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  • commenter
    famos
    Sep 01 02:22 PM
    Energy Firms Should Look to U.S. Shale - Barron's [view article]
    Dear Rachael & Commentors,

    Here we go, beating around the bush again., Oil? Energy crisis. What energy crisis? There is no energy crisis - there is a transportation crisis.

    Transportation is getting anything and/or anyone transported to somewhere else, and transportation is the area that requires the bulk of our energy. And without transportation our world will certainly change for the worst. Anyway, the days of wind transportation are past (Boone Pickens) and the days of powering by hydrogen are yet to come (automotive industry.) So,

    The solution:

    Ample energy sources already exist, the manufacturing process exists, the delivery infrastructure exists, the storage facility exists, the vehicle technology exists, the price competitiveness exists - all things exist, that's why it's called the Solution. It's even been successfully tested.

    1. Ample energy source = Coal. 100 years known energy reserves.

    2. Manufacturing process = Fischer-Tropsch, coal to clean diesel..

    3. Delivery = use existing pipelines, tankers, trucks.

    4. Storage = use existing refiner tanks & gas station tanks.

    5. Vehicle technology = ships, plans, trains, trucks, cars run on diesel. This is exceptionally clean diesel.

    6. Competitiveness = cost equivalent to $30±. per barrel of oil.

    7. Successfully tested = German army, Second World War.


    P.S. There are many other very useful advantages, e.g., solid waste into clean diesel that would downsize our landfill and run our garbage trucks. Meat processing wastes into clean diesel and power our military jet engine planes, etc. on & on, & on. These plants are being built as we speak.

    Probably the solution is too easy to accept without feeling totally foolish, since it's been right in our face for so long. If, the solution is too simple to figure out by the people back in Washington and you want some help, give me a call.

    Sincerely,

    famos
    (email: famos@bresnan.net)     Reply
  • commenter
    steve Ward
    Sep 01 01:36 PM
    Energy Firms Should Look to U.S. Shale - Barron's [view article]
    Extraction of gas from shale like the Barnnet is water consuming intensive. I'm no enviro nut but in Denton County Texas, the heart of the Barnnet gas play, the water table is dropping like the proverbial rock and the water commission estimates water shortfall for everyone, consumer and drilling companies in 2010.
    Get this: the leader of the opposition tio the drillers is a former oil and gas prospector.

    Water usage and pollution is a huge issue that Mac and O'Bama will have to face.
    I just wonder what the greenies are going to do with O'Bama if he goes against them

    This is (water) the big boogey man in T. Boone'splans od self suffiicency that no on's talking about.     Reply
  • commenter
    Pinkivory
    Sep 01 12:02 PM
    Energy Firms Should Look to U.S. Shale - Barron's [view article]
    Would not have a surplus if the energy companies would go back to
    "Gas to Gas"     Reply
  • commenter
    Ozarker
    Sep 01 10:00 AM
    Energy Firms Should Look to U.S. Shale - Barron's [view article]
    Natural Gas which is 80% hydrogen will be available for over 100 years so why not use it if it's abundant, clean burning and low priced? Reply
  • commenter
    unimpressedp
    ragmatist
    Sep 01 09:10 AM
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    Energy Firms Should Look to U.S. Shale - Barron's [view article]
    The debate over oil shale is short sighted. Fossil fuels are a short-term solution to a long-term problem. The demand for energy will escalate as China, India, and other emerging nations improve their way of life. And, as noted, fossil fuels are a very finite source of energy.

    Hydrogen is the answer. Since the entire universe consists of hydrogen, there is little chance, or none, that we will ever run out of it. Therefore, we must put on a full-court press to develop and implement it as our primary source of energy. Additionally, there is no way that business and government can create a believable shortage of it with the result of price gouging.

    If you think of it, with abundant energy at very low prices, government and business take a back seat to the will of the people as their main control over our destiny is removed.

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    Rubberman
    Sep 01 09:08 AM
    Energy Firms Should Look to U.S. Shale - Barron's [view article]
    If you want a company that is developing at least a few of the other mentioned things in the comments above, look at GRH. A startup, but read about it...with emphasis on who the CEO is! Also notice that they are the only company in the US that can import Wind Turbines from China. Could be worth a real hard look. In keeping up the tradition of my last post, I am long and a shareholder of GRH. I love the story, the excitement surrounding their businesses and the Management! Reply
  • commenter
    Rubberman
    Sep 01 09:05 AM
    Energy Firms Should Look to U.S. Shale - Barron's [view article]
    Devon Energy is cheaper than St. Mary Land & Exploration. Devon is less risky and if you think the company has already grown, you don't know Larry NIchols very well. If you want to speculate, look at SandRidge. The company is way below it's 52 week and for that matter all time high. Was founded by the co-founder of CHK and is one that looks like a no-brainer to me. Having said that, I do not own a share as I am not sure we have seen the bottom on any of these oil and gas stocks short term. Reply
  • commenter
    think
    before you
    speak
    Aug 31 08:46 PM
    Top Foreign Dividend Stocks Traded in New York [view article]
    Actually about XOM they do very little research other than to look for oil. Yes they buy back stock. It was pointed out on the radio that the CEO of XOM makes more money than they spend on researching for alternate energy sources. Also the spend more money advertising that they are searching for altenate energy than they spend on alternate energy research. I like the article I am in Candian Royals for my higher yields. Reply
  • commenter
    Menachem
    Ben Yakov
    Aug 31 07:41 PM
    Top Foreign Dividend Stocks Traded in New York [view article]
    re: Lloyds TSB


    www.telegraph.co.uk/mo...     Reply
  • commenter
    Menachem
    Ben Yakov
    Aug 31 07:40 PM
    Top Foreign Dividend Stocks Traded in New York [view article]
    www.telegraph.co.uk/mo...


    On Aug 31 04:46 PM Menachem Ben Yakov wrote:

    > Lloyds TSB pays a 12.91% (TTM) dividend at an ADR/Share price of
    > $22.05.
    > Many folks err in computing the dividends on U.K. banks because they
    > pay variable dividends. The computer generated stock screens take
    > only a multiple of the last dividend paid and don't compute the yields
    > properly.
    > There is no substitute for pencil and paper and the writer should
    > double check his facts before publishing incorrect information.     Reply
  • commenter
    mkreisel
    Aug 31 06:57 PM
    Energy Firms Should Look to U.S. Shale - Barron's [view article]
    Oil sand is difficult enough to extract, just ask Suncor how expensive (in terms of energy as well) it is to extract.

    Oil shale is by magnitudes more difficult to produce.

    It ought be cheaper to develop nuclear, solar, and wind.     Reply
  • commenter
    Leser
    Aug 31 04:55 PM
    Largest Companies in the World [view article]
    User 218405 and user 138602, everything can be overdone.
    It's not just unions, but also management that can be excessive and seriously hurt the bottom line with tremendously bloated salaries and perks. The Golden Mean of the ancient Greeks, nothing in excess, is what we have to follow even now. Companies need to act ethically, workers too. So do we as consumers need to think of others.
    When we're buying our cheaper goods from China, we are all supporting an immoral, criminal regime and acting irresponsibly towards U.S. and Canadian workers. When North American executive is making many millions while his/her workers are getting $8.00 (give or take a buck) an hour, s/he is being immoral--although perhaps not acting illegally. Society (we family members) need to teach our children to think about what's responsible and correct--not how can I take financial advantage of the people whom I work with. We need to stop pointing the finger at the other people, but develop a sense of fair play in ourselves, our colleagues and families. In the long run much more good for the company and the individuals involved is accomplished that way.     Reply
  • commenter
    Menachem
    Ben Yakov
    Aug 31 04:46 PM
    Top Foreign Dividend Stocks Traded in New York [view article]
    Lloyds TSB pays a 12.91% (TTM) dividend at an ADR/Share price of $22.05.
    Many folks err in computing the dividends on U.K. banks because they pay variable dividends. The computer generated stock screens take only a multiple of the last dividend paid and don't compute the yields properly.
    There is no substitute for pencil and paper and the writer should double check his facts before publishing incorrect information.     Reply
  • commenter
    msgtb
    Aug 31 03:58 PM
    Energy Firms Should Look to U.S. Shale - Barron's [view article]
    There has to be a paradigm shift, we need less oil not more. If not we lose big time. Reply
  • commenter
    history
    repeats
    Aug 31 02:55 PM
    Energy Firms Should Look to U.S. Shale - Barron's [view article]
    this article is about shale natural gas, which is very promising for the USA, esp when combined with pickens' suggestion to increase the number of NG powered vehicles. it is not about shale oil, which is an environmental mess and takes a lot of energy input.

    the way to solve our problems is a national policy to keep the oil price high in the USA. in 1980 we had every discussion we are having now, and as soon as the oil price dropped there was no incentive to do anything but import it and burn it. all you have to do is look at the initiative that kicked in when oil went over $100 this time and imagine if that had continued for 28 years.     Reply
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