Posted by Skycypher in Accelerating Shift, Economic Downturn, High Energy Prices on 01 9th, 2009 | No Comments
Crude falls below $40 for first time in 2009
By MARK WILLIAMS, AP Energy Writer Mark Williams, Ap Energy Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Oil prices fell below $40 per barrel Friday for the first time this year as the government reported the nation’s worst annual job losses since World War II.
People are traveling less, manufacturers...
Posted by Skycypher in Tipping Point on 08 21st, 2008 | 1 Comment
Candidates Would Ease Up On Executive Power
by Ari Shapiro
All Things Considered, August 21, 2008 · The Bush administration has dramatically expanded executive authority over the past seven years, and the next chief executive will have to decide whether to cling to that power or relinquish it. That decision, according to former Justice Department...
Posted by Skycypher in Accelerating Shift, Economic Downturn, High Energy Prices, Tipping Point on 08 9th, 2008 | No Comments
Drop in oil prices triggers boom on Wall Street
(http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/820062.html)
Aug. 09, 2008
WASHINGTON — Oil prices fell Friday by almost $5 a barrel to $115.20 and are down more than 20 percent from their early July record high of more than $147, a trend that’s triggering a sudden boom in stock prices and giving the...
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, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, High Energy Prices, Renewable Energy Breakthroughs on 08 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment
Electric Cars Are the Key to Energy Independence
By David Morris, AlterNet
Posted on August 2, 2008, Printed on August 3, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/93609/
Al Gore’s heroic speech challenging us to make our electrical system 100 percent renewable promised it would simultaneously address three major crises: the weak economy, catastrophic...
