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Topic: "Stimulus" |
Tanada
Replies: 51
Views: 2141
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:35 pm Subject: Re: "Stimulus" |
Google irs rebate or some such, there is a mailing schedule based on your SS# I think.
Crud, checked my email and I got a Turbotax email today saying I am stuck with a mailed check when they get ar ... |
Topic: "Stimulus" |
Tanada
Replies: 51
Views: 2141
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:08 pm Subject: Re: "Stimulus" |
| Well I have not seen squat, niether money deposited nor letter telling me why I am not getting any. |
Topic: Another Gasoline Record |
Tanada
Replies: 293
Views: 21362
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 4:52 pm Subject: Re: Another Gasoline Record |
| New high $3.95 for 87 octane all over town today! |
Topic: Rethinking Ethanol |
Tanada
Replies: 33
Views: 1066
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:19 pm Subject: Re: Rethinking Ethanol |
I just come across a new biofuel called furfural. Have you heard of that?
Furfural (furaldehyde) is a suspected carcinogen. It's one of the aldehydes I have analyzed at work.
By the sa ... |
Topic: Record Diesel engine fuels price thread. |
Tanada
Replies: 137
Views: 9223
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:09 pm Subject: Re: Record Diesel engine fuels price thread. |
| Crimeny sakes, today it popped another dime, now $4.59 per gallon for diesel! |
Topic: Coal - What are the ramifications? |
Tanada
Replies: 99
Views: 25118
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:31 pm Subject: Re: Coal - What are the ramifications? |
| Plans for making liquid fuels from natural gas in Qatar have been cancelled. Projected ports for the handling of liquefied natural gas in the US and Europe are being downscaled, as the global supply o ... |
Topic: Record Diesel engine fuels price thread. |
Tanada
Replies: 137
Views: 9223
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:27 pm Subject: Re: Record Diesel engine fuels price thread. |
| Forgot to post it yesterday but diesel here hit $4.49 yesterday. |
Topic: Huge trucking company cuts speed to 60mph |
Tanada
Replies: 51
Views: 1972
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:21 pm Subject: Re: Huge trucking company cuts speed to 60mph |
Get that bicycle in a pace line, you will know why real quick
The frequent viewers of PO.com know that I am a competent biker.
I agree that it greatly benefits the draft-er, which is to say, the ... |
Topic: Huge trucking company cuts speed to 60mph |
Tanada
Replies: 51
Views: 1972
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:30 am Subject: Re: Huge trucking company cuts speed to 60mph |
| Just talked to a trucker today at the local gas station. He said, semi trucks are designed to cruise from 70 to 74 mph. 60 mph and mileage will be worse as they gotta run a lower gear and hills will k ... |
Topic: Rethinking Ethanol |
Tanada
Replies: 33
Views: 1066
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:26 am Subject: Re: Rethinking Ethanol |
| As has so often been pointed out Corn ethanol is a sad sad joke on the taxpayer. The top five ethanol producing crops, Sugar Cane, Sugar Beets, Jeruselem artichoke, Sweet Potato and white Potato all ... |
Topic: Record ice loss in Arctic |
Tanada
Replies: 798
Views: 71067
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Forum: Environment Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 7:26 am Subject: Re: Record ice loss in Arctic |
| Great, I will say down from 11.5 to 9.0 even. I really hope that is pessemistic! |
Topic: Record ice loss in Arctic |
Tanada
Replies: 798
Views: 71067
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Forum: Environment Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 7:22 am Subject: Re: Record ice loss in Arctic |
Is there any way to fix this stupid page error problem?
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/current.365.jpg
Looking at the graph now that it holds all of April it appears that decline w ... |
Topic: Record ice loss in Arctic |
Tanada
Replies: 798
Views: 71067
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Forum: Environment Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 7:16 am Subject: Re: Record ice loss in Arctic |
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/current.365.jpg
While our current civilization might fall apart saying there will be no historians 5 or 200 years from now requires extinction of the ... |
Topic: Economics of UK wind 'uncertain' |
Tanada
Replies: 16
Views: 697
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 7:05 am Subject: Re: Economics of UK wind 'uncertain' |
| Yeah, I guess we should just do nothing, even those things that have a chance of easing our transition to a lower energy/lower carbon future.How much do you think it would cost to move something like ... |
Topic: Chinese auto market to eclipse US by 2015 |
Tanada
Replies: 4
Views: 396
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 7:03 am Subject: Re: Chinese auto market to eclipse US by 2015 |
I guess it all depends on when/if the subsidies for gasoline end.
Even a 10% mobile China is unfathomable at this point, though.
Thats what I keep thinking about, the PRC has literally a trill ... |
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