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Blog Entries by Jeffrey Rubin from 04/2011

Only A Recession Can Deliver Obama's Energy Targets

| Posted 04.06.2011 | Politics
Read More: Oil, Fukushima, Economic Recession, Barack Obama, Oil Addiction, Alternative Energy, Fuel Efficiency, Project Independence, Oil Demand, Politics News

So far, recessions have been the only surefire way America has cut back on its fuel consumption and the need for oil imports.

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When Will We See Demand Destruction for Oil?

| Posted 04.21.2011 | Business
Read More: Oil Prices, Oil, Recession, Oil Price Rises, Rising Oil Price 2011, Oil Prices Rising, Oil Prices Rise, Rising Oil Prices, Rising Oil Price, Economy, Business News

Somber warnings from leading world institutions aside, there is no evidence yet of demand destruction in the places that have been pushing world consumption for over the better part of the past decade.

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Is Peak Coal Coming?

| Posted 04.28.2011 | Business
Read More: Energy, Coal, Coals Rising Prices, Coal Prices, Prices Coal, Rising Coal Prices, Business News

The price of oil isn't the only hydrocarbon going through the roof. Check out thermal coal prices to see how dependent economic growth has become on burning increasingly amounts of fossil fuels.

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