By Charles Langley -  I rarely call politicians and ask them to resign, but I did so this morning after learning that the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Joe Barton of Texas "apologized" to British Petroleum's CEO Tony Hayward for the way his company has been treated by the Obama Administration.

(Editor's Note: We posted an update on Joe Barton's pandering to Big Energy on August 24, 2010)

Charles Langley: The situation in the Gulf has become so deeply disturbing, so utterly wrong,  that we want you to know that British Petroleum is the parent company of Arco.

Posted by Charles Langley, Manager, UCAN Gas Project - At an average of $3.01 a gallon for regular in San Diego County, gas prices are now at a 13-week low as we head into Memorial Day weekend. Gas prices have dropped 15 cents from their 2010 high of $3.16 on May 6. The biggest decreases have been in the last week, with prices dropping at a rate of a penny a day.

By Charles Langley, Manager, UCAN Gas Project -- Phew! What a week for oil and gasoline prices!  Yesterday we predicted that local gas prices would likely drop over the weekend - and they have - during a time of the year when prices are usually marching toward their highest level.  

A oil tanker that has been burning in the Gulf of Mexico for nearly three days now has finally sunk, while at the same time spewing oil ffrom the experimental drilling rig operated by British Petroleum (BP).  BP is the  parent company of Arco AM/PM.  The Coast guard has managed to contain much of the spill, but it is going to be a very ugly mess.  Even uglier is that fact that eleven people of the 135+ member crew are still lost or missing.

By Charles Langley, Manager, UCAN Gas project -- In a public relations campaign so cynical that it would make Machiavelli blush,  Toyota is sending its customers a scary message: Criticize us and we will investigate you and use what we find to assassinate your reputation.  

So let me state something that is generally considered self-evident: Toyota's customers are dying because some of their vehicles are defective and unsafe.  

By Charles Langley, Manager, UCAN Gas Project - Mexico, which currently exports oil, is expected to be importing oil by 2012.  Oil is the lifeblood of Mexico's economy, representing 30 to 40% of the Mexican government's income.  On Monday, March 8, the Los Angeles Times published an excellent article covering the imminent demise of Mexico's socialized oil industry. It is also a good example of the fate that awaits nations that refuse to deal with the American oil industry which has the technology to literally extract oil from stones.