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Apr 30th, 2012 |
By Mac Slavo |
Category: Economics, Featured, Oil
If there exists a single factor that can put enough pressure on the whole of the American economy and force it to crumble under its own weight, it's the price the average American pays for gas. Extreme up side gas price swings have preceded seven of the last eight American ...
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Tags: American economy, gas prices, Oil, Peak Oil
Posted in Economics, Featured, Oil |
4 comments
Apr 10th, 2012 |
By Whiskey Contributor |
Category: Economics, Featured, Oil
Time and again I read Austrian School economists dissing Peak Oil Theory. They likely do this because they have not taken the time to fully understand the theory behind peak oil. Instead, they get caught up in the doom and gloom predictions made by many proponents of Peak Oil Theory ...
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Tags: Austrian school of economics, global reserves, Oil, OPEC, Peak Oil
Posted in Economics, Featured, Oil |
8 comments
Feb 24th, 2012 |
By Gary Gibson |
Category: Economics, Featured, Oil
In a world of rising gasoline prices, Forbes tells us that gasoline prices are not actually rising, and in fact are lower than ever.
And they ain't lyin'!
Writing for Forbes Louis Woodhill gets this seeming contradiction right. He views the price of gas not in terms of the depreciating monopoly money ...
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Tags: falling dollar, gas prices, Gold, Oil, pre-1964 silver coins, silver
Posted in Economics, Featured, Oil |
11 comments
Feb 1st, 2012 |
By Charles Goyette |
Category: Featured, Gold, International, Politics
It looks just like a reality show that's not going to be renewed for another season. President Obama's State of the Union ratings are headed in the same direction as American Idol's so far this season – down.
Let me make a secret confession right here. For years, the producer of ...
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Tags: Gold, India, Iran, Oil, petrodollar, State of the Union Address
Posted in Featured, Gold, International, Politics |
3 comments
Jan 3rd, 2012 |
By Michael Pento |
Category: Featured, International, Oil
As this tumultuous and volatile year draws to an end, it's time to turn your thoughts to 2012. What will the new year bring…and what can you do to prepare for it?
I've given it a lot of thought, drawing on my decades of market-watching experience. In the end, I came ...
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Tags: drone, Iran, Israel, Oil, oil prices
Posted in Featured, International, Oil |
4 comments
Sep 20th, 2010 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Commodities, Energy, Featured
Royal Dutch Shell said that by 2012 it expects more than half of its output will be natural gas — not oil. That is as if Starbucks said it expects to sell more tea than coffee.
Yet this is not unusual for Big Oil these days. In fact, most are making ...
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Tags: liquefied natural gas, natural gas, Oil
Posted in Commodities, Energy, Featured |
5 comments
Aug 9th, 2010 |
By Byron King |
Category: Featured, International, Oil
Mexico is a critical oil supplier to the United States. But Mexico’s ‘s oil industry is in crisis. Indeed the grim numbers come from no less a source than the Mexican Energy Ministry. Production statistics make it clear that Mexico’s overall oil output is declining rapidly — with the word ...
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Tags: Gulf of Mexico, Mexican Oil, Oil, oil exploration
Posted in Featured, International, Oil |
8 comments
Aug 4th, 2010 |
By Byron King |
Category: Energy, Featured, International, Oil
Recently, I had a long talk with Ali Moshiri, President of Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company. Mr. Moshiri been has been working for Chevron for over 30 years. He’s one busy man, whose responsibilities begin in the southern waters of the Gulf of Mexico and extend ...
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Tags: Ali Moshiri, Atlantic Basin, Chevron, deepwater, Oil
Posted in Energy, Featured, International, Oil |
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May 25th, 2010 |
By Byron King |
Category: Featured, Oil
Byron: This blow out in the Gulf of Mexico absolutely should not have happened. Yes, it could have been prevented. But we are already on the other side of Peak Oil. Oil is going to keep getting more expensive and eventually it could get too expensive for life to be ...
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Tags: deep water blow out, Hubbard Curve, Oil, Peak Oil
Posted in Featured, Oil |
12 comments
Jan 19th, 2010 |
By Marin Katusa |
Category: Featured, Oil
Over the next year or two, you will likely find yourself paying a LOT more at the gas pump. Big changes are taking place in the oil industry. With increased global demand and declining supply, easy oil is not so easy anymore.
Everything is about to get more expensive. From gasoline ...
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Tags: International Energy Agency, Oil, oil prices
Posted in Featured, Oil |
6 comments
