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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>Tune in to The Armchair Energist on BlogTalkRadio.com</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/12/01/tune-in-to-the-armchair-energist-on-blogtalkradiocom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you end your Thanksgiving Weekend &#8211; promising yourself that the diet starts tomorrow, I have been prepping for my first Blog Talk Radio show. The topic: OPEC&#8217;s take on a &#8216;reasonable&#8217; price for oil. You can join the show by clicking on the button below or call in to the show at (646) 929-0724. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OPEC: Long on Oil, Short on Answers</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/10/30/opec-long-on-oil-short-on-answers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OPEC has the oil &#8211; but they don&#8217;t have the answers. Since the first oil embargo back in the early 1970&#8242;s, every time that OPEC was looking to hold their power over us, they would play the crude card. It worked more often than not. So, now that we are in a global financial pinch, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil Slips Below $67 &#8211; Can OPEC Halt the Slide?</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/10/23/oil-slips-below-67-can-opec-halt-the-slide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economic recession. Plentiful stock. Reduced consumption. Can you say &#8216;soft market&#8217;? OPEC has called for an emergency meeting with plans to stop the downward march in crude price to 50% off its high of just 3 months ago. Maybe the OPEC nations should thank the speculators for boosting crude by perhaps an additional 20% when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worldwide Economies Tanking  Affects Gas Tanks</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/10/09/worldwide-economies-tanking-affects-gas-tanks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in the US, we are finally seeing gas prices ease &#8211; not enough in my opinion, but there is downward movement. The bad news &#8211; who has the bucks these days to burn? The pain is everywhere and no one is spared. Take the OPEC countries, for example. Even though it costs less than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahead of the Curve (Unfortunately!)</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/18/ahead-of-the-curve-unfortunately/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I am new to blogging for the most part (3 months), I like when I get &#8216;ahead&#8217; of a story. Each morning, I pore through tons of stories and bring the best of the best to you. As it sometimes happens, I read (or in this case, hear) an analysis of the story I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The death of OPEC, suggests MSN Money</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/11/the-death-of-opec-suggests-msn-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Douglas McIntyre, is an editor at 24/7 Wall St. and had an interesting observation on MSN&#8217;s Money page today. Saudi Arabia left OPEC&#8217;s meeting and stated &#8216;we will continue to supply oil&#8217;. Unlike leaders of Venezuela and Iran, who must stand on ceremony and bash the West at every turn, the Saudis are throwing their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Less Mean More?</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/10/does-less-mean-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TAE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were a few seemingly conflicting stories is the past day. As I wrote yesterday, OPEC was going to leave production output the same for the next few months &#8211; adopting a &#8216;wait and see&#8217; approach on the global economy. I woke up this morning and was excited to read that on the London Exchange, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sit Down, You&#8217;re Rockin&#8217; the Boat</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/09/sit-down-youre-rockin-the-boat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/09/sit-down-youre-rockin-the-boat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TAE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At today&#8217;s OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, OPEC is resisting calls to cut production and states that the market is currently balanced between output, consumption, inventories and market price. Crude oil is still well over $100, gasoline, heating oil prices and fuel oil prices here in the United States and in Europe are still very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gulf States to OPEC: &#8220;Not So Fast!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/08/gulf-states-to-opec-hold-that-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/08/gulf-states-to-opec-hold-that-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TAE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I noted that Iran and Venezuela were vying to defend $100/bbl oil and push OPEC to cut output levels. Led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the Gulf States are countering that position and will fight to keep production level. The consensus is that while crude has softened by $40/bbl since its high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gloomy Times In Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/03/gloomy-times-in-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.armchairenergist.com/2008/09/03/gloomy-times-in-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TAE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we equate supply and demand in oil and terrorism, the Iranian government must be faced with quite an conundrum. Now that control of the Anbar province has been turned-over to the Iraqis, I&#8217;m sure they will call for a cut in the terrorists they are exporting to Iraq. After all, as crude flirts with [...]]]></description>
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