US: High Costs Hit Working Class
If the matter of America’s energy dependence is not answered in the next few decades, costs could grow faster than expenses related to health care.
Wesley Brown
Methane in deep earth: A possible new source of energy
Labratory experiments reveal the possibility that large amounts of methane may be generated in the Earth’s mantle. Unfortunately the reaction is likely to occur at a depth of 100-200km.
Digging Deep
Even remote patches of oil are starting to look more and more attractive.
Hybrid Fiction
Even $50 a barrel can’t wean the world from oil. Only government can do that.
Turbulent times for US airline companies
Storms, skyrocketing fuel prices, cutthroat competition and labor costs have shaped turbulent times for US airlines, and the troubles are starting to trickle down to the low-cost carriers.
Extinct Species Take Others Along, Study Finds
More than 6,000 species of butterflies and other insects, as well as mites, fungi and assorted unloved but important species, will also be wiped out when listed endangered species go extinct, scientists said.
Trading Blood For Oil
Fresh Aire’s Terry Gross interviews ‘Blood and Oil’ author, Michael Klare
Have 1,000 U.S. Souls Died for Oil?
The tragic milestone of 1,000 U.S. deaths in the Iraqi quagmire should cause introspection about why the United States really went to war and whether it has been worth it.
Taking Back the Food System: Organizing for Food Justice in California
A Report on the Second California Community Food Security Summit.
Exxon CEO: Oil Isn’t Going Away, But…
“For the next 20 years, growth in the world economy is going to raise demand by oil and oil equivalents from something on the order of 65 to 85 million barrels a day, to 330 million [barrels], which is a huge, huge number. It’s like eight Saudi Arabias.”
Election Calls for US Oil Independence a Pipe Dream
U.S. election-year pledges by both presidential candidates to wean the nation from its foreign oil dependence have vote-winning potential but may be just a pipe dream, energy experts say.
Significance of US/Venezuela oil connection is worthy of note
The significance of the US/Venezuela oil connection is worthy of note. The proximity of this source of imported oil to our Gulf of Mexico oil portals gives them major “ace in the hole” status.
