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More oil refineries coming right up. Will this stunt cleantech growth?

More oil refineries coming right up. Will this stunt cleantech growth?I see you're back in scare tactics mode, goodbye ntnt = no text

Tags: cleantech growth, clean technology

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

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

Are you feeling a powerful thirst? Could we run out of beer??

Are you feeling a powerful thirst? Could we run out of beer??Are you feeling a powerful thirst? Could we run out of beer??Whot? No beer?? Dont be daft man, we gotta keep the amber fluid flowing!Whilst everybody is talking about the shortage of potable water for human consumption, nobody seems...

Tags: powerful thirst, thirst, refinery

Discussion threads 2007-10-29

Cellulosic ethanol: A fuel for the future?

Cellulosic ethanol: A fuel for the future?TypicalWe're sopping wet in oil in this country in Alaska, the gulf and the Atlantic Continental Shelf and instead we waste millions of dollars on stupid ethanol plants and run the risk of deforestation. There have already been food riots in mexico because of...

Tags: Tembec, Cellulosic Ethanol, refinery

Discussion threads 2007-08-14

Photos: Britain's refinery inferno

Satellite photos and images shot on the ground show the fire and smoke generated by Sunday's refinery explosion near London.

Tags: refinery, Britain, satellite, London, photograph

Image galleries 2005-12-12

Photos: Britain's refinery inferno

Satellite photos and images shot on the ground show the fire and smoke generated by Sunday's refinery explosion near London.

Tags: refinery, Britain, satellite, London, photograph

Image galleries 2005-12-12

Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour Acid Rain Map (zip)

This is a custom map for Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour. The map takes place in an area polluted by the byproducts of nearby fuel refineries. An ominous black raincloud is a permanent fixture in the skies over this battlefield.

Tags: Battlefield, Refinery

Software downloads 2004-04-19

Oil Tycoon (exe)

From the developer: "Do you have what it takes to become a billionaire in the oil industry? Oil Tycoon! is a business simulation in which your rich Texas uncle died and left you an inheritance of one plot of land, one oil well, one refinery, one storage unit, and one...

Tags: Tycoon, Refinery, Registration Fee, Storage, Hardware

Software downloads 1999-12-14

Sugar Refinery Grows Business With More Efficient Communications Platform

Ingenio y Refineria San Martin del Tabacal Tabacal operates a sugar refinery in northern Argentina. An aging, poorly integrated IT infrastructure impeded Tabacal's growth plans, employee productivity, and communication with remote plantations, distribution centers, partners, and customers. IT staff faced daily server problems at remote facilities, and employees spent too...

Tags: Refinery, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Groupware, Strategy, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Hardware

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It's official gasoline now over $4 per gallon average in U.S.

It's official gasoline now over $4 per gallon average in U.S.Enron Loophole ...the biggest problem IMHO is the Enron Loophole Clinton signed into law that allowed Oil to be traded on the Mercantile Exchange ... aka Commodities Market .. so instead of oil just being sold as a consumable for...

Tags: gasoline, official gasoline

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

In all fairness: here's concise statement of the drill-more-oil position

In all fairness: here's concise statement of the drill-more-oil positionI've always respected George WillEven when we disagree. Now your job is to tell us why he's wrong.Truly amazingly short sightedYou're in your bedroom, your wife has hollered outside for help because in the background your house is on fire,...

Tags: concise statement, fairness, oil

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

Holy power supply, batman, how soon does crude oil hit $150 per barrel?

Holy power supply, batman, how soon does crude oil hit $150 per barrel?I don't get it, there are plenty of rich oilfields!Iraq is very rich in oil. I can't understand why we just won't confiscate some of the oilfields or just start drilling there until the people of Iraq pay...

Tags: power supply, biofuel, oil

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Value Engineering Oil Refinery Course (exe)

This course is, primarily intended for those not seeking save International Module I Certification. Value Engineering VE is a creative, organized approach with the objective of optimizing life cycle costs and of the performance of a system, facility, or building. A certificate of completion is awarded. Version 1.0.01 added all...

Tags: Value Engineering, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2008-05-16

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

Nuclear waste, cheaper than Iraq, more expensive than a new laptop

Nuclear waste, cheaper than Iraq, more expensive than a new laptopThe answer to your questionis that deluded eco-socialists like yourself are the problem. Every time a nuclear waste solution is proposed, your ilk is there at the front lines doing their damndest to shut it down.That's why. Look in the...

Tags: Government, industry, new laptop, nuclear energy, Nuclear waste, more-expensive, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-02-19

"Alternative energy" gets a boost from oil country

Venezuela seems determined to make America's alternative energy companies into successful greentech ventures. Today the Venezuelan national oil company "stopped all sales" to Exxon. This is just the latest salvo in the Exxon v. Venezuela heavyweight match. It began when Venezuela's government took control of all oil plants...

Tags: Venezuela, Alternative Energy, Exxon Mobil Corp., Venezueal, Sales Strategy, Asset Management, Sales, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-02-12

Exxon v. Venezuela and you're the loser in this battle

Exxon v. Venezuela and you're the loser in this battleIs this ZDNET or Meet the Press?I thought that ZDNET was about computers and technology. Are you folks so lazy that you need to report on oil and politics?I can read this crap on CNN or Fox, I don't need...

Tags: oil, Hugo, Exxon Mobil Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

Valero Uses Failover Clustering to Reduce System Recovery Time From Days to Minutes

Valero needed an IT infrastructure with the resiliency to support refinery and business operations in a disaster situation. To protect mission-critical applications and communications, Valero deployed Windows Server 2008 with failover clustering to 90 users in its IT Infrastructure team. It built a two-node failover cluster in Microsoft Exchange Server...

Tags: Recovery, Failover, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Case studies 2008-02-01

Gasoline is so yesterday, what's on tomorrow's menu?

We've blogged here in the past how Europe is already heavily into diesel which is more efficient for running vehicles than gasoline, and now can be burned with less pollution. My blog partner here just recently blogged about the problems the corn/ethanol folks are facing. Corn or sugar...

Tags: Gasoline, Biodiesel, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-12-02

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