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Oil Spikes Due to Fundamentals, not Speculation

j polins posted: Wouldn’t it be nice if those recent oil spikes were entirely due to speculators/investors, and these greedy hedge and pension funds are simply creating an “oil bubble” that will burst sooner or later? According to Iraq’s Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani : more...


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A Great Bubbling: Economics Of Oil Prices

Daniel Yergin posted: The world will never be quite the same. High oil prices are not only changing the political and economic landscapes but they could also change energy itself, because they are stimulating the most widespread drive for technological innovation this sector has ever seen. The pol more...


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As gas and oil prices fall, is the same true for jet fuel?

‘Schmod posted: Are jet fuel prices dropping too? Will air fare change as a result? is now the time to buy plane tickets, or is it better to wait and see how low oil prices will fall? more...


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6 Reasons to Use Biofuels

drohilm posted: 6 reasons to use biofuels. Biofuels is a nickname to renewable fuels from biological source, that can replace fuels that come from fossil fuels like gasoline and diesel. It is now possible to purchase or make yourself biodiesel for diesel engines or ethanol for gasoline engines. The more...


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Texas Considers Alternative Fuels In The Face of Oil Prices: A Run-Down of Choices

Pat Carpenter posted: The dramatic rise in oil prices over the past few years has generated a lot of attention for alternative fuels and alternatively powered vehicles. Environmentalists hail it as the beginning of a revolution and a natural consequence of using non-renewable resources with abandon more...


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Gas Prices Breaking the Bank? How About a Water Powered Car?

Ron Subs posted: We’re in a definite crisis here. Gas and oil prices are extremely high in the world. And consumers are looking high and low to find some relief. Companies have been making water powered cars for a very long time. And just now they’re strutting out on the public scene li more...


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Simple Fuel Efficiency

Randy Bisenz posted: As gas prices have skyrocketed more and more of us are looking for ways to minimize our fuel usage. Almost everyone I know has cut down on their driving to one extent or another, but still we cringe when we have to fill it up a couple to times to make it to that wedding or gra more...


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What are the chances of the oil industry crashing in the near future?

nutz2203 posted: Oil prices seem to be out of control and just seem to keep rising with no end in sight…similar to the stock market in the days before the depression. What are the chances of a crash in the oil industry in the near future? more...


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Is there really justification for raising fuel prices because a refinery had a fire?

Flys with the Eagle posted: The news reports the refinery will be back up and running in 3 weeks. But they are also reporting that because of the fire, crude oil barrell prices went WAY up. Why? We have so much in reserve, I do not understand!!!! Is this the “business men” taking adva more...


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