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Ethanol Producers Group Calls for Congress to Repeal International Indirect Land Use Provision in RFS2

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The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS-2) defined within the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 requires biofuels to meet specified life-cycle greenhouse gas emission reduction targets to qualify. This is the most bizarre concept I have ever seen. This was accompanied by a picture of convoys entering Iraq from Kuwait.

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Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

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for the first quarter of 2011, according to data from the California Department of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR). The concept of steamflooding. This opens up the whole concept of heat management, of not just injecting steam and producing oil, but dialing in the steam precisely. in 1988 to just above 2.3

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The Real Reason for USA based Economic Recessions.

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For more information about the concept of Peak Oil please visit [link]. This period in US history saw gas lines and severe unemployment and also a period (in which is atypical during a recessionary period), rising inflation. OPEC quadrupled the price of oil and the US quickly fell into recession. t stop the economy.

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