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Q1 2008 Earnings Call
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As the price of gas soars, more and more commuters are leaving their cars in the garage and boarding the train.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The soaring price of gas has convinced New Jersey resident Eric Scott to trade the comfort of his car for a seat on the train every [...]
President George W. Bush has sent the agreement called Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy to Congress for approval. Here is a description of the pact from President Bush's letter to Congress:
The proposed Agreement provides a comprehensive framework for peaceful nuclear cooperation with [...]
(Bloomberg) -- California's East Bay Municipal Utility District is set to vote today on a proposal to ration water to customers near San Francisco, including two oil refiners, because of a drought.
A seven-member board will vote on the plan to reduce supplies to industrial customers by 5 percent, Charles Hardy, [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats Tuesday introduced legislation to stop a U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia worth $1.4 billion in a tactic supporters said was aimed at pressuring the OPEC country to increase its oil output.
"We are saying that we need real relief and we need it quickly. [...]
Fisker Automotive, Inc. and Quantum Technologies are performing initial vehicle testing on the track and fine-tuning the battery software management system for the Fisker Karma plug-in series hybrid production car. (Earlier post.) These initial test track developments are taking place in Southern California.
Three Fisker Karma prototypes have been built, [...]
An industry group says fewer passengers will fly, but planes will still be crowded because of reduced flights to save money as fuel costs rise.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Fewer people will fly this summer, according the Air Transport Association, and those who do should expect higher fares and crowded flights.
"I [...]
Jonah Goldberg tries to yoke two highly incompatible subjects into one column in the Los Angeles Times:
See, Yucca Mountain is where the government wants to keep incredibly dangerous substances -- nuclear waste -- until we figure out a better way to handle it.
And Guantanamo Bay [...]
With costs as high as an elephant's eye, some growers are even cutting back on crops that are in short supply.
All over the world, prices for basic foods -- barley for beer, milk for cheese, corn for tortillas, and the rice that serves as a staple for more than half [...]
China ordered coal mines, chemical plants and oil and gas wells to halt production to avoid further casualties after the country's strongest earthquake in 58 years killed almost 10,000 people.
Companies in affected areas must evacuate workers and can't resume output until conditions allow for safe operations, the Beijing-based State Administration [...]
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said a proposal for OPEC's second biggest producer to cut crude output was under review by experts, Iran's semi-official Fars New Agency reported on Tuesday.
Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari said earlier on Tuesday the world's fourth-largest oil exporter was reviewing how much oil it [...]
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - Hundreds of Marines were conducting a combat training mission in the Mojave Desert when an air patrol spotted something kicking up dust: A civilian pickup truck speeding across the barren landscape.
... "This is not just some petty crime. This is dangerous business," said Andy Chatelin, director [...]
BANGKOK (AFP) - Myanmar is struggling to feed its people in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis -- in part because the regime has been forcing some farmers to stop growing rice in a plan to produce biofuel instead.
In 2005 the military government's leader Than Shwe ordered a national drive to [...]
James Dewar presents arguments in favor of perennial polyculture farming as a positive contribution to a wide variety of global problems and suggests actions that should be taken to explore that promise further. He explains perennial polyculture farming and differences between it and annual monoculture farming. He explores its association [...]
Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) is engine technology that uses the best of diesel and gasoline in its quest for greater fuel efficiency. Gas engines use spark ignition, while diesel engines are compression ignition (using the pressure of the piston to compress the air-fuel mixture to [...]
NSE Biofuels Oy Ltd., the 50-50 joint venture between Stora Enso Oyj and Neste Oil Corporation focused on the production of synthetic diesel from wood residues (earlier post)—has awarded a contract to Foster Wheeler Energia Oy for a circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) biomass gasifier.
Foster Wheeler Energia Oy is the [...]
Both Democrats and Republicans said such shipments make no sense when oil is costing more than $120 a barrel and could better be used [...]
Gas prices, meanwhile, rose to a new record over $3.73 a gallon Tuesday, and their advance shows little sign of slowing with Memorial Day weekend, [...]
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's fuel truckers on Monday decided to extend a strike that has cut petrol supplies, causing queues at filling stations and transport disruptions that threaten to bring the economy to a halt.
The strike has already lasted a week, leaving about three quarters of Greece's petrol stations [...]
I keep a regularly updated watch list of 30 or so alternative energy stocks. The top half of my list receives the majority of my research hours. Among them I organize a top 5 which are the stocks I would currently consider buying if certain conditions are met, usually technical. Over the [...]
The Volvo V70 and S80 are now available with a five-cylinder, 2.5-liter turbocharged E85-capable Flexifuel engine with a power output of 200 hp (147 kW) and 300 Nm (221 lb-ft) of torque. Both the S80 and V70 have been available with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder, naturally aspirated Flexifuel engine since the [...]
A new generation of nuclear power plants is on the drawing boards in the U.S., but the projected cost is causing some sticker shock: $5 billion to $12 billion a plant, double to quadruple earlier rough estimates.
Nuclear power is regaining favor as an alternative to other sources of power generation, [...]
With the oil price heading upwards and President George Bush heading for Saudi Arabia, as part of a Middle Eastern tour, it is time to accept the truth. The pursuit of oil is fundamental to US foreign policy.
The importance of oil to American foreign policy is both obvious and curiously [...]
Last week Atlas America (ATLS) reported results for the first quarter of 2008 that shows the continued success of the Atlas America story. The company has long been a favorite of mine and a more detailed opinion of it can be found here. For the most recent quarter, the [...]