Tag archive for ‘Billions’
Gone with the Wind? Pickens’ plan for America.
America is facing a serious long-term energy crisis. The price at the “pump” that people are so traumatized by is really the short-term symptom of a longer term problem. As the largest of the two “third world” nations industrialize, India and China, billions of people are rapidly increasing in their wealth, standard of living, and [...]
Press #1 for English? Enough.
America was not built around the premise of balkinization, factionalization, and mondialisation like Europe. America is built around a simple idea - come here, learn English, be assimilated, wave the flag. You don’t have to give up your entire entity from your homeland - but you have to become assimilated into US culture, and you [...]
Why is crude oil (and gasoline) so expensive?
I have been getting emails from readers essentially asking me to do a post on oil - why is it so expensive, and what, if anything should be the GOP’s party platform on energy. While energy economics is not my specialty - I do understand commodities markets, and I believe I probably understand better than [...]
Saudi Arabia rejects Bush’s request for increased oil output
Riyad, Saudi Arabia (Washingtonpost.com): Saudi Arabia Friday rejected the idea of increasing oil production to help ease soaring gasoline prices, telling President Bush that the kingdom already is meeting its customers’ demand for crude.
The apparent rebuff came as Bush appealed to Saudi King Abdullah to use his country’s vast oil reserves — the world’s [...]
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