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Running on Empty?

Gas is hovering just under $3 per gallon in Austin, far short of the record $4.10 per gallon reached a couple of years ago. But as Matt Largey of KUT News reports, that's not stopping one group from creatively working to wean people off oil because they fear the world will eventually run out of it.

by Matt Largey, KUT News

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Gas is hovering just under $3 per gallon in Austin, far short of the record $4.10 per gallon reached a couple of years ago. But as Matt Largey of KUT News reports, that's not stopping one group from creatively working to wean people off oil because they fear the world will eventually run out of it.

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