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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

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November 27, oil consuming countries will celebrate the first anniversary of the Saudi decision to let market forces determine prices. Venezuela, an OPEC member, has even proposed an emergency summit meeting. per barrel oil in 2015 and 2016 respectively, while the October projections are based $51.62 and $65.65 respectively.

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IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

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In Mexico, auto sales stalled through the first seven months of 2014, causing some concern that new tax policies implemented at the beginning of 2014 were hurting auto demand growth; however, motivated by incentives to help spark demand, light vehicle sales grew throughout the second half of the year. million units. million units.

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Mad Power thoughts

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Ministers decided they would rather throw hundreds of Northern workers out of a job, turn down hundreds of millions of pounds of investment and rely instead – for the five million tonnes of coal per year gap that we still need for industry – on energy imports from those famously reliable partners, Russia and Venezuela.

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Electric cars to account for 64 per cent of car sales by 2030

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transportation system will decrease America’s dependence on foreign oil, increase employment, and reduce the environmental impact of transportation emissions. million barrels per day, equivalent to the amount currently imported daily from the Persian Gulf region and Venezuela. dependence on foreign oil an achievable goal. .&#