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The Real Reason for USA based Economic Recessions.

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There have been 5 recession since then until now and I wanted to see if Oil had anything to do with them, because deep in my heart, I knew the most recent recession was directly caused by the oil price spikes that started in 2007 and peaked in 2008. The economy was slowed by their actions but it didn?t t stop the economy.

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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Department of Defense and Fuel Economy. Skalny, Director, US Army TARDEC shared the following insights on fuel usage within the Department of Defense (DOD): Every $10/barrel increase in oil prices adds $1.3 The operations in Kuwait and Iraq use approximately 431 million gallons of fuel per year. —Bill Cooke.

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