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Just before Christmas, as we previously reported, the EPA slipped a rather nasty lump of coal in our collective stocking with their new Utility MACT rules. These went into the books over the protests of virtually the entire energy industry, which noted that the limits were too restrictive and the window for implementation would endanger [...]
"They were just spending money left and right."
Could have guessed this. What incentive did Solyndra management have to spend responsibly, with a $535 million government-backed loan in their pockets and a president touting the company as the star of the administration’s efforts to prop up the weak green energy industry? Still, it’s worth it to hear it straight from those who witnessed [...]
Steam power
Yesterday we covered surface mining extraction of oil sands as practiced by Suncor in Alberta. But as noted, only roughly 1/5 of the deposits are close enough to the surface to reach through conventional methods. Necessity being the mother of invention, the energy industry was forced to develop new technologies to reach the rest of [...]
“Houston has been lauded in numerous national studies ranking housing markets across the country. While this area has, in fact, outperformed other big cities harder hit by the housing crisis, Houston is still participating in the slowdown. It just took us longer to feel it, as the soaring energy industry helped delay some of the pain.”
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