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[Energy Bulletin -] as you go up to say $90 a barrel, you’re consuming 4.5% of the global economy [for oil]. That in itself is a ceiling - you cannot go indefinitely into more expensive alternatives without destroying [the] economy and therefore destroying demand.

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[bookmarkopedia | Published News] The oil-economy connection | bookmarkopedia: Its former Vice President of oil exploration and production, Sadad al Husseini, recently made the following comment on oil prices at the 30th Oil & Money Conference, held in London on October 20-21: "...as you go up to say $90 a barrel, you’re consuming 4.5% of the global economy [for oil]. That in itself is a ceiling - you cannot go indefinitely into more expensive alternatives without destroying [the] economy and therefore destroying demand..."

[News] How is McCain gonna help the economy?: Without pointing the finger at Republicans, people need to realize NO ONE did anything about this mess we’re in. I’m still working on my undergraduate degree and I saw this mess coming from a mile away from the housing bubble, to the present near recession.

[Political Animal] The Washington Monthly: The poll's findings -- which also show that 55 percent of respondents think the United States should curb its carbon output even if major developing nations such as China and India do less -- suggest increasing political polarization around the issue, just as the Obama administration and congressional Democrats are intensifying efforts to pass climate legislation and broker an international global warming pact.

[EcoModder.com] Took the car to the shop, tips from machanic... - Fuel Economy ...: if its a stick, use Mobil 1 10w30 High Mileage ONLY! It is 99.7% the same as the correct mopar fluid according to oil analysis, and is the only oil other then the mopar fluid that has the right ingrediants to ensure long life for the synchros, which are made of a special material.

[Untitled] Infrastructure v. Economy: The Battle Continues «: During a meeting of midwestern county governments last month, .Decrease the amount of oil and natural gas required to fuel their local economies, and 3.

[Politics Daily] Patricia Murphy on C-SPAN: Health Care, the Economy, Foreign ...: His healthcare crap will pile more debt on us, do little good, and will not truly reform healthcare. Even more sadly, the current healthcare bill will literally provide RATIONED healthcare, the bill will destroy Medicare, and head the US to a financial ruin with a massive, unpayable deficit!

[Paul Krugman] No exit - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com: The neo-liberal economists in the Administration can’t get away with totally and quickly destroying the economy in the U.S. so it’s a bit more incremental here (see simmering frog). But the ultimate goal is the same as it ever was.

[The New Internationalist Blog - From the Archive] Have your say: latest on Yasuni initiative -- New Internationalist ...: The emitter countries cover the cost of keeping the oil underground, and we use the money towards objectives which are terribly important for Ecuador and for the planet. The funds would go to ensuring that not just the Yasuní but 40 key conservation areas of Ecuador are protected.

[Crooks and Liars] Lehman Bros., Bear Stearns CEOs Walked Away With Millions ...: and the BEST part is: despite these criminals destroying and looting companies, because they're a member of the corporatist club, they'll eventually find a spot on the board or as an officer or a highly-paid 'consultant' for another company and the looting and criminal activity continues unabated...

[zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero] Instead of Fixing the U.S. Economy or Creating Jobs for AMERICANS ...: They are both purposed with spreading the seeds of man's permanent enslavement to his debts. With liberals on the one hand demanding a greater and greater personal interventionsist welfare state and the conservatives on the other hand demanding a greater and greater foreign interventionist warfare state.

[Hot Air » Top Picks] Hot Air » Blog Archive » CNN poll: Blame for economy shifting to ...: There may be even more reason to worry in this poll.  Obama has tried to sell the idea that the economy is improving, bolstered by a third-quarter GDP number mainly driven by temporary government incentives — Cash for Clunkers and a homebuyer tax credit.  Tim Geithner told Congress that “by any measure”

[The Big Picture] Fed Reserve Endorses “Crony Communism” for Wealthy | The Big Picture: [...] Barry Ritholtz, “Here’s a candidate for the understatement of the year: The Federal Reserve is concerned that their free-wheeling, money-printing, dollar-destroying, quantitative-easing, zero-percent interest rate policy might be “fueling undue financial-market speculation.”  (Big Picture) [...]

[Big Government] Big Government » Blog Archive » A Balanced Budget Amendment”¦Before ...: Just know that our Savior’s red carpet is being rolled out right now, by the likes of Obama and our fascist-tending government, by the likes of Ahmadinejad and Islam, by the likes of Putin and Soros and Communist organizations worldwide including but not limited to ACORN, International ANSWER, Workers’ World Party, and thousands of others.

[Science and Technology, Lifes Changing] Science and Technology, Lifes Changing » Blog Archive » How “green ...: If we wanted to benefit the environment, we would focus on synthetic carbon negative fuels that could be used in these vehicles whereby their inefficiency will help remove the carbon from the atmosphere. Of course such next generation bio-fuels can’t be our only source of energy as there just isn’t enough biomass, but synthetic carbon neutral fuel can be made directly from a clean energy source such as solar, CO2 and H2O as Sandia Labs has done.

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