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A ranking of the largest 50 US cities -- and which are best and worst prepared for expensive gasoline prices!

How much does business-as-usual cost? This morning, GreenCarCongress.com reported that the US is projected to pay $440 billion for imported petroleum in 2008: "The increase to the estimated $440 billion for 2008 is based on an average $90 per barrel crude oil price for the year. In 2002, before the current bull market for oil began, US oil imports cost less than $103 billion. The preliminary figures for last year came to some $327 billion."

How to Boil a Frog's FrogBlog tackles the question of whether environmentalists and the wealthy have both given up on civilization.

In light of the recent spill in San Francisco Bay, this hearing examines the oil spill threats, risks, and vulnerabilities posed by large non-tank vessels.