcharge; Smart Cars; Las Vegas HOV Lane; Nevada Petroleum Marketers Association Golf Tournament; Push Lawn Mowers Return; WPMA 2009 Convention
• August 2008:
  Alternative Fuels & Vehicles National Conference; Green Valley Gasoline Giveaway; Waste Oil Theft; Passing of Barney Rawlings; Clark County Fuel Bill; Metro Police Try E85; Las Vegas Cabs Increase Fuel Surcharge; WPMA 2009 Convention
• June 2008:
  Ozone Standards Toughened; Higher Diesel Prices; Nevada Fuel Budget Spent; The Debate Over Federal Gasoline Tax Suspension
• April 2008:
  Coffee Ground Biodiesel; NVMYMPG; Jerry Herbst; Hydrogen Fueling Stations; WPMA Post-Convention Wrap-Up Trips
• February 2008:
  Nevada Gasoine Prices; Automotive Fuel Efficiency Standards; Drug Money in a Spare Tire; Restaurant Grease as Fuel; WPMA Post-Convention Trips
• December 2007:
  Private Toll Roads Considered; Diesel Tax Hike, Weight-Distance Taxes Proposed; Vegetable Oil-Powered Computer Repair; Eagle Windows; WPMA 2008 Convention Preview
• October 2007:
  Fuel Prices Drop in Nevada; Nevada Cab Fares Rise; WPMA 2008 Convention Preview
• September 2007:
  New Pipeline to Nevada Planned; Temperature Compensation; Nevada PMA&CSN Golf Tournament; WPMA 2008 Convention Preview
• August 2007:
  Alternative Fuel Taxicabs; Terrible Herbst Thief; Some Nevada Taxes Redirected To Highways; Justic Green Wins WPMA Scholarship; Sacrifices Being Made to Fill Tanks; WPMA 2008 Convention Preview
• June 2007:
  High Fuel Prices Aren't Changing Behavior; Las Vegas Tops List of Alternative Fuel Vehicles By a Municipality; Herbst Expanding; Nevada Voters Want Others To Pay for Road Improvements
• April 2007:
  Governor Proposes Coal-to-Fuel Plant; WPMA Convention; Transparent Aluminum Vehicles
• February 2007:
  Task Force Recommends Gas Tax Hike; Clean Air Advocate Meeting; SUVs and Alternative Fuels; Californians Drive to Nevada for the Holidays; WPMA Cruise
• December 2006:
  Low Sulfur Diesel; The Deuce; Prius Available in Las Vegas; WPMA Convention Preview
• October 2006:
  Phoenix-Henderson Pipeline Proposed; Kinder Morgan Increasing Supply; Nevada Prices Stay High; WPMA Convention Preview
• September 2006:
  MAX Expansion Considered; Las Vegas Electric Taxis; Limited Fuel Storage; Las Vegas Hybrids; WPMA Scholarship Winner and Convention
• August 2006:
  Pipeline Expansion Proposals; Clark County Biodiesel Buses; Gasoline Prices; Hybrid Vehicles; Nevada Taxicab Authority; WPMA Convention
• June 2006:
  Nevada Seeks to Increase Fuel Imports; Hybrid Vehicles; Governor Guinn Blocks Fuel Tax Repeal; Fashion Tires and Rims; Fuel Incentives Offered by Casinos; Exotic Car Dealer Arrives in Downtown Las Vegas; 2006-7 Nevada Petroleum Marketers Association Officers Installed; WPMA Scholarship Auction
• April 2006:
  EPA Lifts Ethanol Mandate; Ted Wiens Tire and Auto; Merit Scholarship Winners; Gasoline Price Forecast; WPMA Convention Wrap-Up
• February 2006:
  Metro Police Protect and Conserve; Prius Taxicabs
• December 2005:
  Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week; Locking Gas Caps; Haycock Opens Biodiesel Station; Hybrid Rental Cars; Motor Trend Auto Show; 2006 WPMA Convention
• October 2005:
  Senator Calls for Suspension of Nevada Fuel Taxes; Fuel Costs for Taxis, School Buses, and Airplanes; The Conservation Fund; Gasoline Prices Do Not Affect Las Vegas Tourism; POC Held in Reno; Inglesby Assumes WPMA Executive Post; WPMA Convention and Post-Convention Preview
• September 2005:
  Inglesby to Succeed Tedrow; Gasoline Prices in the West; Pink Jeep Tours; Nevada Oil Speculators; WPMA 2006 Convention
• August 2005:
  Taxi Fuel Surcharge; WPMA Nevada Scholarship Winner; Gerry Tedrow to Retire; North Las Vegas EPA Grant; Clark County Meets Clear-Air Goal; Nevada Petroleum Marketers Association Officers; POC Trade Show
• June 2005:
  Nevada Gasoline Prices; Fuel Prices Stall Oceguera Gasoline Tax Increase; POC Is Coming; Huntridge Union Oil in the 1940's; WPMA Post-Convention Trips
• April 2005:
  Visit the Ho in Las Vegas; Hydrogen Cars Tested; Nevada Gasoline Supply Tanks; Expect Another Fuel Price Jump; WPMA Convention Review; Gerry Tedrow to Retire; Plan For the POC
• February 2005:
  Rains Shut Down Cal-Nev and West Line Pipelines; Petroliana; New Nevada Marketers Website; Herbst Family Wins Racing Awards; Fuel Prices on the Rise; Marketers Want More Open Supply; Texaco Dealers Win Supreme Court Ruling; Enjoy the 2005 WPMA Convention
• December 2004:
  Rain Falls, Fuel Prices Rise, and the Cal-Nev Pipeline Shuts Down; SUV Owners Hate High Gasoline Prices; Herbst Flags At Half-Mast; WPMA Convention Is Coming
• October 2004:
  Post-Labor Day Fuel Prices; Gasoline Price Comparison Websites; Tim Herbst Serves WPMA; Morgan O'Conner Wins Scholarship; WPMA Post-Convention Trip
• September 2004:
  Gasoline Prices Across the West; Reno and Sparks Want Larger Share of Fuel Tax Money; WPMA Trip to Ecuador
• August 2004:
  Gasoline Pump Calibration; Harrah's Entertainment Gasoline Plan for Gamblers; Off-road Diesel Regulations; Morgan O'Connor wins WPMA Scholarship; Post-Convention Excursions
• June 2004:
  Smith's Food & Drug opens its first gasoline station in the Las Vegas area; Broken Pipeline Brings Fuel Shortages in Reno; Motor Oil Disposal; Gasoline Prices and a Fuel Price Review Request; Fall Conventions Are Coming
• April 2004:
  Only Two Nevada Counties Require Smog Checks; Troy Herbst Wins SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge; High-Tech Buses Postponed; Las Vegas Gasoline Prices Tie Record; High Prices Don't Change Driving Habits; WPMA Recap and Post-Convention Tours
• February 2004:
  Herbst Oil Buys Seven Las Vegas Texaco Stations; Gasoline Prices Fall Over Holidays; WPMA Convention
• December 2003:
  California Tourists Keep Coming; Street Fuel Prices Drop; Battery-Powered Vehicles; Pedicabs; WPMA Outings
• October 2003:
  High Fuels Prices Don't Deter Labor Day Visitors; Gross Receipts Taxes Bill Dies; Benny Hodges Is New WPMA President; MAX Tested in Las Vegas; Diesel Spill in Rainstorm; WPMA Convention and Post-Convention Trips
• August 2003:
  Stefen Gale Wins Nevada Scholarship; Emissions Fee Rises; Herbst Team Wins SCORE Baja 500; Bratton Returns to Nevada; WPMA and Nevada PM&CSA Events
• June 2003:
  Ethanol from Fermented Food and Beverage Waste; Monorail Up and Running; Civis Bus Plan Moves Forward Despite Protests; Terrible Herbst Rebuilds Vegas Station; High Prices Bring Hybrid Sales; POC and WPMA Post-Convention Trip
• April 2003:
  Hydrogen Research at the Nevada Test Site; Travel Stays High; Nevada Fuel Taxes; POC and WPMA Shows; Cobras in Las Vegas
• February 2003:
  Hydrogen Fueling Station; Street Prices Jump; WPMA Show Coming; DMV Enforcing New Diesel Emission Standards
• December 2002:
  Mobil Stations Rebrand to Sinclair; Chevron and Texaco Rebranding; MAX diesel electric buses; Fernley Truck Inn and Casino; Winter Oxygenated Fuels; Proposed Gross Receipts Taxes Fuel Complaints; Lyle Norcross is 2003 Nevada President; Tanker Fire
• October 2002:
  12-year-old Sues Over Static Fire; EPA Looks for SPCC Feedback; Herbst Income Rises with Gaming; Golf Tournaments and Conventions
• August 2002:
  Gasoline Prices Stabilize; 7-Eleven Violates Air Pollution Regs; Terrible Herbst Stations Help Troubled Youths, WPMA China Visit
• June 2002:
  Clark County to Increase Sales Tax, Not Smog Fees; Calnev Fined $204,000; Pacific Oil Conference and WPMA Show
• April 2002:
  Spirit Brand Seeks to Help Independents; Gasoline Prices Rising; Hillygus Station in Yerington; POC and WPMA Highlights; Fuel Cell Test Fleet
• February 2002:
  Zinc-powered Buses; Gasoline Prices Hit 3-Year Low; Smog Check Fees Rise; Clean-Burning Garbage Trucks; Kinder Morgan Shortages; CNG-powered Buses; Las Vegas Valley Meets Clean Air Requirements
• December 2001:
  Southern Nevada Air Quality Future May Be Grim; Full-Service in Vegas; Gasoline Prices Drop; Casino Gasoline Promotions; California Refineries Cut Octane Levels; Reno Students Place in Alternative Vehicle Contest; WPMA Convention
• October 2001:
  Troy Herbst Wins Primm 300; Lido Alternate Vehicle; Diesel-Electric Buses; WPMA Tour; Kitchen Grease as Motor Fuel; September 11th Reflections; Nevada Petroleum Marketers Association Officers
• August 2001:
  Smog Test Fee Fights; Kinder Morgan to Expand Calnev Pipeline; Fuel Tax Defeated; Convention Bureau Unconcerned About Rising Fuel Costs; Holly Barnes Wins Nevada Petroleum Marketers Scholarship; Gerry Tedrow Turns 60; WPMA and POC; Blackouts and Electricity
• June 2001:
  Electric Car Fill-Ups; Red-Dyed Diesel Inspections; Smog Check Fees; Gasoline Prices Rising; MGM Grand Converts Cooking Grease to Biodiesel; Taxis Add Fuel Surcharge; POC
• April 2001:
  Haycock and Biodiesel Industries Joint Venture; Terrible Herbst and Car Spa End Partnership; Plane Lands at Terrible Herbst Station; Gasoline Prices; BP Amoco Looks at Solar Options; Exxon Dealers Win $500 Million; Star Cars on the Strip; Arco Debit Card Fees; WPMA Show
• February 2001:
  Calnev Pipeline Sold to Kinder Morgan; Clark County Health District Isn't Using Clean Fuels; Herbst Brothers Win SCORE Races; 7-Eleven Found Success in Stocking Stuffers; Fabulous Fredd’s Shell Station
• December 2000:
  Terrible Herbst Opens Casino; DOE Works with UNLV Students; Superior Tire and Auto Service Centers to Expand Under New Ownership; Civis Arrive in North Las Vegas; Gasoline Prices; UST Fund Audited; WPMA Convention and Tour
• October 2000:
  Electric Buses; Albertson’s and Arco Launch Consumer Loyalty Program; Probe Launched Into the Clark County Air Pollution Program; Crayfish Killed in Dual Tanker Truck Explosion; WPMA Convention and Tour
• August 2000:
  Nevada Senator Leads Push to Have CAFE Standards Reviewed; High Fuel Prices May Affect Tourism; NPMA Elects Officers, Directors; Clark County Wins Lawsuit Over Gasoline Formulation; Herbsts Head For Baja 2000; POC and WPMA Shows
• June 2000:
  April Fuels Day Gasoline Giveaway; Unleaded Gasoline Shortage; Albertson’s Enters Southern Nevada Fuel Market; New Alternative Fuel Rigs; Herbsts Race in SCORE San Felipe 250; Henderson Residents Want No New Gasoline Stations; No Gasoline Tax Breaks for Nevadans; Street Gasoline Prices Head Downward; POC, Nevada PMA Meeting; and WPMA Convention
• February 2000:
  Las Vegas Makes Environmental Plans for the Future; DMV Sets Up Pollution Hotline; Herbst Team Wins SCORE Awards; WPMA Post-Convention Trip; Gasoline Prices; MTBE Pollution
• April 1999:
  Terrible Herbst Now Terrible Chevron; D&G Oil Sold to River City Petroleum; Herbsts Race in SCORE Series; NRG Technologies Testing Renewable Fuel; Oxygenate Season Reduces Air Pollution; Construction in Las Vegas Increases Tire Sales; WPMA Convention and Nevada Convention
• February 1999:
  Clark County Air Quality; USTs Must Be In Compliance; Nevada PMA Convention and WPMA; Gasoline Prices Drop But Cost-Of-Living Prices Rise; Spare Tank Offers Stable Fuel for Emergencies