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			<title>Investing in Oil</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:54:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The world has enough oil and gas reserves waiting to be explored. One can expect huge amount of returns from the *oil and gas investments*...</description>
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<div><font face="Arial">The world has enough oil and gas reserves waiting to be explored. One can expect huge amount of returns from the <a href="http://www.worldenergyresearch.com/HowItWorks.aspx" target="_blank"><b>oil and gas investments</b></a>. The returns from an oil well drilled can start giving returns as soon as 60 days of it hitting. The ROI is so high that one can expect a high return of 650% or even higher.</font><br />
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  <font face="Arial">The demand for oil is only going to rise higher with its supply going less. Oil and gas investments can be done in two ways. One of them is exploration. Exploration involves discovery of new oil and gas reserves that can be tapped whenever needed. The exploration may be a high risk investment but is always worth a try. This is because if successful, the results are great and the returns are unfathomable.</font><br />
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  <font face="Arial">The other way is of course, investing in oil and gas companies. These companies will likely be well established, will have enough oil to make sure that they turn a profit. They also help the investors to earn at least a little bit of money on their investments.</font></div>


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			<title>How biofuels are created from Plant material?</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:59:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Hello Friends...... 
 
How a fuel is produced from plant materials can depend on a variety                 of factors, including the plant material...</description>
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<div>Hello Friends......<br />
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How a fuel is produced from plant materials can depend on a variety                 of factors, including the plant material being used and the fuel                 being produced.  In the case of ethanol, the two main conversion                 methods used to make ethanol from biomass are biochemical and                 thermochemical.<br />
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			<title>How much does it cost to produce electricity with renewable energy?</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:54:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Hello Friends......* 
 
can anyone share me some tips on producing electricity with renewable  
energy at low cost 
 
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<div>Hello Friends......<b><br />
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can anyone share me some tips on producing electricity with renewable <br />
energy at low cost<br />
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Thanks<br />
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			<title>Why I love My Natural Gas Vehicle.</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:26:56 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Civic GX... Have had it for 3 years, 95,000 miles. 
 
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<div>Civic GX... Have had it for 3 years, 95,000 miles.<br />
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When I realized that for every gallon of gasoline I was burning in my previous vehicle, a Ford F150, that I was releasing 28+ lbs of CO2 into the atmosphere, I went looking for a Hybrid, but bought the GX.<br />
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Advantages: 30-39 MPG (5.56 lbs of Methane = 1 Gal Gasoline)<br />
                  Guaranteed Car Pool Lanes<br />
                  AQMD Rebate on purchase ($4500)<br />
                  Fed Tax Credit on purchase ($3K)<br />
                  Availability of Home Compressor (with $1.5K from AQMD)<br />
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Let me make a comment on the compressor.  When I purchased my car, I calculated the costs/benefits of a home compressor (cost $2500) and realized that if I drove an average of over 100 miles/day, it would be better to forgo the costs of installation (extension of gas lines, hookup), operation (maintenance/rebuild @ 2000-4000 hours), and slow fill (home gas lines get a low pressure gas line).  I have been visiting CNG stations around the LA/SD/Las Vegas areas for the last 3 years, and have paid from a low of $.90 to a high of $2.60 for a &quot;gallon&quot; (at the $4.25 Peak for Gasoline in LA)  <br />
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                  Currently Natural Gas sells for 80 Cents per Gallon<br />
                   in Salt Lake City UT, and $1.80 in LA<br />
                   I am driving the cleanest internal combustion vehicle<br />
                   on the road, so clean that after 95K miles my exhaust<br />
                   tailpipe looks like a new car's.<br />
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Disadvantages:    Because of limited tank size (3600 PSI) I can only get <br />
                        around 6.5 gallons of Methane in the tank, which limits<br />
                        my range.  Depending on my current driving habit, <br />
                        I can get from 200 to 300 miles per tank.  <br />
                        If you have a straight, flat road, and drive 65,<br />
                        you can easily improve mileage to 50 MPG and get<br />
                        over 300 miles per tank.<br />
           <br />
When I bought this car, I used it for a weekly commute to Las Vegas.  There are a limited amount of CNG stations in Victorville (2) and Barstow (1).  None of the CNG stations are manned (anywhere), so if there are any fill or maintenance issues, it is quite easy to run into situations where you are low on gas, so, I make sure I always have enough gas to make it to the next station after the one I am headed to.  From LA, I have driven to Vegas, San Diego, and San Francisco with absolutely no issues, there are plenty of stations in LA (80-90), Vegas (5+), and along the 101 to SF.  I do plan my drive around where I will stop and get gas (full fill is a little faster time-wise than a full fill of a gasoline tank).  I wish that the infrastructure of CNG stations were better, that I could just drive off the freeway and not have to drive another half mile to get to a station (there are a few stations that are very freeway accessible, but it is not the norm).<br />
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Would I buy another GX, Absolutely<br />
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Do I wish that everyone would have a Methane (Natural Gas) Vehicle? Absolutely.<br />
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Methane is a fossil fuel that we need to capture (like the methyl Hydrates that are melting under arctic permafrost - very high priority), sequester, and use.<br />
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And, the reason we don't hear about Natural Gas for Automobiles?  <br />
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Gasoline refiners.</div>


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