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June 25, 2008
Today's Peak-oil Forecast: Forecasts will be wrong
Prominent peak-oil maven Matthew Simmons said less than a month ago "I bet oil peaked in May 2005... I was very lucky in my timing." See how his forecast turned out >>
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June 21, 2008
China Helps Out a Little, Even as it Wrecks the Climate
China just raised gas prices 16%—to $3/gal. That cut $4 from the world price of oil—saving us $30 billion a year. But China's still subsidizing oil, helping OPEC, and wrecking the climate. A new book tells how to flip this around. Carbonomics... more >>
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Why Clinton Supporters Aren't Going for McCain
June 16, 2008. McCain, at a 1998 Republican Senate fundraiser: "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno." In Nov. 2007, McCain was asked about Hillary, "How do we beat the bitch?" He called it an "excellent question." more >>
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Why Clinton Can't Be V.P.
Back in January, Clinton could have been V.P. But now the Republicans are showing ads with Hillary saying “Senator McCain will bring a ... more >>
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Carbonomics: How to fix the climate and charge it to OPEC
Once, many years ago, in a distant land, Yamani the Enigmatic launched the great energy experiment. Without warning, he sent a proclamation to every corner of the earth declaring the need to conserve. This story is true. The lessons of the great energy experiment, if properly applied, provide a path to escape the enormous costs that now await us if we fail to choose a secure and sustainable energy future. more
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2007 tied for second place (with 1998), after first-place 2005 "The unusual warmth in 2007 is noteworthy because it occurs at a time when solar irradiance is at a minimum and the equatorial Pacific Ocean is in the cool phase of its natural El Niño-La Niña cycle." NASA
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Bush stuck on climate change
Bush proposed an "International Climate Change Framework" at the G-8 conference. But the "framework" is only this: The top 15 greenhouse nations will set "national targets that reflect their own future energy needs." It's a do-what-you-want framework—just like the current US policy for itself. The point is to prevent real cooperation. But the huge and immediate problem is energy .... read more ( zFacts on Bush International)
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Subsidizing the switch away from fossil fuel can make sense, but corn ethanol, made more from coal than sun, is too expensive and among the worst choices. Confirmed by new National Acadamy of Sciences report. Biodiesel is better, and non-corn ethanol will be good when it gets here.
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zFact:Conventional oil may peak soon. But heavy oil and synfuels are far from peak. High oil prices will cost us a fortune (now over $300 billion/year) if we don't curb demand.
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Sunnis: US invasion wrong: 98%. OK to attack US troops: 94%
Only 30% of Iraqis want us to leave immediately. But figure this out. 94% of the Sunnis think its acceptable to shoot at US troops, but 44% want us to stay till things settle down. Why? So they can shoot at us? read more
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We're in Iraq to prevent Iran from dominating our oil. —Kissinger
Kissinger, a contributor to the surge plan, has just explained that "American forces are in Iraq to prevent the Iranian[s] from dominating the energy supplies of the industrial democracies." Cheney and his secret Iran/Syria Operations Group still want to attack Iran. He and the neocons have blundered at every turn.
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zFact: In 1981, it was only 32.5% of the our yearly GDP. The press said it was at an all time high. It's much bigger now, but two huge parts of the federal budget run surpluses and get a bad rap. Graph Debt Free clock
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Wednesday, August 31, 2007
National Debt Tops $9 Trillion
When George W. Bush was inaugurated, January 20, 2001, the National Debt was $5,727,776,738,304.64. Today it reached: $9,005,648,561,262.70.
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Zfacts approaches current controversial topics by looking for decisive and well-documented facts. Topics are selected not simply because they are controversial and current. They must also be part of some policy debate and have some long-lasting social significance. Current controversial topics will always include: taxes, income and wealth, jobs, war, and the environment.
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Carbonomics
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Eye openers
January 2008
"Sec. of Energy Cancels Bush's Clean-Coal Project"
Because Texas Lost?
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Amazon
America Alone: Neo-Conservatives and the Global Order. Fair-minded and fascinating. This book is a damning indictment of neocons and the Iraq War by mainstream Republicans with long experience in government.
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