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Ethanol: Our Answer to Reducing U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil

What is needed is
1 using less energy
2 switching to a vegetarian diet (healthier and 5 times more efficient)
3 switching to electric cars

Ethanol will be part of the bridge to the future, but only for perhaps 5 years.

Which Way for the Prices of Oil and Gold?

Given the numbers of dollars that the US economy needs to survive, how will the dollar rise against the euro ? I can't see it heppening.

Oil Prices Finally Changing Consumer Behavior

IMHO people are doing now what they should have done decades ago. Apparently they can do without all those miles.
The reason why the US is not participating in the Kyoto treaty and the Eu is, as far as I can see is this: there are to many people totaly focussud on the conomy in the US, so politicians have very little rom to move. If they wanted to move in the first place, which is doubtful.
As for INdia taking over the miles not driven: let's face it, we in the EU and the US have for decades been obcneley wealthy and wasteful. And now we should continue destrying this planet because we can't allow India or China to have an advantage ? How penny wise is that ? You guys donlt have children ?
As for socialism: I live in Holland. Better social laws, better health coverage, more liberal laws on drugs with infinite better results, fewer people in prison, less cime, better environment laws, better economy.
Don't get me wrong, I love the US. And IMO its only chance of not going down the drain in all ways is called Obama. Oil is over, better be among the first to make the transfer.

Buying Gold for Oil Like George Soros

There are countless passible 'historic ratios'. The question is, if a ratio is way off its historic value, must we conclude that it will move back to it ? Or may we conclude that there simply wasn't any historic ratio in the first place ?
I would say in this case: the latter. There is no ratio behind the ratio, so to speak.

Gold-Oil Ratio Weekly Status Update

Agreeing with Emerald: the impression I have is that Obama at least UNDERSTANDS the situation.

The Oil Bubble Will Meet the Same Fate as Tech, Housing

You're wrong. What else to say ?

VeraSun Energy and the Ethanol Debate

Talk about no-brainers. Are we eating too much meat ? Of course we are. There are so many reasons for eating less or no meat, I won't even start. Just this: a meta study of 7000 different researches worldwide, taking 6 years and published recently, showed conclusively that meat and meatproducts raise the risk of colon cancer considerably.
I'd say, lets first stop eating so much meat and then see how ehtanol affects cornprices.

Whole Foods Market: On Track for Organic Success

It is true that WF also sells not organic foods. And that is the only inaccuracy I can see. One thing that wasn't mentioned is the international expansion that has already started. WF is the future, no question about it. I agree this is the time to buy the stock, and just did.