Saturday, May 19th, 2012

T. Boone Pickens is all over TV. Commercial spots, interviews on all the cable channels, countless comments on the ‘Net. His ‘Pickens Plan’ 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 [...]

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So, you think that crude prices can drop 25% in a month and not be noticed by our friends at OPEC? The minute that we are ready to sigh a collective sigh of relief from lowering gasoline prices, OPEC is looking to shut off the tap faster than Dean Wormer put Delta House on “Double [...]

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Each day, I add links for some relevant comment I encounter as I scour the Net for your review on my Blogworthy page. Today is no exception; one of my favorite subjects – Hugo Chavez – is one of my features today. Before you go to your favorite Citgo station or accept free home heating [...]

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Two months ago, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Hugo Chavez couldn’t break wind without the price of crude going up $5 per barrel. Now, they barely get a mention on the MSM – with few exceptions. What happened? Cluephone is ringing: it’s called capitalism!

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The Jets vs. The Sharks Ali vs. Frazier Coke vs. Pepsi Iraq vs. Iraq?

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Right about now, somewhere in Beijing, there is a frustrated scientist – who is a closeted General Hospital watcher – who wishes he was allowed to follow in the footsteps of Mikkos Cassadine and build his own weather machine. This poor sap would be a dang hero today!

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I often write about our energy independence. In order to be in more control of economy, we need to greatly reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy. Why do I say this? Let’s have a look to the South, shall we?

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The folks at the Wall Street Journal are brilliant (most days) and I find myself reading the WSJ in print and online every day. When a topic hits the opinion page, it’s usually a great piece of analysis. Today was no exception.

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The leading industrialized nations meet in Japan. Hoist a few glasses of Sake and announce an environmental accord to reduce greenhouse gasses. Bravo! The world has been saved from its inhabitants!! Am I referring to Kyoto? Yes. Am I referring to the current G-8 summit? Yes again.

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I didn’t realize that when I wrote the original post on the Iraqi oil fields that it would become a series!

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