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Category: Peak Oil
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Brazen in its irony: As the nation plans new defenses against the more powerful storms and higher tides expected from climate change, one project stands out: an ambitious proposal to build a nearly 60-mile “spine” of concrete seawalls, earthen barriers, floating gates and steel levees on the Texas Gulf Coast. Like other oceanfront projects, this…
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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/business/energy-environment/oil-price-supply-demand-imblance.html And here is the explanation: United States production has surged in recent years as the shale boom took off. That has helped create a glut of oil as major producers like Saudi Arabia continue to pump at high levels.
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It's the end of the semester and oil prices are low. What better time to give my thoughts on the inevitable catastrophic low oil price story. The epic oil crash could end next year. EPIC! Can you feel it, see it, hear it today? But before prices start to climb higher, they could go even…
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Living in a somewhat dysfunctional three-level house, we decided to put up a second tree to better spread holiday cheer. I live in an area that grows a lot of Christmas trees so they are not hard to find. After getting the first tree at a farm with hay rides and hot chocolate on Black Friday, we hit…
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In the mail yesterday–get yours today (it will help our publisher recoup our whopping advance):
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Under the Dome: Apparently the U.S. House can agree on this much: wild horses. The House on Monday unanimously passed the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act. The bill, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, a Farmville Republican, provides for a new public-private management plan for the horses that run wild on the Outer Banks. The…
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