Eliminating daylight time would thus accord with President-elect Barack Obama’s stated goals of conserving resources, saving money, promoting energy security and reducing climate change.

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EPA Ruling Is Major Setback for Coal-Fired Power Plants.

Civic GX is a $25,000 commuter car that runs only on natural gas — going about 192 miles in city driving on an 8-gallon fuel tank that currently costs about $16 to refill at Indianapolis natural gas stations.

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Remember that “energy independence” everybody talked about so much during the presidential race?

It isn’t possible, according to the chairman and CEO of Atlanta utility giant Southern Co.

Costing about 4 to 7 cents a kilowatt-hour, Taylor said, geothermal is competitive with wind power and significantly cheaper than solar. Geothermal facilities occupy a fraction of the space required by wind and solar farms. The energy is also more reliable. Plants crank electricity around the clock.

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The impulse to accede to political pressure and jobs blackmail from the Big Three for a $25 billion bailout offers America a historic turning-point opportunity. This is the country’s chance to both reform the auto industry and ignite a massive shift off of oil in one master stroke. How?

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For those that are interested in costs.

“Over the years, there have been many predictions that our industry was in its twilight years, only to be proven wrong,” says Tillerson. “As Mark Twain said, the news of our demise has been greatly exaggerated.”

I suppose record profits plus a change in the worlds energy strategy doesn’t equate to R&D for new energy for Exxon.

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Insert something sarcastic about Pittsburgh politics here and alternative energy.

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