econnexus™ » Fuel Crisis http://econnexus.org Water Connects Us™ Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:34:53 +0000 en hourly 1 marty marty Save gas - Save money - Save the Planet! No No T. Boone Pickens on Lack of Leadership and Oil Prices http://econnexus.org/boone-pickens-on-lack-of-leadership-and-oil-prices/ http://econnexus.org/boone-pickens-on-lack-of-leadership-and-oil-prices/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:47:15 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=199 In an interview on CNBC this morning Texas oil billionaire and wind energy advocate T. Boone Pickens blamed "lack of leadership" from George W. Bush and "that speech" from Nancy Pelosi for the vote against the Bail-Out plan in the House yesterday:

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]]> http://econnexus.org/boone-pickens-on-lack-of-leadership-and-oil-prices/feed/ 0 An Open Letter to the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers http://econnexus.org/open-letter-to-the-allianc-of-automobile-manufacturers/ http://econnexus.org/open-letter-to-the-allianc-of-automobile-manufacturers/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:46:53 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=84 Dear Sirs,

I note with interest that on August 18th 2008 you launched a new website at http://EcoDrivingUSA.com. I applaud your basic message that citizens of the United States of America would benefit from finding out more about EcoDriving techniques, and from then implementing such techniques themselves. However I must point out that I strongly object to your apparent attempt to secure the word EcoDriving as your trademark. We have been using that word on our website at http://econnexus.org to promote that very same message for a number of months now. Other web sites have been doing the same for considerably longer. I should be grateful if you would remove the offending symbol from the home page of EcoDrivingUSA.com at your earliest convenience.

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]]> http://econnexus.org/open-letter-to-the-allianc-of-automobile-manufacturers/feed/ 1 Barack Obama – New Energy for America? http://econnexus.org/barack-obama-new-energy-for-america/ http://econnexus.org/barack-obama-new-energy-for-america/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:50:05 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=51 Barack Obama gave a speech on Monday in Lansing Michigan, an area very familiar with the decline in the US automobile industry. He took the opportunity to outline his current energy policy, and he started out by laying his cards on the table:

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]]> http://econnexus.org/barack-obama-new-energy-for-america/feed/ 0 T. Boone Pickens on Al Gore for Energy Czar http://econnexus.org/t-boone-pickens-al-gore-energy-czar/ http://econnexus.org/t-boone-pickens-al-gore-energy-czar/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:47:08 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=26 In a podcast by Tammy Haddad for National Journal On Air T. Boone Pickens spoke about his "Pickens Plan" and his ideas to solve the "energy issue". It seems the state of Texas has agreed to a $4.9 billion plan to build new transmission lines into the "wind corridor" where he intends to build enormous wind farms. Mr. Pickens said that:

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]]> http://econnexus.org/t-boone-pickens-al-gore-energy-czar/feed/ 0 The Hokkaido G8 Summit – More Word Games http://econnexus.org/hokkaido-g8-word-games/ http://econnexus.org/hokkaido-g8-word-games/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:08:31 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=21 This week's issue of the Economist magazine contains their verdict on the G8 summit in Japan – They came, they jawed, they failed to conquer.

On the positive side the Japanese hosts managed to get most of the world's greenhouse-gas emitters around a table together. The attendees included the G8, plus the so called G5 which consists of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa. Also present were Australia, Indonesia and South Korea.

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]]> http://econnexus.org/hokkaido-g8-word-games/feed/ 0 High Fuel Prices – Get Used To It! http://econnexus.org/high-fuel-prices-get-used-to-it/ http://econnexus.org/high-fuel-prices-get-used-to-it/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:02:54 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=10 The latest edition of New Scientist magazine just landed on my desk. The cover shows a barrel of oil morphed into a bomb and proclaims "Oil Shock – You ain't seen nothing yet". This issue includes three articles about peak oil.

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]]> http://econnexus.org/high-fuel-prices-get-used-to-it/feed/ 1 McCain and Obama on High Fuel Prices http://econnexus.org/mccain-obama-high-fuel-prices/ http://econnexus.org/mccain-obama-high-fuel-prices/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:42:54 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=7 Both presidential candidates commented today on the current high fuel prices, although for some strange reason neither of them suggested EcoDriving as part of the solution to the problem!

According to a New York Times report on a meeting in Detroit at which Al Gore formally endorsed Barack Obama for the first time Mr. Obama said:

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