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0Video: Kermit, Miss Piggy rip into Fox over claims of anti-oil, liberal Muppet messages 1328058180
What's next, Tom and Jerry vs. PETA? "The Muppets" characters Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy are going toe to toe with Fox News after the news organization accused "The Muppets" movie of peddling liberal-backed, anti-oil messages to unsuspecting children. Speaking in a press conference ...
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Why alternative energy has a hard time: fossil fuels get 250 subsidies 1325891160
If you think ending the ethanol subsidy puts all fuel sources on an equal footing, think again. While there has been a great deal of vitriol directed toward subsidies for alternative energy and plug-in vehicles, very little has been heard about the ways in which fossil fuels are given a huge ...
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Study: Global spending on advanced oil, gas exploration tech to hit $10.17 billion in 2011 1317427260
Although the Arctic has incredible potential energy resources – the United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimates 90 billion barrels of undiscovered oil and 1,668 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered gas – extracting that fuel will be costly. A calculated and cautious approach to ...
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Biofuel breakthrough? Valero to extract corn oil during ethanol production process 1316549460
Back in March of 2011, a Valero representative posted this response to a question on a Yahoo! Finance message board:
Thank you for your interest in Valero Energy. We do not currently extract corn oil at out ethanol plants, but this technology is under consideration and may be implemented in ... -
Did you know Venezuela has the most oil? Meet the man in charge of it 1314213000
Quick, name the country certified by OPEC as number one in national oil reserves. Saudi Arabia? No. Canada? Nope. Venezuela? Bing! After redefining as extra-heavy crude a field previously classified as tar, OPEC certified the South American nation of Venezuela as the controller of the world's ...
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City of Akron partners with Greenstar Recycling, Vadxx Energy to convert used plastics to oil 1314108780
Greenstar Recycling is partnering with the City of Akron to increase recycling in Ohio's fifth largest metropolitan area. Greenstar says it will construct a "state-of-the-art" recycling facility within the corporate limits of Akron. A city with a recycling facility is usually not worthy of ... -
Gasoline demand falls to 10-year low in July 1314027840
The American Petroleum Institute (API) reports total petroleum deliveries (a measure of demand) fell by 0.5 percent in July, compared to the same month in 2010. Though miniscule, July marks the first time in 2011 that deliveries actually dropped when compared to the previous month. Perhaps more ...
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Global oil consumption hits all-time high of 87.4 million barrels a day 1313509560
What global recession? After falling 1.5 percent from 2008 to 2009, global oil consumption soared to an all-time high of 87.4 million barrels per day in 2010, according to the online Vital Signs report published by Worldwatch Institute. The 3.1 percent increase in consumption in 2010 easily makes ...
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Report: U.S. oil imports drop sharply; so what does it mean? 1313272560
U.S. oil production peaked in 1970; U.S. oil consumption did not. As a logical result, the importation of oil from other countries has increased over the decades until it accounted for two thirds of the petroleum used in the United States in 2008. However, that rise has not been steady. Several ...
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Green: The Gulf oil spill looks small when compared to what Shell's done to Nigeria 1313107260
BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year has moved off the front pages in most of the nation, though the damage done to the environment and economy of the Gulf region is far from repaired. However, at least that spill once had some attention from the nation and the world. In the ...
