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Drumbeat: December 17, 2009
3 hours ago ago from The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future
Iran defiant in face of new US gasoline sanctions New US sanctions on international companies that sell gasoline to Iran would raise Tehran’s energy bill but won’t devastate the Iranian economy, say financial analysts in the Islamic Republic. Iranian government officials were defiant Wednesday, saying that the country has many suppliers. “If any refiners or trading houses for any reason can not supply us gasoline... we will refer to our ...
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4 hours ago ago from DYSPEPSIA GENERATION
Read it . And learn. The Big Energy Lie goes something like this: The United States has only 2-3% of the world’s oil reserves, but consumes 25% of global production. Those words have been uttered by our Dear Leader as well as his Secretaries of Energy and Interior. The idea justifies “progressive” Administration policies ranging from “green jobs” to Cap and Trade to foreign affairs. And they are deliberately designed to ...
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23 hours ago ago from Todays Technology and Alternative Energy
Author: Devin Hunter Date: 12/15/2009 The development of alternative energy was a large part of every United States candidate’s platform in the recent Presidential election. The arguments from the candidates, both Democrat and Republic, were similar: we need to gain energy independence from Middle Eastern oil producers; we need to stop polluting the environment by burning fossil fuels; and we need to build a new, robust alternative ...
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15 hours ago ago from Renewable Energy
Amidst skyrocketing oil prices, considerable financial activity in the oil market, and increased gas prices, producing and consuming nations alike are concerned about efficiency and supply. World Energy recently spent an afternoon with Matthew Simmons, president of the energy investment firm Simmons & Company International and author of Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy, to hear his perspective on oil ...
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The Time Has Come for Energy Independence
16 hours ago ago from Media General - SCNow.com
Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This The Time Has Come for Energy Independence Robert Q. Williams is a South Carolina State Representative and Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran. Published: December 16, 2009 As a veteran, I have seen firsthand the effects of America's dangerous dependence on ...
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22 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
By Matt Phillips Gains in the energy sector accelerated after crude prices rose following the latest report on oil inventories from the Energy Information Administration. The agency reported that crude inventories fell 3.7 million barrels in the week that ended Dec. 11. The energy sector is up 1.2%, with some of the top gainers including Peabody Energy (+2.9%), Anadarko Petroleum (+3.1%) and Range Resources (+5.2). Range Resources ...
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19 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
We're hearing a lot of raised voices on the left side of the aisle as progressives square off into two camps. Some want to accept the Senate's health bill as is while others want it scrapped, and both views deserve a hearing. But there are some assumptions behind the pro-Senate position that seem more implausible or naïve the more you consider them. Before some progressives lecture others on "getting real," it's worth taking a closer look at ...
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48 minutes ago ago from U.S. News
Union frustrated with Obama on Senate health bill WASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of a politically powerful union voiced deep disappointment Thursday over President Barack Obama's concessions to get health care overhaul through the Senate this year but stopped short of urging Democrats to kill the bill. In an open letter to 2.1 million union members, Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, said he hopes a government ...
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14 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
It didn't have to be this way. It really didn't. The epic struggle for healthcare reform is entering its final days in Washington. And the Democrats (being Democrats) have managed to snatch political suicide from the jaws of legislative victory. But, I keep thinking, it didn't have to be this way. If we had had some real leadership from two key Democrats named Obama and Reid, we wouldn't be where we are now. Democrats have now positioned ...
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