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- Crude oil: OPEC cartel? Speculation? Unlimited demand?
- Crude oil: OPEC cartel? Speculation? Unlimited demand?Why is Crude Oil Price so High?Why is the Dollar so low?RE: Crude oil: OPEC cartel? Speculation? Unlimited demand?It's pretty easy. OPEC is made up mostly not all mind you, of countries that are not to fond of the US....
- Tags: Auto Industry, OPEC, Crude Oil, cartel
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- Crude oil: OPEC cartel? Speculation? Unlimited demand?
- I am not sure there is a simple explanation for what's happening with crude oil prices. As with any unprecedented run-up in price on anything from Enron stock to tulip futures, there is always a mix of greed, speculation, widespread fear or eagerness, supply issues, etc. Please note...
- Tags: OPEC, Alternative Energy, Oil, Price, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- Next week: oil and troubled waters
- There are two international events next week that pertain to energy markets and the future of green tech. First, the OPEC oil cartel meeting will make a short-term determination that will affect oil prices. The OPEC meeting is Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, and already it's sending crude oil...
- Tags: OPEC, Oil, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-11-30
- A Manhattan Project to bust up OPEC
- A Manhattan Project to bust up OPECHow do you get to work and shopping?Walk? Ride the bus or subway? Writers always seem to think that raising the gas tax will solve all our problems. First, no matter what the government would say about a new tax on gas,...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, nuclear energy, OPEC, Manhattan Project, tax
- Discussion threads 2007-11-30
- Servers bathed in oil
- Servers bathed in oilCray??I seem to remember a story that Cray was looking for the perfect liquid to cool their super-computers back in the 80s. They had tried everything and what turned out to work best was a saline solution that mimicked blood.Oil-cooled computers? What kind of oil?Most...
- Tags: Tom, saline, liquid, server, OPEC, April Fool
- Discussion threads 2007-04-11
- Hydrogen storage for green cars
- Hydrogen storage for green carsOne of these daysPeople are actually going to get educated, throw off the heeled boot of the envirocommunists and realize that the biosphere currently has too little CO2 in it.Hey, trivia question for you: What do greenhouse growers do to boost their crops and cut down...
- Tags: hydrogen, OPEC, storage
- Discussion threads 2006-12-06
- Picture of the day
- Picture of the dayGas prices in TexasWe're only 15 cents behind you here in Texas.Who's responsible? YOU AREBuy Chinese-made crap at Walmart, Chinese use money to buy more oil for themselves - so they can manufacture more junk for Walmart . . .What people fail to realizeis that this will...
- Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., OPEC
- Discussion threads 2006-04-20
- Clinton calls for energy revolution
- Clinton calls for energy revolutionOilIs one of the best energy sources around. It's compact, high-yield, easily transportable and easily refined and used. The only thing better is nuclear fission, though I'll lay good money that Ms. Clinton is not advocating that in her energy policy. It will be some...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, OPEC, oil company, nuclear energy
- Discussion threads 2005-10-25
- Report: High oil prices may mean lower chip sales
- Report: High oil prices may mean lower chip salesThat is a big - DUH !Higher oil prices mean higher prices across the board with lower sales.WHY are oil prices higher?!And before everyone jumps on me (ooh! sounds kinky!) read over some of this:http://www.rense.com/general67/PRICE.HTMhttp://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_business&Number=293951168#Post293951168Oh, and in case you're still dumb enough...
- Tags: Sales strategy, chip, OPEC, oil company, oil, tanker, sales
- Discussion threads 2005-09-08
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- Drill, baby, drill: cheap gasoline, oil a-plenty! Whoopee!
- Drill, baby, drill: cheap gasoline, oil a-plenty! Whoopee!Nice spin, as usual.2025? The CEO of Transocean (the world leader in deep-sea drilling) was questioned about timeframes for drilling sites to come online. He said in no case could he see it taking longer than 5 or 6 years,...
- Tags: cheap gasoline, Whoopee, gasoline
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Tesla plans San Jose manufacturing site for electric car
- Tesla plans San Jose manufacturing site for electric carIf only we the normal peoplecould afford one!RE: Tesla plans San Jose manufacturing site for electric carThis is a major move being missed by the so-called news media. An *American* firm with American technology building energy-sensible automobiles in America with American workers....
- Tags: Tesla, EIA, car, manufacturing site, electric car, manufacturing
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- DECE - Lipstick on the DRM pig
- DECE - Lipstick on the DRM pigRE: DECE - Lipstick on the DRM pigAs long as there is any DRM involve, this is for me.Buy Once -> *cough* *cough* -> Play Anywhere. Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to *cough* *cough* :DWho audits their books?Curious, who is the auditor of Apple's...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, DECE
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Will the $12 computer pwn the $100 laptop?
- Will the $12 computer pwn the $100 laptop?Will it pwn the XO? No, and here's why...the XO and what MIT is cooking up here serve two totally different purposes and audiences. The XO is for teaching children how to collaborate, create content, and learn with a computer. MIT's proposal will...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, laptop computer, CherryPal C100, computer, $100 laptop
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- News to know: 64-bit Windows; JavaFX; Net neutrality; Apple
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Suddenly, 64-bit Windows is mainstream Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player? Larry Dignan: JavaFX SDK preview launches: Can Sun play the RIA game? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft launches new search...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Broadband, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Microsoft Windows, 64-Bit, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Oil climbs peak, economies plumb depressions and the future will not imitate the past
- To maintain any modicum of modern life countries and individuals will increasingly turn to electricity generated from renewable sources. There is no way to dramatically increase the world's oil production, now or in some dreamy future. All the major fossil fuels will be in declining supply by 2025...
- Tags: Oil, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuel, Chris Nelder, Nelder, IEA, U235, Corporate Communications, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Prices up, consumption down--market economics working for gasoline consumers?
- Prices up, consumption down--market economics working for gasoline consumers?Don't PanicSomeone should write "A Hitchiker's Guide to the Fake Oil Crisis."American's are freaking out because we cannot drive our monster SUV's from the distant suburbs each day to work. Two SUV families where mom and dad each take one over 30...
- Tags: Gas Prices, SUV, government, Sure China
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- More oil refineries coming right up. Will this stunt cleantech growth?
- Saudi Arabia is preparing to add more refineries in the next few years. And they plan to begin refining more of their less desirable, more sulphurous, crude oil. Saudi is aiming for an 80% increase in refining capacity. Most refineries in the world can now only handle...
- Tags: Refinery, Canada, Clean Technology, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Just as old media once berated and belittled the Internet as a silly fad, now too with cleantech
- Just as old media once berated and belittled the Internet as a silly fad, now too with cleantechOil vs Bio, etc.You just gotta know that somewhere, perhaps deeply hidden from view, "big oil" has people working on alternatives - bio, electric, or a combination. It just makes sense - I...
- Tags: clean technology
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- How artificial is the crude oil price? Have we passed peak oil?
- How artificial is the crude oil price? Have we passed peak oil?What's wrong with walking to workAlthough I accept that "nobody wants to sit in the dark" the notion that "nobody wants to walk to work" is ridiculous.It is the car addiction of countries like USA that has led...
- Tags: Self-Interest, Oil Prices, oil
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- How artificial is the crude oil price? Have we passed peak oil?
- Here's a map that purports to show how much oil there is in North America and that the supply far exceeds the demand. This website argues greed is driving the high oil price, not shortage. Wait a minute, isn't greed the heart and soul of a free makret...
- Tags: Oil, Petroleum, Clean Technology, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
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