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Republicans still working on energy in Congress

Friday, August 1, 2008

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Many Democrats may have gone home and the cops are trying to kick reporters out of the House, but Republicans are still talking - and chastising Democrats for leaving while the nation is in need of a comprehensive energy bill.  All of this has made for an amusing spectacle as Democrats literally turned off the [...]

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Welcome to Big Solar

Friday, July 11, 2008

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Lately we’ve been hearing a lot of talk about how bad high oil prices are for the economy, and how we’ll all be lining up at the soup kitchen if we don’t "drill now".  Obviously capitalism is quite capable of adapting out of a heavy dependence on petroleum, but people are characteristically afraid of new [...]

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Abu Dhabi uses oil money to purchase the Chrysler Building

Thursday, July 10, 2008

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That sounds like a headline that would belong in the satrical ‘The Onion’ newspaper , but sadly this is the real deal. The Chrysler Building, one of the most recognizable American landmarks, and the world’s tallest building until 1931, was acquired yesterday by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council for an undisclosed price .  This is part of [...]

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