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Four-day workweeks becoming popular for state employees - State and Local

Four-day workweeks becoming popular for state employees - State and Local — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:49:16 GMT

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re: Think you've got it bad at the pump? Check out these worldwide gas prices

Deano — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:09:28 GMT

We pump more oil than any EU country and to compare our prices to theirs is only trying to "justify" the RIP OFF currently underway by our Government AND the big oil companies. If we import 50% of our oil WHY is that 50% setting the price???? Who's kidding who!

To translate or not to translate: that is the question - On The Horizon

To translate or not to translate: that is the question - On The Horizon — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:22:08 GMT

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re: World Views: Queen of Jordan trying to improve Arab stereotypes via YouTube

Bill Welsh — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:17:14 GMT

Why did you not leave the full transcript? Why leave out the part of the good Queen saying she wants people to see "the real Arab world - unedited, unscripted, unfiltered." How insulting for the Queen, living in her royal bubble, to suggest that she knows the "real Arab world" let alone the real Jordanian world. She is just another out of touch royal dabbling in cyberspace. If she wants "unscripted, unedited, unfiltered" ask her, on camera, how much milk and eggs and coffee and gasoline costs. Ask her how a young woman who rejects islam and mohammad are treated in her Arab world. Post that on SpewTube.

The Petroleum Prison

On The Horizon — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:59:55 GMT

In 2007, DoD's fighting and transport vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan drank up more than 55 million

re: Brazilians Taming Oil Prices with Ethanol

DINESH — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:46:21 GMT

I have personally visited Brazil as a part of representatives of Indian Oil companies which has been contemplating replacating the Brazilian model in India. But what we have understood that simply diverting arable land and resources to produce crops for fuel will only lead to spiralling cost of food. A 'Rich' country like USA will not notice the runaway inflation in Food prices but millions across the globe particularly in Asia and Africa are on the brink of starvation. What is required is to break the cartel of OPEC mainly consisting of Rich Arab rulers. They through thier Oil Money have been fuelling terrorism across the Globe. So 'Ethanol' is not the only panacea for taming Oil prices but other eco-friendly alternative should also be explored in the interest of the Mankind

re: Brazilians Taming Oil Prices with Ethanol

Andrew B. Einhorn — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:01:26 GMT

Thank you for all the comments. It's nice to see a dialogue over the issue. A correction on the word "poor" was made, since I had intended it more as a comparison to the U.S. and the general standard of living than the overall state of Brazil's economy. We received the following comment via our contact form. I had attempted to post this before but it made it look like the comment was mine, which is wasn't. From Paul: Really, money doesn't matter when the government doles out subsidies to make sure the entire country has ethanol pumps? That's news to me! I guess it will just happen for free here in the U.S. then...and I doubt Brazilians would be filling their bellies with the sugarcane that wasn't used for fuel. Unlike Americans, they are pretty lean.

re: Brazilians Taming Oil Prices with Ethanol

Matt — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:54:13 GMT

The only reason Brazil has any money is because it rapes its environment and sells it to China. But most people there still live in poverty just like in China because there is no middle class.

Energy For Us All » Flex-fuel cars holding gas prices down in Brazil

Energy For Us All » Flex-fuel cars holding gas prices down in Brazil — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:52:53 GMT

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re: Brazilians Taming Oil Prices with Ethanol

Becca — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:49:56 GMT

Brazil is actually the 9th largest economy but in the 1980's, before it started exporting commodities heavily the country was poor. And despite how much the rich make, the standard of living is very poor there - hence the massive deforestation used for slash and burn farming practices. GDP is not the sole indicator of a nation's wealth. Nor is the amount of money it spends on green cars.