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New Survey: Majority of US Against Raising Energy Taxes
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A new national survey finds that big majorities think higher taxes on the industry – as have been proposed by the administration and some in Congress – would be harmful to consumers and the economy.[read more]
Energy and Real Job Creation
Listening to President Obama’s convention speech, it’s hard to avoid the thought that if his administration had adopted pro-development energy policies a few years ago – clearing the way for America’s oil and natural gas industry to find new resources, create 1 million new jobs by 2020 and stimulate the larger economy – he wouldn’t be...[read more]
Energy: It’s About Jobs
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The latest jobs report, showing the creation of just 80,000 new jobs in June, is refocusing the political debate on the economy. How meager is 80,000 jobs? Well, according to UPI that’s “not even enough to keep up with growth in the working-age population,” which last month grew by 191,000. Meanwhile, a Rasmussen survey reports that only...[read more]
Refinery Closures Lead to Rising Gas Prices and Job Losses
Refinery Closures and the Keystone Pipeline There have been several announcements in recent months of refinery closures that will likely impact gasoline supplies (and prices) on the East Coast. Some of those closures have been on the East Coast. Others — such as the Hovensa refinery in the Virgin Islands and some European refineries —...[read more]
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“Horizon had a special episode on it about two months back, the major obsticle had been to genetically modify cyanobacterium to increase output, which they claimed had been successful and expected it to cheaper than crude when scaled up, but the commercial operation had only just started. It looked a lot futher on and a better idea than the liquid battery technology and compressed air storeage ...”
“Hydrogen can also be made from fossil fuels. In fact, we are now just starting a research project on a Chemical Looping Reforming reactor with embedded membranes which could lead to affordable hydrogen production with inherent CO2 separation. Chemical Looping Reforming is based on the somewhat more mature Chemical Looping Combustion which economic studies have found capable of producing ...”