Posted by Skycypher in Accelerating Shift, Biofuels, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, High Energy Prices, Renewable Energy Breakthroughs, Solar Power Technologies on 08 4th, 2008 | 2 Comments
Barack Obama Launches New Ad On Energy
Obama made a big speech in Lansing, Michigan, on our energy dependence and need to move away from foreign oil.
Without a doubt, this addiction is one of the most dangerous and urgent threats this nation has ever faced - from the gas prices that are wiping out your paychecks and straining businesses...
Posted by Skycypher in Accelerating Shift, Biofuels, Environment, High Energy Prices, Renewable Energy Breakthroughs on 06 6th, 2008 | 2 Comments
Oil surges $11 to record $138
Crude skyrockets on a sliding dollar, geopolitics and a Wall Street report predicting $150-a-barrel oil.
By Catherine Clifford and Ben Rooney, CNNMoney.com staff writers
Last Updated: June 6, 2008
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Oil prices shot up nearly $11 a barrel and settled Friday at a record $138.54...
Posted by Skycypher in Accelerating Shift, Biofuels, Environment, High Energy Prices, Tipping Point on 05 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment
Euro rises against dollar as oil prices level
Oil executives, from left, ConocoPhillips Executive Vice President John Lowe…
FRANKFURT, Germany — The euro rose against the dollar Friday as oil prices leveled out somewhat from record prices.
The 15-nation euro bought $1.5725 in European morning trading, up from $1.5699 in late New York...
Oil climbs to record above $135
from The Associated Press
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A car drives past a Marathon gas station where regular gasoline is just under $4 a gallon, Wednesday, May 21, 2008, in Cincinnati. Oil prices went past $130 a barrel for the first time Wednesday. Associated Press © 2008
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Posted by Skycypher in Accelerating Shift, Biofuels, Climate Change, Economic Downturn, Ethanol, High Energy Prices on 04 11th, 2008 | 3 Comments
Soaring food prices around the world
Morning Edition, April 11, 2008 · Demand for ethanol and other biofuels is a “significant contributor” to soaring food prices around the world, World Bank President Robert Zoellick says. Droughts, financial market speculators and increased demand for food have also helped create “a...
