1 month ago
Eric Meyer : Energetically Wrong - Good to know that our nation's foremost energy expert has a sharp and steady command of the facts in her area of expertise.
deusx : FactCheck.org: Energetically Wrong - "Palin says Alaska supplies 20 percent of U.S. energy. Not true. Not even close."
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2 month ago
deusx : Barack Obama | Obama HQ Blogger: Barack in Lansing, MI: "We must end the age of oil in our time." - "We simply cannot pretend, as Senator McCain does, that we can drill our way out of this problem. We need a much bolder and much bigger set of solutions. We have to make a serious, nationwide commitment to developing new sources of energy and we have
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4 month ago
Linkorama : Finally, a car that runs on water! - "Energy made from water," as Hirasawa says, "is not a dream story anymore We hope many people will join us in our challenge to promote the use of our WES, for the better future of the earth," he added in a statement.
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nelson : Saudi oil production - Someone analyzes Google overhead imagery in great detail to divine what's going on in Saudi oil fields
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9 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Fuel Economy - Fuel Economy: fun to compare with other people
Rod Begbie : Fuel Economy - US Gov't fuel economy site, which lets you upload your information and compare MPGs with others. My 2001 Civic's giving me 30 MPG, and that seems to be pretty reasonable. [via] #
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cameron : Man seeks to turn obesity into a source of fuel - Kill two birds with one stone. Except, of course, that the entire thing is a hoax (poor Pittsburgh).
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31 month ago
joshua : Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom
gleuschk : Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom. - oops
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31 month ago
jimray : Oil Standard, Greasemonkey conversion of US Dollars to Barrels of Oil - Useless, but no less fun
cobra libre : oil standard - "Oil Standard is a web browser plug-in that converts all prices from U.S. Dollars into the equivalent value in barrels of crude oil." [via] #
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33 month ago
jimray : Exxon: America will always rely on foreign oil - Or, to put it more bluntly, "Fuck you, George, we used to be homeys"
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33 month ago
WillPate : Amazon.com: "Boiling Point" by Ross Gelbspan - Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Ross Gelbspan's book about climate change, oil industry lobbying, PR spinsters, politicians and lazy journalists.
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35 month ago
kellan : ExxonMobil: "Blood for Oil" - BB calls it "unintentionally ironic", looks like an explicit, twisted joke to me. #
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36 month ago
deusx : Oil Execs to Be Asked to Justify Profits - Yahoo! News - "There is growing distress among both Republicans and Democrats in Congress about the huge profits reported by oil companies last week."
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37 month ago
kellan : More Bikes Than Cars Sold in US This Year - Nice! (and interesting Boston area blog) #
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38 month ago
deusx : CNN.com - Presidential gasbill gets steeper - Aug 24, 2005 - "About the only vehicle Bush has much say in is the 2001 white Ford F250 pickup he keeps on his ranch. At the nationwide gasoline average of $2.61 a gallon, it would cost at least $75 to fill the Ford's tank. The 1999 four-wheel-drive model gets 13 miles
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38 month ago
kellan : might suggest this sudden outbreak of rationality has something to do with the fact that Ms. Rice's old employer, Chevron, is having its financial balls squeezed hard by Chavez - How did I not see any of this in the Grey Lady this morning? #
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39 month ago
deusx : Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | US 'backed illegal Iraqi oil deals' - "The United States administration turned a blind eye to extensive sanctions-busting in the prewar sale of Iraqi oil, according to a new Senate investigation." Any voters' remorse yet? Anyone else convinced they're crooks?
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deusx : MSN Money - Extra: SUV owners get free gas -- courtesy of Uncle Sam - "It's hard to think of a worse formula for wrecking the country."
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43 month ago
deusx : The Detroit Project - by Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars - 'Welcome to "The Detroit Project," our grassroots campaign to prod Detroit automakers to build cars that will get Americans to work in the morning without sending us to war in the afternoon -- cars that will end our dependence on foreign oil.'
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53 month ago
deusx : Biodiesel Boom Well-Timed - "Higgins said most diesel vehicles do not have to be modified to burn biodiesel, and auto manufacturers support fueling their vehicles with biodiesel, which burns cleaner than standard fuel."
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