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Big Oil launches counteroffensive

With all the attention being paid to alternative fuels, it is not surprising that Big Oil should launch a PR counteroffensive. The American Petroleum Institute (API), advertising itself as "the People of America's Oil and Natural Gas Industry," is running a new TV ad, Delivering America's Energy Security, which can be viewed at their website at energytomorrow.com. Their contention is that there is still so much oil under America that we can achieve energy independence without getting off oil for a long time. According to API, there are "112 ... Read more →

Finding a simple gas station in Bali Jeremy Korzeniewski

With gas prices as they are, getting a fill-up can feel a little bit like an adventure -- as in 'just where am I going to locate the money to fill up my Suburban this week?' I don't personally ...

We fill up the tank, we fill up their bank Art Vatsky

I have long had the image that that fuel pump hose filling our gas tanks is really more like a money vacuum. We pump in 10 gallons and make a $35 deposit into the oil cartel bank account. They then ...

DOE & USDA study proves biodiesel massively reduces dangerous emissions Dane Muldoon

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Biodiesel_drastically_reduces_LIFECYCLE_emissions_and_has_4x_net_energy'; The U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have ...

U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserves doubled for energy security Dane Muldoon

In conjunction with other measures to protect the U.S. from crude oil price shocks such as promoting alternative fuel research and production, President Bush has announced an expansion of the U.S. ...

Brunei National Petroleum looks to partner with the Philippines on biofuels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It seems that the biofuels industry continues to expand with the news this week that Brunei National Petroleum Co. is looking to partner with the Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) to build a biodiesel plant in the Philippines. Recently at an Asean Council on Petroleum meeting in Indonesia, PNOC ...

U.S. petroleum demand in 2006 lower than prior two years 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here are some facts from an article on U.S. and worldwide oil demand in 2006: Total U.S. petroleum deliveries, a measure of demand, fell by roughly 1 percent to 20.6 million barrels per day, down from 20.8 in '05 and 20.7 in '04 U.S. consumption of residual fuel oil deliveries fell nearly 27 ...

"I pledge allegiance to getting better mileage" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/I_pledge_allegiance_to_getting_better_mileage'; Oil and Natural Gas Conservation Fortnight has begun in India and that can only mean one thing, its time to get the children to take on oath to conserve petroleum products and educate others to do the same. ...

High oil prices not going away in 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The record oil prices, peaking at US$79.45 a barrel, that were seen in 2006 are not expected to be repeated in the coming year but prices will remain high though 2007, Drive.com.au reports. The price will still be high enough though to annoy motorists and bring in fat profits for the oil companies. ...


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