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Shultice Financial

2009-06-30T23:16:33Z

It’s been exactly 1 year and 1 week since I decided to stop writing on this site. Since then, I’ve only grown more passionate about the environmental crisis our planet is facing. Also in the past year (in the past 3 months actually), I’ve started a new finance site, Shultice Financial. On my new site, among other [...]

OilDummy is Going on Hiatus

2008-06-23T02:51:18Z

This is really tough for me, since I’ve put so much into this site over the past year. However, with other projects on my plate, including my other blog, www.youngdough.com, I’ve decided my efforts are better served elsewhere right now. Basically, I don’t feel I can put in enough effort to make my [...]

Peak Oil: Will Hubbert be Proved Right Again?

2008-06-10T23:18:51Z

The first time geophysicist M King Hubbert predicted a peak in oil supply, he was ridiculed. However, his prediction in 1956 that US oil production would peak around 1970 was ultimately spot on. Our production topped in the early 70’s, and has since been on a steady decline, following the production bell curve he illustrated. [...]

Peak Everything: Why Our Corn Supply is in Jeopardy

2008-06-02T23:16:18Z

Planet Green’s web site has a series running entitled ‘Peak Everything’, in which they examine the long-term prospects for commodities that are essential to our livelihoods. They have concluded that many of these important goods are going to face major supply challenges in the future, if they aren’t already. Everything from rice to water to [...]

Scooter Sales Soaring in US

2008-05-26T17:54:59Z

You know gas is expensive to Americans when the local news reports that scooter sales are up significantly, even in Des Moines. Scooters and moped riders who aren’t riding to school are still pretty few and far between in the States, but as we approach $4 a gallon unleaded, more and more people are [...]

Killacycle!

2008-05-20T03:36:21Z

I recently had the opportunity to catch some Discovery Channel, which is quite a rarity since we don’t have cable or dish at our house. One of the shows that I saw, Mean Green Machines, was actually a sneak peak episode of the series that will run on Discovery Networks new channel, Planet Green, [...]

A Gas Tax Holiday? Now I’ve Seen it All

2008-05-09T17:56:20Z

Senators John McCain and Hillary Clinton recently proposed a plan that likely resonates well with many potential voters, but is absolutely terrible. They announced that they would like a summer-long, from Memorial Day to Labor Day I believe, holiday free from federal gas taxes. Supposedly eliminating that 18 cent/gallon tax would help consumers at the [...]

Why do US Cars Keep Getting Bigger?

2008-05-26T17:46:43Z

For all the attention paid to developing automobiles that will lessen our reliance on fossil fuels, one trend that perplexes me is the continued release of bigger and bigger cars. Ever since the energy shortages of the 70s brought a new generation of small cars, those vehicles have steadily grown since then, even with [...]

Lower Gas Taxes? Heck No…

2008-04-21T18:04:25Z

With gas prices at record levels and no end in sight, a common ply from consumers is often to lower gas taxes. While this would temporarily ease prices some, I think it would be a terrible move. If anything, I think we should actually have higher gas taxes. While this suggestion would never fly with [...]

America’s Oil Demand to Decrease this Summer?

2008-04-13T01:06:43Z

Well, it’s (almost) official: America might actually be using less oil. The Energy Information Administration recently released their estimates for summer demand, and it came out to be slightly less than last summer. In fact, if they are correct it will be the first time in 17 years that summer demand is less than the [...]