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Topic: Saudi Arabia to boost capacity to 12.5 mb/d |
centralstump
Replies: 18
Views: 1070
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:18 am Subject: Re: Saudi Arabia to boost capacity to 12.5 mb/d |
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601072&sid=aipdCDDwu6NQ&refer=energy
Saudi Arabia plans to boost its oil production capacity to 12.5 million barrels a day by 2009, Naimi said. The ... |
Topic: The Oil Nonbubble |
centralstump
Replies: 49
Views: 1329
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:09 am Subject: Re: The Oil Nonbubble |
Ok, call me stupid, but how can speculators buying Crude Oil options or futures push up the price of oil?
These people don't actually take delivery of oil, and sell back onto the exchange before ex ... |
Topic: 2008 corn planting delayed due to weather |
centralstump
Replies: 17
Views: 743
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:00 pm Subject: Re: 2008 corn planting delayed due to weather |
All of our corn is in, and we only have a half section of soybeans still not in.
Nebraska is north of the moisture, but it is still colder than normal here. |
Topic: David Andelman says "The peak oil people are right, we |
centralstump
Replies: 18
Views: 1698
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:31 pm Subject: Re: David Andelman says "The peak oil people are right, |
If I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't have believed it.
In other news, veteran Reporter and Forbes dot com editor David Andelman was found dead today . . . |
Topic: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
centralstump
Replies: 84
Views: 3025
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:37 pm Subject: Re: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
| An offshoot of what stump said is that a bunch of money looking for a home after the RE collapse is starting to invest in farmland. I can't remember the number I heard on Ag Day (I was snoozing) but t ... |
Topic: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
centralstump
Replies: 84
Views: 3025
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:29 pm Subject: Re: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
| An offshoot of what stump said is that a bunch of money looking for a home after the RE collapse is starting to invest in farmland. I can't remember the number I heard on Ag Day (I was snoozing) but t ... |
Topic: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
centralstump
Replies: 84
Views: 3025
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:18 pm Subject: Re: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
I don't really care if you want me on a tractor.
Take it from me Stump Ms. L don't like Old Tractor Guys - well except for me.
Whew. I guess not. |
Topic: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
centralstump
Replies: 84
Views: 3025
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:11 pm Subject: Re: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
So lose the holier than thou.
Huh?
How is saying I don't think a land owner is a farmer is being "holier than thou"?
You seem a little sensitive about something!
Do you ... |
Topic: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
centralstump
Replies: 84
Views: 3025
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:56 am Subject: Re: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
I own farm land.
Are you a farmer, or are you just a land owner?
Land owner. Not gonna let me take passive losses, Ludi?
Nope sorry, "Land owner" does not equal "farmer" to me.
In the ... |
Topic: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
centralstump
Replies: 84
Views: 3025
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:29 am Subject: Re: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
I own farm land.
Are you a farmer, or are you just a land owner?
Land owner. Not gonna let me take passive losses, Ludi? |
Topic: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
centralstump
Replies: 84
Views: 3025
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:46 am Subject: Re: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
But real-person farmers represent only the tiniest fraction of the US population---something like 1%. The agri-corporations are the winners. The rest of us are losers.
The US corn business has to ... |
Topic: NASA: Big Oil is 'hiding a planet in crisis' |
centralstump
Replies: 13
Views: 1222
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:37 pm Subject: Re: NASA: Big Oil is 'hiding a planet in crisis' |
Hayden goes on to show in page 10 figure 8 that in the past 500 million years that CO2 has been 10 to 25 times higher than it is today.
The CO2 levels today are EXTREMELY LOW.
Hayden says, tha ... |
Topic: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
centralstump
Replies: 84
Views: 3025
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:10 pm Subject: Re: Ethanol consumes almost a quarter of US corn production |
| BLAME GW for turning this waste into another big government, taxpayer subsidized favor for his friends at ADM and Cargill. They are the only beneficiaries. The farmer will not win out because there i ... |
Topic: School Buses and Text Books |
centralstump
Replies: 36
Views: 1489
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:15 pm Subject: Re: School Buses and Text Books |
| Several rural Kansas districts have moved to 4-day/9-hour schedules. Many more are looking into it. Saves a day's worth of bus miles, they can turn the heat down for those days, they don't have to co ... |
Topic: American cancels more than 1,000 flights |
centralstump
Replies: 60
Views: 2800
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:25 am Subject: Re: American cancels more than 1,000 flights |
They are always trigger happy. That's why they post here.
I agree with AP's analysis.
If a plane crashes because of faulty wiring (or if the FAA sues them/cuts their subsidy)...American Airl ... |
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