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It must be Monday

Nothing like starting the week off with a bang.

British Petroleum (BP) has indefinitely closed down the nation’s largest oil field in Prudhoe Bay (Alaska) because the pipeline is leaking and badly corroded. That’s about 1000 wells out of service and there’s no telling how long it will take to get the pipeline replaced. So, going into hurricane season we’re already down 400,000 barrels a day. That’s about 8% of US production and about 2.6% of our daily supply, including imports. Watch those gas pump prices pop.

Iran has threatened to embargo oil to the West if we enforce sanctions against them over the UN Resolution demanding they stop uranium enrichment. Oh joy.

Global warming made visible. Scary.

I could really go for some good news today. Anyone have any?

Oh...Riverbend’s blog, Baghdad Burning, is being taken to the stage in the UK. Her blog has also been published in the UK and nominated for a major literary award. That doesn’t surprise me. She writes beautifully. If you’ve never read her blog before, I’d recommend starting from the very beginning of her archives. She’s led an incredible life these past 3 years. She’s a 24 year old Iraqi woman who, she says, survived the war and “that’s all you need to know. It’s all that matters.” She deserves to be recognized. I hope her book and this production are very successful for her.

Posted on 08/07/06 at 06:48 AM
 




cyn

more on the news stinks front...my mom locks in oil prices each summer for the year - sometimes a gamble, but in the last few years has been the better deal (plus the oil company she deals with is owned by one of my very best friends from high school which is not a bad thing).  Anyway, you lock in at a certain price, give them a substantial check and then hope it lasts until the next year.  Last year she locked in at something around 1.45-1.65, I cannot remember which.  She got her contract this year.........she has the opportunity to lock in at $2.64.  She is beside herself.  And even though she spends December-April with us and leaves her thermostat at 50 in her house, closes off a couple of rooms, her bills are still sky high.  It is disgusting.

I want some good news tooooooooooo

United States   Posted by cyn on 08/07/06  at  10:40 AM





Kate

That’s horrible news, Cyn. By the time this winter is in full swing, a lock in at $2.64 may even look cheap, but it’s surely going to hurt. Man, that’s expensive for home heating. People on fixed incomes are royally screwed. After this winter, people aren’t going to be able to give their big houses away. They’re having a hard enough time unloading them already.

If there is a Santa Claus, may I have a wind mill and some solar panels? Please???

United States   Posted by Kate on 08/07/06  at  04:00 PM





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