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Sitting on the Pipeline: Do You Want the Oil, or Not? - Jack H. Schick
Three years ago Trans-Canada Corporation filed with the United States Government for a permit to build a 2,000 mile pipeline that would carry crude oil from Alberta to refineries in Texas. Our neighbors to the north have discovered and are developing a tar sand deposit that contains enough oil to... Submitted 193 days 14 hours ago.

Technology Takes 2 Steps Back in Order to Satisfy the 'Green' - Nancy Daniels
Last fall I bought a new dishwasher because my old one finally gave up the ghost. My husband had worked on it for months and was able to keep it running; but, come Thanksgiving, it was questionable if it would last through the holidays. So I looked, compared, and finally decided on a Whirlpool.... Submitted 263 days 16 hours ago.

Wisdom, Knowledge, and the Folly of Nuclear Power - Ken McCreless
Greetings Fellow Travelers … What a horrific, cataclysmic, if not Apocalyptic time for the nation of Japan! Shaken apart by an earthquake, slammed by a tsunami, and living day-to-day with what appears to be an ever-increasing threat of at least one reactor going into full-on meltdown.... Submitted 330 days 20 hours ago.

Speculation, Oil Hit $100 a Barrel Yesterday, Cracker Jacks.. Ehh Who Cares - David Levitt
Q: What does Cracker Jacks and oil have in common? A: Nothing, absolutely nothing. Cracker Jacks, ehh..take 'em or leave 'em. Oil affects almost everything in our lives, from the price it takes to get the Cracker Jacks to market, to our National security. So why pray tell are the speculation... Submitted 351 days 12 hours ago.

Ongoing Investigation of Oil Spill, Now Centering On Communication - Joel Hendon
The unusual accident that occurred with the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible floating drilling unit has been under intense investigation from day one, which was April 20, 2010. The explosion which cracked the well case and the resulting fire, caused the death of 11 of the workers and injured 17... Submitted 1 year 170 days ago.

British Gas Profits Soar, Gas Prices Drop Yet Prices Don’t. People, People Why all the Shock? - - Connor Davidson
You've probably heard the news that Gas and electricity giant British Gas made a pretty penny last year. Perhaps, a pretty penny is an understatement: they made 600 billion of them or - in other words - 600 million pounds (about $915 million). Naturally, people are more than just grumpy about... Submitted 1 year 349 days ago.

What Comes With Cap And Trade? - - Joel Hendon
For those who think Cap and Trade means swapping baseball head gear, listen up. The entire Cap and Trade subject is that of reducing emissions into the atmosphere, mainly of CO2, but will include pollutants also. CO2 is the fall guy, or scape goat for Al Gore and the U.N. goal of securing a world... Submitted 2 years 104 days ago.

Condoleezza + Gaddafi = More Oil! - Roschelle Nelson
Our beloved Condoleezza Rice is in Tripoli...no...that's not a typo. She's in Libya on a "diplomatic" visit to meet and talk with Moammar Gaddafi today to hail the West's reconciliation with the one-time pariah state, becoming the first US Secretary of State to visit in half a century. Hopefully... Submitted 3 years 158 days ago.

Use Freedom to Protest or Use it to Attest? Oil Tycoon, T. Boone Pickens - - Jean Purcell
"Oilman T. Boone Pickens says the present foreign-oil-dependency of the U. S. is something we can't drill our way out of.'" That is the headline, and I look forward to the next ad by this oil leader. Pickens intends to present his views through TV ads. The first is already viewable. I... Submitted 3 years 216 days ago.

The Pentagon's Battle Plan Is To Go Green - James Smith
The vote was 324-84 as the United States House of Representatives recently approved legislation allowing the Justice Department to sue members of OPEC . The House bill blames OPEC for limiting oil supplies and working together to set crude prices. In effect, it says that gas and oil prices in... Submitted 3 years 239 days ago.

Why Another Economic Bubble In Oil? - Missing Link
My grandmother was a conspiracy theorist. Nanny, as we called her, saw communists behind every bush. I don't know if being a conspiracy theorist is genetic or psychological but I have a touch of it myself. If a definition of conspiracy theory is the tendency to think about how specific events fit... Submitted 3 years 242 days ago.

A Large Price to Pay for a Gallon of Gasoline - - Jennifer Cuddy
As we all painfully know, gasoline prices have soared from approximately $1.50 a gallon to as high as $4.65 a gallon since the Bush administration came into office. Many believe that this sudden rise in the price gouging of oil is due to the war in Iraq - a sort of sanction placed upon us for our... Submitted 3 years 275 days ago.

Another Explosion Hits the Already Beleaguered Gulf - Joel Hendon
According to the Coast Guard, they received a call at 9:19 A.M. this morning from a neighboring rig , the Vermillion 380 was on fire. And then about 10:00 A.M., a helicopter pilot reported that he had seen 13 men in the water near the burning rig in special suits. The thirteen men were all picked... Submitted 1 year 161 days ago.

Three Cheers for Thad Allen - - Walter Rhett
How Admiral Thad Allens command of logic trumped BPs lack of science. Three cheers for Thad Allen! The National Incident Commander who heads the Deepwater Horizon Unified Command, the national response team for the Gulf disaster caused by the blow out of the BP oil well, in these times of... Submitted 1 year 207 days ago.

Testing of New Gulf Oil Cap In Progress, After Delays - Joel Hendon
After a weekend of discussions with federal authorities and environmentalists over the new cap's possibilities of success or failure, BP began testing the cap on Wednesday. They say there is no assurances that it will hold, however, it shows more promise than anything else which has been... Submitted 1 year 211 days ago.

Gulf Oil Spill the Missing Reports - - James Bond
While reports abound about when the oil from the horizon oil spill will reach the loop current and Gulf Stream very little has been said about the toll this spill has already taken on wildlife in the immediate area. Little or no press has been given to the dead dolphins that have washed up on the... Submitted 1 year 264 days ago.

Meeting Energy Needs For The Future - - Richard Vail
Energy, What To Do? While I do disagree with those who believe that anthropomorphic global warming I do support many of the things they endorse, though for economic reasons. Thus, in North America, we have enough coal to last for at least the next 400 years at conservative estimates, that... Submitted 2 years 79 days ago.

The Gasoline and Heating Fuel Quagmire - Sandra E. Graham
Well, even President Obama is telling us there is a slight upturn in the economic slump. I have noticed that the stock market has turned up just a bit-at least, the stock I'm watching has. So, do we dare hope that we have sunk as deep as we will go into this sludge-pit of economic problems? ... Submitted 2 years 306 days ago.

America's Oil Addiction: from Standard Oil to OPEC to Bandar Bush - Jeff Brown
It all began with John D. Rockefeller, owner of a small produce commission business who saw a good thing in the refinery business. Along with his partner at the time and two other men, he formed Clark & Rockefeller and built an oil refinery in 1863. At this time, petroleum was used mainly to... Submitted 2 years 330 days ago.

Will Home Heating For America's Poor Become Cost Prohibitive? - Joel Hendon
With our economy in the doldrums, plus our government warning us that it will get worse before it gets better, plus energy costs pushing the roof off, what is to be done? Frankly, they are already to that point with many and it appears to be growing worse. We are heading into a period where... Submitted 3 years 14 days ago.

Do Low Gasoline Prices Provide Delusional Benefits? - Joel Hirschhorn
I am as happy as anyone to be able to fill up my car's gas tank without spending a small fortune. It still amazes me that the price, now well below $2 per gallon, has dropped so much over just a few months. But even as I fill my tank I find myself questioning the long term effects of what appears... Submitted 3 years 68 days ago.

Two Men With A Bold New Strategy - - David Tanguay
Our nation is going through a grave crisis today with not only the high cost of oil but also the future looks bleak for upcoming generations. T. Boone Pickens and Al Gore have some very ambitious and bold proposals set forth to bring about a brighter future. Our nation has been through difficult... Submitted 3 years 197 days ago.

Will We Ever See Cheap Gas Again? - Terry Mitchell
With the way gas prices are soaring these days, many people are wondering if we'll ever see cheap gas again. I believe we most certainly will and we won't have to wait a lifetime for it either. How can I be so optimistic? Well, there are three major reasons why I can be reasonably certain that... Submitted 3 years 212 days ago.

Does T. Boone Pickens Have A Personal Agenda? - - Dan Bimrose
Many of us have started to see T. Boone Pickens new commercial touting wind power and the use of natural gas for cars. While I was spending some time researching what it is exactly that Mr. Pickens wants to do I came across several negative comments concerning his motives for pushing to use wind... Submitted 3 years 215 days ago.

Nancy Pelosi, Congress and High Gasoline Prices - - Josh Greenberger
(June 2008) Nancy Pelosi will probably go down in history as the greatest enemy-from-within this country has ever had. As bad as Bush's ratings are, the Democratic Congress' is even worse, and Nancy Pelosi scrapes the bottom of the barrel. Her claim of not opening more offshore drilling... Submitted 3 years 217 days ago.