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	<itunes:summary>Michael Fidanza is The Armchair Energist. News and commentary Monday through Friday on RFCRadio.com.</itunes:summary>
	<itunes:author>Michael Fidanza</itunes:author>
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		<title>The Financial Times Must Read the Armchair Energist Too!</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/10/23/the-financial-times-must-read-the-armchair-energist-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fidanza</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethanol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FT publishes a story I commented on five weeks ago! The ethanol hoax has crossed the pond. According to the Financial Times (h/t NewsBusters.org) The bubble in the ethanol market can be directly attributed to the US government&#8217;s mandate that it be added to the gasoline supply. It is one of the largest corporate welfare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never Let Adults Do a 12 Year-old&#8217;s Job</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/19/never-let-adults-do-a-12-year-olds-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fidanza</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ahead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How many years have solar panels been in existence? According to BlurtIt.com, the first silicon solar cell was invented by Russell Ohl in 1941. For the next 67 years, solar cells have been soaking up visible light. So, along comes a 12 year-old and asks &#8216;why does a solar cell only absorb visible light and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas Up, Crude Down</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/13/gas-up-crude-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fidanza</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hurricanes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.armchairenergist.com/?p=731</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In football, it may be like offsetting penalties. Pass interference 30 yards down field but your front line gets called for holding. Geez! Today, crude dropped to the $100 mark &#8211; something it hasn&#8217;t seen since the first week of April. That&#8217;s the good news. The bad news is that Hurricane Ike has impacted much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Once Drunk on Ethanol, Now an Economic Hangover</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/13/once-drunk-on-ethanol-now-an-economic-hangover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fidanza</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethanol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love a very dry, dirty Ketel 1 martini with three olives. After all, I practice what I preach: no food for fuel, and a vodka martini is one of the tenets of my declaration of independence. Bloomberg.com wrote an excellent piece of that state of the ethanol industries. As a government mandate, there was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Syndrome Averted &#8211; 30 Years Later</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/10/china-syndrome-averted-30-years-later/</link>
		<comments>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/10/china-syndrome-averted-30-years-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fidanza</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly thirty years ago, the movie &#8220;The China Syndrome&#8221; debuted to decent reviews. With a cast of popular stars Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas and Jack Lemmon, the movie had a hook with a &#8216;David&#8217; whistle-blower Lemmon taking on the bad corporate &#8216;Goliath&#8217; who rushed a nuclear powerplant despite structural failures. Fonda and Douglas played the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pickens Plan &#8211; Chapter 2</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/02/pickens-plan-chapter-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fidanza</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[T. Boone Pickens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Useful]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First, Boone Pickens came out in favor of wind. His &#8216;Pickens Plan&#8216; was to construct wind and solar farms to take the burden of natural gas powered plants off line, to some degree. Yesterday, the CNG Now group came out with this ad. It seems that compressed natural gas interests are ready to roll out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Smell Gas?</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/08/28/do-you-smell-gas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fidanza</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[T. Boone Pickens]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[T. Boone Pickens is all over TV. Commercial spots, interviews on all the cable channels, countless comments on the &#8216;Net. His &#8216;Pickens Plan&#8217; is to replace natural gas as a power plant fuel with wind and solar sources. The natural gas not used could be used as a source of energy for cars that run [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hypochondriacs Take On Big Wind</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/08/14/hypochondriacs-take-on-big-wind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/08/14/hypochondriacs-take-on-big-wind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fidanza</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind Power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.armchairenergist.com/?p=315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was just a matter of time. T. Boone Pickens wants to push wind and solar energy to reduce the amount of natural gas used to fire power plants. Nancy Pelosi, in her effort to save the planet, embraces Big Wind. Lights went off in the minds of extremists: &#8216;These people must be stopped!&#8217; The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Food For Fuel &#8211; Chapter 2</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/08/14/no-food-for-fuel-chapter-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/08/14/no-food-for-fuel-chapter-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fidanza</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmentalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethanol]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I figured this out a long time ago, and I&#8217;m not even Paris Hilton! Great video&#8230; TAE FLASHBACK -No Food For Fuel &#8211; Chapter 1]]></description>
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		<title>No Food For Fuel &#8211; Chapter 1</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/08/11/no-food-for-fuel-chapter-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/08/11/no-food-for-fuel-chapter-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fidanza</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I thought about of starting this blog, my original title was &#8216;No Food For Fuel&#8217;. One reason was because I thought it was too focused and limiting. It&#8217;s not only about energy, but the forces that drive energy prices, current sources and innovation to bridge us to the next viable energy source. However, some [...]]]></description>
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