油价又开始飙升了，洛杉矶的油价已经达到了每加仑5美元。司机们也不出所料地纷纷表示抗议，媒体也要义务性地摇旗呐喊一下，尤其是在地方电视台的新闻节目上。让愤怒的市民在镜头前愤怒声讨，这是新闻编导们最喜欢干的事。

    共和党人也不失时机地扇风点火。奥巴马的竞选对手们把油价上涨的责任都推到奥巴马头上，有些人还承诺等他们入主白宫后，会让油价降回落到每加仑2.5美元的水平。说不定他们还会带回来15美分一个的麦当劳汉堡呢。过不了多久，就会有一些人民公仆站出来说话，敦促政府开放战略石油储备（the Strategic Petroleum Reserve），以免美国人民把越来越多的钱花在这种日益萎缩的稀缺资源上。

    很多司机可能连沙特王子谁是谁都搞不清楚，但他们却都沉浸在开烧油车的快感中。不过那是在油价还算便宜的时候，现在他们正在为此付出代价。今天就为大家列出几款最有名的烧油机器。

Fuel for the fire

    Gas prices are spiking again -- $5 a gallon for regular in Los Angeles -- and drivers are predictably up in arms. The obligatory media frenzy is stoking their passions -- particularly on local news shows. An easy-to-understand camera-friendly story profiling angry citizens? There's a no-brainer for news directors.

    Politicians are certainly doing their part to fan the flames. Obama opponents are blaming the president, and some are even promising to bring back $2.50 a gallon gas. Maybe they'll bring back 15-cent McDonald's hamburgers, too. It won't be long before some public servant speaks up and urges the government to open the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to spare Americans from laying out more cash for a scarce and diminishing resource.

    Meanwhile, drivers who confused themselves with Saudi princes and indulged their inner gas-guzzler when fuel was cheap are paying the price at the pump with their weighty rides. Here are some of their most notable offenders.

雪佛兰巨无霸

    这款有“牛仔凯迪拉克”之称的巨无霸早在1935年就已问世，因此它也是汽车界现存的最长寿的一款车型。它的实用性勿庸置疑，可以载着9名乘客去越野。它在赢利性方面也高居通用（GM）各车型之首。虽然如此之牛，但这款重达近三吨的庞然大物需要一台V8发动机才能带动，在城市道路上每加仑汽油只能跑15英里，高速公路上每加仑汽油也只能跑21英里。它的油箱可以装31加仑，平均每次加油都得花掉100美元以上。

Chevrolet Suburban

    The "Cowboy Cadillac" has been in production since 1935, making it the longest-lived automotive nameplate still on the road. That's a testament to its utility -- carrying up to nine passengers off-road -- and its profitability -- right at the top of GM's income statement. All that capability, however, requires nearly three tons of automobile powered by a V-8 engine that delivers only 15 miles per gallon in the city/21 mpg on the highway. With its 31-gallon fuel-tank, each Suburban fill-up will run you $100 or more.