Archive for the ‘Oil & Gas’ Category
Friday, August 27th, 2010
In the United States, gasoline prices have been going down.
That's good, right? I know I didn't like paying $30 every time I had to fill up my car a couple of years ago.
Apparently not. An article in The Washington Post claims that gas prices going down is bad for the ...
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Monday, August 16th, 2010
Here's some good news that stinks. Literally.
According to an article on BBC, companies might start using human waste as gas.
The article claims that by 2020, 15 percent of energy the UK produces has to be renewable. So they are looking to derive power from "sewage waste."
This apparently isn't a new ...
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
It is strange how at the end of the day, a lot of things come down to “planning” and “organizing.” Like most things in life, if you are well prepared and organized you minimize unpleasant surprises. Equally, if you take care of your assets (be it a yacht, a car, ...
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
When something bad happens, people often look for a scapegoat to blame for all that went wrong.
In the case of the Deepwater blowout, that scapegoat was Tony Hayward, the BP's CEO.
Tony Hayward
Today, Hayward announced that he is stepping down from the CEO position and will take a job at BP's ...
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Seems every day we take one step forward and two steps back with this BP oil spill. It doesn't seem we're any closer to cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico and salvaging the oil.
Maybe we need to seriously consider another energy source. Could it be time to give nuclear power ...
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Have you ever imagined your life without electricity? Not being able to turn on your TV or laptop, leaving your house without having a cup of hot tea or even worse, leaving your mobile behind as the battery simply died.
I guess not. It sounds like a nightmare, doesn’t it? We ...
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
By now we've heard a ton about the BP Deepwater oil spill.
How the Deepwater spill is a huge environmental disaster. How the US government is stepping in. How it's the biggest oil spill since the Exxon Valdez.
Nigeria
But what we don't hear about, especially in the United States, is about other ...
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Monday, June 28th, 2010
Crisp sand. Gorgeous men and women lying out in the beach wearing next to nothing. Slimy oil coming in with the tide... Who's ready for vacation in Florida?
Obviously, after the BP oil spill, tourism was somewhat lacking in the Ft. Lauderdale. Spirit Airlines is hoping to change this. In a ...
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Like me, you may have often seen people on weekends at the movies or in malls wearing their company T-shirts. There is a reason why they wear it on a non-working day - although a pile-high laundry basket maybe the reason in some cases! For me, that is employer branding ...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Wildlife. Fish. Tourism. Real estate prices. As if all that wasn't bad enough, now jobs are going to be affected by the BP oil spill.
In fact, it is estimated that because of the oil spill, 1 million jobs could be lost in the next five years.
As if we all didn't have enough ...
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