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United States Could Be Energy Independent If…

November 4th, 2009 · No Comments

The United States could be energy independent if it possessed the collective political will to make it happen.  After all, the country has the largest energy reserves on earth, according to a recently-released Congressional Research Service report.
As shown in the first chart below, the United States’ 1,321 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) tops number [...]

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My First ‘Carbon Credits’ Offer Arrived in the Mail

November 6th, 2008 · 8 Comments

I knew it would happen eventually and, yesterday, it did:  I found my first offer to purchase so-called “carbon credits” had arrived in the mail.
A review of the offer, which arrived in the form of a postcard-size insert inside the envelope carrying my monthly electric bill, left me scratching my head and wondering.
Delivered under the [...]

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T. Boone Pickens Offers Plan to Solve Energy Woes

July 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

America is blessed with the world’s greatest wind power corridor and abundant reserves of clean natural gas, says my fellow Oklahoma State University graduate, T. Boone Pickens. At the same time, it’s facing a three-pronged crisis — economic, environmental and national security — as a result of its dependence on foreign oil. [...]

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Coming Soon: A Solution to Energy Crisis

May 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

By Skunkfeathers
Guest Blogger
Gas at about $3.50/gallon; diesel at over $4/gallon. Per barrel oil prices now at over $120, and projected to go perhaps as high as $200 within a year or two. Folks are seeking answers.
Oil, coal, wind, water and sun. These are the primary sources of energy as used by much of the industrial [...]

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