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Part 1: Hot fuel for you means cold cash for big oil, retailers

SUFFOLK, Va. | Lesley “Lucky” Duke’s mood darkens with every drop of diesel that flows into his 2005 Freightliner big rig.

Part 2: Technology, new rules a hot-fuel fix

OAHU, Hawaii | Idyllic weather, pounding surf and a warm, welcoming culture help make Hawaii unique in this nation.

  • Texas targets overcharges on ‘hot fuel'

    - 05/03/2007 03:35 PM CDT

    Texas consumers by 2008 would be able to purchase motor fuel adjusted for temperature if legislation filed this week in the state’s House is enacted.

  • Controversy goes to courts

    - 05/03/2007 04:03 PM CDT

    Three lawsuits have taken the "hot fuel" controversy into federal courts in Missouri and Kansas, seeking extensive damages and changes in how fuel is sold in the two states.

  • ‘Hot fuel’ adjustment proposed in Missouri bill

    - 05/03/2007 04:10 PM CDT

    Two Missouri representatives have filed legislation requiring that the volume of retail motor fuel sold in the state be adjusted for temperature changes.

  • End sought to overcharges

    - 05/03/2007 04:12 PM CDT

    Oil companies and retailers that sell "hot fuel" are defrauding consumers and costing them billions of dollars per year, according to two lawsuits.

  • Loophole enhances ‘hot fuel’ profits

    - 07/03/2007 08:32 AM CDT

    Hundreds of millions of dollars in fuel taxes paid by American drivers aren’t going to the government, but instead into the pockets of gas and diesel retailers.

  • Hodgepodge of rules enriches oil industry

    - 05/03/2007 04:03 PM CDT

    When Florida officials realized that hot fuel was costing the state millions of dollars in taxes, they saw a loophole to plug.

  • Political eyes on hot fuel

    - 05/03/2007 04:15 PM CDT

    Hot fuel emerged as an issue Tuesday in the campaign for a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri.

  • Part 2: Technology, new rules a hot-fuel fix

    - 07/03/2007 08:30 AM CDT

    OAHU, Hawaii | Idyllic weather, pounding surf and a warm, welcoming culture help make Hawaii unique in this nation.


Truck driver Lesley "Lucky" Duke held a meat thermometer when he stopped at a Virginia truck stop in July 2006 to fill his Freightliner with fuel. Gasoline retailers profit by selling fuel that’s hotter than the 60-degree national standard. Fuel expands at higher temperatures, reducing the energy in each gallon.

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