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This is the place to kick around the smartest and the dumbest ideas out there to deal with the dwindling crude supply

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Iran foreign minister dismisses threat of attack

Iran's foreign minister dismisses the threat of an attack against his country, saying the U.S. isn't in a position to open a second front in the Middle East and Israel has too much political turmoil.

By: Grizz | Updated: 7/2/2008 by Grizz | (1)
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Texas gasmen flood the PA hills with cash

Even before the first cubic foot of gas has been pumped from the Marcellus Shale, the race is on -- in a matter of months, bidding for the right to drill on failing farms has increased by 1,000 percent.

By: seamusm | Updated: 6/29/2008 by seamusm | (3)
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Oils well that ends well, or pump the rump

Looking for a plentiful source of renewable energy? It may be sitting right underneath you, says Barbara Ehrenreich, in HuffPo. She's make the modest proposal of using fat from liposuction to fuel our cars...

By: seamusm | Updated: 6/29/2008 by seamusm | (1)
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Fargo meets Dallas as oil bubbles up ND prairie

It's two miles deep, but it's gettable and its making some old sod ranchers in North Dakota millionaires.

By: (Guest) | Updated: 7/2/2008 by Grizz | (2)
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Iran attack would rip the lid off oil prices

That's the warning from OPEC capo di tutti capo Abdalla Salem El-Badri, who says that if Iran is attacked oil prices would see an 'unlimited' increase.

By: seamusm | Updated: 7/15/2008 by ademers1980 | (6)
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Caprial's Bistro In Portland

Caprial Pence has a cooking show and a great Restaurant!

By: laine | Updated: 7/17/2008 by laine | (1)
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DEPs are having a hard time keeping up

In New York State, where the Marcellus gas play in is full swing, the state's environmental watchdogs are having a hard time adjusting to the new realities.

By: seamusm | Updated: 7/22/2008 by seamusm | (0)
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Consumer Groups Call for Examining PCRM

Advocates feel that "Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine" is promoting veganism at the expense of sound science

By: ademers1980 | Updated: 8/7/2008 by ademers1980 | (1)
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Christian Protestors Forced from Tiananmen Squar

Activists had gathered to protest human rights abuses and pray

By: ademers1980 | Updated: 8/11/2008 by ademers1980 | (2)
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High oil prices spur new petro boom

It's not just coal, though it is seeing a resurgence in Pennsylvania, but oil and natural gas exploration is also on the upswing in the Keystone State.

By: seamusm | Updated: 8/15/2008 by seamusm | (1)

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Russia, Iran, Qatar mull Nat Gas cartel

Iran, Qatar and Russia have agreed to form an OPEC-style organization for gas exporting countries, the Islamic Republic's oil minister said Tuesday after a trilateral meeting in Tehran.

By: seamusm | Updated: 10/21/2008 by seamusm | (1)
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Ike's impact on oil rigs still being evaluated

At least ten rigs appear to have been destroyed in the storm, and there may also have been damage to pipelines carrying crude from the Gulf of Mexico.

By: (Guest) | Updated: 9/14/2008 by (Guest) | (1)
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Worries about Ike's impact on oil production

it is reminiscent of what happened with Rita and Katrina." The first of those storms caused little damage. Katrina was worse because it hit an already weakened infrastructure.

By: seamusm | Updated: 9/13/2008 by seamusm | (1)
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Palin to grant audiences to other media soon

That's what the McCain camp is saying, though they're offering few details.

By: seamusm | Updated: 9/11/2008 by seamusm | (1)
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America's oil fields become deadlier

As America's roughnecks work longer hours to produce more oil to keep up with demand, so too have the number of fatal accidents involving them. They're up 70 percent since 2002.

By: seamusm | Updated: 9/11/2008 by seamusm | (0)
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Sex for Oil scandal may impact drilling debate

"On the eve of Congress starting this big debate you've got a horror story...in programs that are going to be a key part of the discussion," Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said in an interview with the AP, adding that it can't help but influence the debate.

By: seamusm | Updated: 9/11/2008 by seamusm | (0)
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Texans flee by the thousands as Ike bears down

Ike is expected to become at least a Category 3 storm, with winds upward of 111 mph, before it comes ashore, and it's heading right for Houston and the nation's largest oil refinery.

By: seamusm | Updated: 9/11/2008 by seamusm | (1)
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Saudis say they'll ignore OPEC cuts

They'll keep pumping -- despite OPEC's decision effectively reduce the amount of oil on the market -- and I'm sure they'll be able to keep that up at least until the first week of November or so...

By: (Guest) | Updated: 9/10/2008 by (Guest) | (0)
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Gordon Brown disses McCain and backs Obama

The Brit Prime Minister is in a bit of a sticky wicket (whatever the hell that is) after casting his lot with the vast majority of Europeans (and currently fewer than half Americans) and backing Obama.

By: seamusm | Updated: 9/9/2008 by seamusm | (1)
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Did Palin pad her expense account?

The Associated Press is reporting that the Alaska governor bill the state for per diem travel expenses totaling more than $43,000 on some 312 occasions when she was home.

By: seamusm | Updated: 9/9/2008 by seamusm | (1)

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