gas. was a moment where romney mentioned to obama, look, when you came in, oil was down here. now people are paying $4. and of course we know even more in california. are you telling me that what is underneath here can actually make natural gas bring down the price of fuel? >> sure, it can. and it's going to happen a couple different ways. we're going to transition away from burning diesel and gasoline to natural gas. and we're going to be more efficient in our existing engines that consume gasoline, diesel. so right now our oil consumption in the country is already the lowest it's been in five years. and my view is that it can continue to decrease. >> we're in the middle of nowhere, and i know in the middle of nowhere there were not a lot of jobs not long ago. but when you take an area that's had tremendous unemployment and you come here, and you did discover utica, this is the house that you built, what is the economic impact on everybody from the land owners to the people who run hotels

for gas thieves. all thanks to government regulation. how much worse can it get? >> while iran is still trying to control its currency crisis its offshore oil platforms are reportedly under cyberattack. is the regime running out of time? >>> are electric cars actually bad for the environment? specifically, twice as bad as traditional cars? a shocking new study says they may not be so green after all. even when they say it's not, it is always about money melissa: let's take a look at the day's market headlines. investors staying cautious before tomorrow's earnings season kickoff with alcoa. summit between eu finance ministers brought modest declines to stocks. stocks closed down 26 points. shares of apple fell more than 2%. there are report that is a weekend strike broke out at a foxconn factory in china, a major a sembler in china. foxconn is denying the report. they have had major problems. >>> netflix shares surged more than 10% on the news closing at highest price since july. >>> our top story toni

get the natural gas out. to test it you want to turn it an eighth of a turn and turn it back to the way it it was. notice the little thing? that's going straight with the flow of the pipe that means it's open. if it's across that means you turned off the gas. the eighth of a turn you didn't turn it off you just moved it. these are in better shape. if you can get to this valve, safely, the building's collapsed on it you can't get to it you have to use the one in the street. pg and e put all the meters outside the houses in a lot of the neighborhoods, these are pretty easy to get to. they are easy to find. if you can find the little round circle in the sidewalk. if you look directly at the house you will find this meter and this shut off on the ground floor. in is a closeup of the shut off. in is the wrench i recommend you you use it for other things. they are cheap and they will work. this is great because you can use it somewhere else if you have to. an adjustable open end wrench. a diagram are off/on. shut o

gas.build this terminal to import liquid natural gas. >> yes. >> a funny thing happens in the next few years. >> well, it wasn't so funny. >> it wasn't funny for the cheniere ceo because his company almost went bankrupt. what happened? the low levels of natural gas production in america suddenly gave way to a boom, thanks to shale gas. how big is the shale gas revolution in america? >> it's stupefyingly large. >> in 2000, shale gas accounted for only 2% of all natural gas. in 2012, it accounts for 32%. that's because america happens to be the saudi arabia of shale gas with big shale deposits over much of the country. and here's the kicker. when you burn natural gas to produce energy, it emits roughly half as much greenhouse gas as coal. >> natural gas is the perfect complement to wind and solar. not only does it emit half as much co2 as coal, but you can just turn it on and off when the sun goes down or the wind stops blowing to make tremendous inroads in reducing our carbon emissions. >>

gas.export natural gas. >> a funny thing happens. >> in the next few years. >> it wasn't so funny. >> it wasn't funny for the ceo of shanier energy. the low levels of natural gas production in america suddenly gave way to a boom, that's because of shale gas. shale gas is -- hydraulic fracturing or fracing. >> here's the kicker, when you burn natural gas to produce energy, it emitts roughly half as much greenhouse gas as coal. >> natural gas is the perfect complement to wind and solar. not only does it emitt half as much co 2rks as coal, but you can turn it on and off when the sun goes down or the wind stops blowing. but we can make tremendous inroads to reducing our carbon emissions. >> in 2011, greenhouse gas emissions in the u.s. were 9% lower than 2007 levels. one reason was that demand for transportation fuel was down, but another major force according to the government was our switch from coal to natural gas. in 2000, natural gas accounted for only 22% of the electricity we get from f

you can smell the gas. everywhere you go, you hear "shh", just all the open gas lines going. just scared to death. [ hissing ] >> reporter: do you hear that? that is the sound that everyone left in this town is faring the most. it is a hissing gas main. street after street. you can smell it in the air. and fire officials are concerned that these towns are basically ticking time bombs. everywhere we went along the jersey shore today, in town after town, the air was filled with this hissing menace. >> if the wind shifts, it's going to get into the crawl space,od forbid a spark. >> reporter: in the town of ortley beach, frank mazzo is worried and getting angry. have you called the gas company about this? >> five times. >> reporter: and their response? >> they'll get there as soon as they can. >> reporter: you can actually see the gas pouring out. it ruptured monday night. >> i don't know why there's not more trucks here right now. i mean, this is where we took the main shot. this is it, like, where are all the gas trucks? you got down the block, we got down the block, why can't

gas as coal. >> natural gas is the perfect complement to wind and solar.oes it emit half as much co 2 as coal, you can turn it on or off when the sun goes down or the wind starts blowing. >> in fact, we already have reduced emissions. in 2011 greenhouse gas emissions in the u.s. were 9% lower than 2007 levels. one reason was the demand for transportation fuel was down but another major cause according to the government was our switch from coal to natural gas. in 2000 natural gas accounted for only 22% of the electricity we get from fossil fuels, compared to 73% for coal. through july of 2012, it accounted for 46% and coal was down to 53%. that dramatic switch didn't happen because of our suddenly greener outlook on life. a main reason it happened is because natural gas now costs about the same as coal. >> fracking shows us if we get the price below, for instance, coal. >> will adopt it, you will get a dramatic shift, you will get reduction in co 2 emissions because it's a greener alternative and you'll get cheaper prices. >> but there are definitely some d

if you want to try to save cash we will help, go to www.cbs5.com/gas and find the cheapest gas in your neighborhood. >>> thieves stole a thousand gallons worth of gas from a station in roseville. the manager says they struck three separate times, disabling the pump. surveillancesurveillance cameras caught them two more times. that is when a cashier recognized recognized the truck and took down the license plate. >>> the search continues for a killer. susie ko was found murdered after she failed to pick up her husband. the family is using social media to search for the killer. >> people can leave comments. >> the children turned to social media to help find their mother's killer. >> 140,000 and growing. [ talking at the same time ] >> and tweets of half a million people doing things like telling their friends. >> reporter: susie ko's husband who commutes to idaho asked a neighbor to check on her. >> she was lying in the front of the house. there was blood present and indication of injury. >> reporter: police believe she was killed between 7:00 and 10:00 who 10 stole her car. >> we love

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i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ appeal award two years in a row. . >>> just getting around is getting more expensive. and the pain at the pump is not letting up. since we told you about the soaring gas prices here at 5:00 just yesterday, they have hit a new high in some places. ktvu is live in oakland with how businesses and people are coping with this sudden increase. >>> with the price of gas here in downtown oakland at $4.88 a gallon for regular, it's no wonder that small businesses that use a lot of gas such as these food trucks at the oakland art murmur are getting especially hammered. the cry heard around the bay area today, as the price of gas breached the $5 a gallon mark at some stations. food truck operators say they run on tight margins, so soaring gas prices eat into the bottom line. these trucks get poor gas mileage, then add in a gas-powered generator and the cost

gas for transportation fuel. happen. it has to happen. it's $2 a gallon cheaper than it is for diesel. natural gas is cheaper. but we got a heated discussion going on in energy in the second debate. they didn't come up to any conclusions. now we're going to switch over to our third debate, foreign relations. foreign relations mideast is built right on top of energy. that's exactly why we're there. >> boone -- >> we don't dhave to be -- >> you're talking about that second debate. you're happy they discussed energy. president obama certainly understands that natural gas needs to be in the mix. listen to what he had to say. >> we continue to make it a priority for us to go after natural gas. we've got potentially 600,000 jobs and 100 years worth of energy right beneath our feet with natural gas. >> but, boone, you say mitt romney demonstrated a deeper understanding of energy. tell me why. >> he's got a plan. you see it. you heard what obama said there. he talks about natural gas. sure. does he have a plan? never see

can control gas prices and make promises on gas prices and this is what he said. >> this just isn'tthe president of the united states controls no more than cans of soup or something. i can understand energy policy is really important, but the price of gas is just not something where the buck stops at the president's desk. >> christine, we're hear so much about just oil and gas drilling, if we just did more here in the united states, we could offset all sorts of problems, become more energy dependent. how much do we really have here compared to how much is out there and what opec would do to us? >> what these guys were arguing about last night is how to get more of what we've already got and they're arguing about drilling and drilling on federal lands. no question the united states is a huge energy resource. would just drilling lower gas prices? would drilling and higher efficiency standards lower gas prices? would a lot of things? it's a big global market, right? and sometimes when you push the lever here, there's another lever like opec moving someplace else. and that's what ken ro

it's supply and demandnd gas prices go up and down accordingly. we should reduce or depend dense on the middle east. >> it's not only the pce. victoria is on the mark, it's about foreign oil. in north dakota, huge deposits of gas and oil they're finding, you see t way we're able to get oil from shale through production methods we didn't know existed 20 years ago, we could become energy sufficient. >> more from canada than any other country and they're not an enemy of hours. there is a huge difference betweewhat president obama is doing and what governor romney proposes. president obama wants to dictate energy policy from the white house, which he's been a huge failure at doing romney wants to put control back into the private marketplace and that's where it belgs. >> rick? >> it would be aore interesting to discussion to talk about the national breakfast cereal. >> we are not. i like that. >> as moderator, we're not going to talk about breakfast scroll. >> look, it is what it is and i don't know why we have to change the message. diussing realitys

are among the most dangerous human activities in terms of environment that humanity has been burning gas or the coal responsibly for decades but now it seems the situation is changing more and more a classically sustainable technologies are being developed and more scientists work in this field one of them is my guest on the show today i renounce koehler an inventor nobel prize winner peace prize actually and they're a winner of the global energy prize this year. because here that's a red meat alan has been working on your program that. he has invented nearly thirty to college and you will hydrogen fuel and fuel production down the greenhouse effect dr alan provides expertise to lead institutions such as mit and hawkes with university has received numerous e-mails and you were in two thousand and seven peace prize as a member of the intergovernmental panel. hello michelle welcome to the show it was a pleasure thank you very much for being with us well since you're here in russia i want to i want to start with that russian problem and one of them is the fact that russia's ecological susta

john and sandy hopkins saved so much money on their gas bill that the gas company thought their meter broken. >> we are on a budget with the gas company, so i have been watching our actual usage to see if we were saving money that way. in february, we had a $181 credit, and i was very happy because we've never had that in this house-- we have a... it's a very big house, and usually we don't come even or even have a credit until may-june. in march... march 13th, we received a letter stating, "we are trying to reach you regarding the consumption on your gas meter. it is inconsistent with normal usage at your address. please phone our office as soon as possible so that we can make arrangements to enter your home, in the event we need to change your meter." so we went from having a $181 credit to receiving this letter from the gas company... >> which i thought was pretty funny, 'cause, um... i guess they didn't want us to conserve. they tell us to, but they don't really want us to. ...all right, here's my brand shiny new gas meter from the columbia gas that they insisted i needed because

, one electric, one gas. the gas motor only kicks in when electric power is running low. compared to other popular hybrids and full gasoline cars its size, the volt is cheaper to drive over the long term even though at close to $40,000, it's more expensive to begin with. >> i can take the car up to san francisco and putter around the whole day and come back and barely use any gas and when i'm commuting to work, i don't use any gas at all. >> reporter: sales of the volt are now starting to pass other electric cars because the volt because it can also run on gas power means that drivers have less anxiety about running out of power. reporting live in san jose, len ramirez, cbs 5. >>> now, we have made it easy to compare the costs of your current vehicle to more fuel- efficient one. just go to our website, cbssf.com then click on news and then consumer. we also have a special page giving you the cheapest gas prices in your neighborhood. >>> new at 5:00 a rescue mission for two sea lions tangled in fishing line di

you can see $5.39 a gas. i say why would you go for that high when the average price is not near that. the latest in san francisco's $4.32 a gallon in san jose. $4.65 also. we are saying things go down by a penny. we will talk with mike pelton about gas prices at 6:30 a.m.. >> vice president joe biden and paul ryan are facing off tonight in the first and only vice-presidential debate. with just 25 days until election day they will take the stage in danville ky. a poll shows the latest fighting tightening up here. coming up later this morning at 815 are political expert will be joining us and studio to tell us what we can expect from tonight's debate. he can watch said on on interrupted at 0247 news channel comcast 193 or digital 4.2. the vp debate tonight and the presidential debate live and on interrupted. >> will be back in just a few minutes and oil shane was showing from the oral spill off the coast coast and mexico. the major allies are showing up early this morning but traffic is still moving but slowly

we do not expect the gas prices to go down any time soon. >> with gas prices are rising the gas priceor on kron .com. once you're on kron 4 .com scroll down to info and alert. if you will see a gas prices late and then a bay area map will pop up. just click on a price and it will show you the station's location. if you scroll down to see a area that says prius keep scrolling down and you will come to the lowest price section. with prices spiked and again we are making this super easy for you to find the least expensive gas around. i am grant lotus this is kron 4 news. around. i am grant lotus this is kron 4 news. >> ha[ male announcer ] citibank's app for ipad makes it easy for anne to manage her finances when she's on the go. even when she's not going anywhere. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. helps him deposit his checks. jay also like it when mother nature helps him wash his car. mother nature's cool like that. mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. >> what is it like to be behind the controls of the blue angel flight. this is the f 18.

to find the cheapest gas in your neighborhood, just go to cbssf.com/gas. then you can enter your zip code. live in south san francisco, cate caugiran, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> some thieves found a way around the rising gas prices. they stole nearly 1,000 gallons worth from the station in roseville near sacramento. the manager says they struck three separate times disabling the pump to fill a large tank in the back of a pickup truck when the station was closed. they also hit once when it was opened. so far no arrests have been made. >>> i don't know if he received it yet but the chamber of commerce should send lawrence karnow a big thank you note for an unbelievable weekend. >> it was so nice. i dressed warm to watch the blue angels on saturday and it was beautiful. >> it was beautiful. the clouds broke and boy, it was perfect for flying weather and everything. we had all the festivities around the bay area. probably a similar day today although we'll likely see some clouds moving in late in the day and then maybe a chance of showers as we head into tonight

he th -- range resources. >> not only is there natural gas in the oil well but there is natural gas that is coming from the production activities of range. the oil and gas regulator decide to do review the matter himself. >> there is no way in the world range had anything to do with the natural gas that might have been. >> indeed when he took his claim to state court the judge found that rich didn't screw that garden hose on to a water spigot but instead intentionally attached it to a methane gas vent, a common feature on many private water wells because methane gas is often found there. then they hit the record button and lit the escaping gas. >> oh my god. look at that. >> texas district court judge found that alyssa rich produced quote a deceptive video calculated to alarm the public into believing the fracking operations of a company called range resources were endangering human life. >> not only would she be back she passed that information on to reach 6th epa and they took it and ran with it as well. >> so range resources ultimately accused. >> they were falsely accused. this is an

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, one electric, one gas. the gas motor only kicks in when electric power is running low. compared to other popular hybrids and full gasoline cars its size, the volt is cheaper to drive over the long term even though at close to $40,000, it's more expensive to begin with. >> i can take the car up to san francisco and putter around the whole day and come back and barely use any gas and when i'm commuting to work, i don't use any gas at all. >> reporter: just think about that last line, gas-free commuting. that's one of the reasons why the government is giving big subsidies on cars like this. it retails for sticker price $45,000. but you can get about $10,000 in discounts a big chunk of that coming from the government. they want people to be in these types of vehicles. >> all right. len ramirez in the south bay, thank you. >>> now to find the cheapest gas in your neighborhood, log on to cbssf.com/gas. >>> it's not a done deal yet but the alameda county sheriff is looking into using drones to help fight crime and

go easy on the gas and brake pedals. they will use more gas. drive the speed limit going slower to concern fuel and lighten the load. a lighter view uses less gas. for the cheapest gas in your neighborhood, go to our website. live in emeryville, sharon chin, cbs5. >>> all right, you've got plans to come into san francisco this weekend? good luck. you will not be alone. a million extra people are expected to flood the city as well and their cars. this is a live look. lit up for the giants. it is peaceful right now, sure, but it will be a different story tomorrow with a bunch of events going on. you've heard about this. earlier today, the gridlock and as you have been expecting the same this weekend. some people are calling it the world series of transportation. the city has activated their emergency operation center, the best way to get in and out of the city, don't drive, take public transportation. >>> here's what's on tap just tomorrow. you've got fleet week, america's cup, the giants are playing. all along the water front. add to that the ha

solutions for the record breaking gas more headlines 30 minutes away. and now back to bulls and bears only on fox. >> here is a history breaking number that's breaking our pocket books. gas prices are on track to close at a record high for the year and consumers are getting squeezed. the white house saying tapping our emergency oil reserve is on the table. but some lawmakers urging the president to shelf that idea and tobin, you agree with him, why? >> yes, i turned into tobin, i like that. and first off, the problem is not the oil issue, the problem is refinery problems, not only disasters at refineries, the switchover that happens between september and october and it's not done yet. so our problem with gasoline prices, is gasoline refining, nothing to do with oil, number one. and we need that for when times get rough and listen, we have iran and israel still in a sort of of shouting match. it's not for gasoline prices. >> gary b. we've released the oil recertifies of only three times in history and each time oil prices come down a little bit. and then

natural gas liquids with the gas, propanes, butanes.apital where the better economics are. investors look for companies with significant inventories of liquid rich opportunities because they're making greater profitability on companies rather than just dry gas plays. david: wilbur ross is usually always ahead of the curve. he says china has huge natural gas deposits heretofore unknown about. he heard about it. they have come to ask him whether or not u.s. drillers, u.s. explorers could get into china to pull some of that out. they're not familiar with the latest fracking technology. is that anything you could get into? >> that wouldn't be something our company would necessarily do but with re are finding a lot of companies, not just chinese companies, particular any in asia, coming to the u.s. and investing in oil and gas markets. part of it is for strategic reasons to understand how to develop the shale rock and take that technology and use it other places internationally. china has significant shale reserves. there is lot less known a

blaming high gas prices on the heat is farfetched. >> the gas company finds any reason they can. if it's going to be the heat, it's just another excuse. >> reporter: if california doesn't pick up production soon we could see a worse case scenario of $5 gas. for the lowest gas prices check out cbssf.com. >> how does someone disappear without a trace? that's what family and friends of a missing bay area man want to know. he was last seen leaving a friend's house just a couple of blocks from home. that was two weeks ago. juliet good rich on the heart felt search to figure out what happened. >> i really think he's going to come home soon. >> reporter: friends and family gather at sacred hart and church to pray for eric garcia's safe return home. this guy with a big heart went missing mysteriously. >> it's out of character for my brother. >> reporter: he left a friend's house on a harley davidson. he got a phone call and said he'd be back. his home two blocks away police say they have no leads, no trace of him. it's like he just vanished. >> when he wasn't home that next morning when

, gas is going to get more expensive every year because there's less of it. get use today that. >> and larry, do you think it's a good idea. no, releasing the strategic petroleum reserve is no way to solve our nation's long-term energy problems. that's what we need to do. in addition to what toby says about infrastructure. california prices are up 20 to 30 cents in a day and this is no national supply destruction. because we haven't built a refinery since the mid 70's and because of energy infrastructure is lacking. we don't have the pipelines to transport the energy and one more point, it's also not just the fear premium. we have the purchasing price of the dollar. it's no coincidence the fact that oil prices, gasoline is up 100% since inauguration day and the debt is up more than 50% and gold is soaring through the roof there's no coincidence, the dollar, it's a factor in the equation and should be addressed. >> thank you. gas prices aren't the only thing addressing our economy right now the fiscal cliff, train wreck of automatic tax hikes and spending, and