A Global Goring 

Moscow – The nations with the world’s three biggest reserves of natural gas – Russia, Iran, and Qatar – are quietly moving ahead to form a “gas OPEC,” an organization modeled after the oil cartel.
In Tehran last week, representatives of the Russian natural-gas monopoly Gazprom met with counterparts from Iran and Qatar and agreed to [...]

Cane farmers burn off at a cane farm near Sertaozinho, about 200 miles north-east of Sao Paulo. Brazil, the world’s largest producer and exporter of sugar and ethanol, is a pioneer in the use of ethanol made from sugar cane to power cars.
The apostles of biofuels would have us believe that the congested streets of [...]

The apostles of biofuels would have us believe that the congested streets of Sao Paulo offer a glimpse of a better future. There, traffic jams are made of flex-fuel cars that run off a growing menu of bio and fossil fuel mixtures and all filling stations offer “alcohol” and “gas” at the pump.
It was the [...]

Two studies show clearing land for biofuel production will do more harm than it would prevent.
Two scientific studies have suggested clearing land to produce biofuel ingredients will actually contribute more to “global warming” than simply sticking with fossil fuels. The shocking part is that someone in the media actually reported it!
The findings “could force policymakers [...]

The recent rise in corn prices–almost 70 percent in the past six months–caused by the increased demand for ethanol biofuel has come much sooner than many agriculture economists had expected.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, this year the country is going to use 18 to 20 percent of its total corn crop for [...]

The replacement of traditional fuels with biofuels has dragged more than 30 million people worldwide into poverty, an aid agency report says.
Oxfam says so-called green policies in developed countries are contributing to the world’s soaring food prices, which hit the poor hardest.
The group also says biofuels will do nothing to combat climate change.

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George Bush says that ethanol will save the world. But there is evidence that biofuels may bring new problems for the planet.
The ethanol boom is coming. The twin threats of climate change and energy security are creating an unprecedented thirst for alternative energy with ethanol leading the way.
 
That process is set to reach a landmark [...]

The Institute for Energy Research have a great new video that asks regular people at gas stations why they think the price of gas is so high.  At first they provide the usual knee-jerk reaction: Blame Big Oil.
But when confronted with a few little-known facts, they start to change their tunes.  Check it out:
 

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The ethanol subsidy is worse than you can imagine.
Running on empty: Is ethanol the answer?
 
 
 
For the last generation, ethanol has been America’s fuel of the future. But there has never been more hype about it than there is today. Green-energy analysts like Amory Lovins, environmental groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council, neoconservatives like James [...]

Big Oil choosing stock over exploration <—To see vido click link
AP - Mon Jul 21, 4:33 PM ET
HOUSTON - As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?

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