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Gal Sitty

America’s oil imports are higher than you think

June 13, 2018/in Economy, Featured, National Security, Over a Barrel Blog, World gsitty /by Gal Sitty

It seems like every day there’s a new headline about the dominance of America’s petroleum sector.  Read more →

Fuel Freedom Staff

Electric vehicles begin to bite into oil demand

May 29, 2018
Source: Forbes
/in What's The Buzz, World staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Projections have suggested that the advent of electric vehicles will have a dramatic impact on oil demand and now its starting to show. With China adding the equivalent of London’s bus fleet every 5 weeks, that’s 279,000 barrels of oil a day removed from demand.

Fuel Freedom Staff

Indonesia declares state of emergency as oil spill spreads

April 3, 2018
Source: BBC News
/in Environment, Featured, What's The Buzz, World ntaft, staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Indonesia has declared a state of emergency to help stop a deadly oil spill spreading off the coast of the island of Borneo.

Landon Hall

Mexico’s drug cartels, now hooked on fuel, cripple the country’s refineries

January 28, 2018
Source: Reuters
/in What's The Buzz, World lhall /by Landon Hall

Drug gangs pressure refinery workers to tap the lifeblood of Mexico’s oil industry. One former worker fled the country. One former gang member helps authorities understand the racket.

Landon Hall

Delhi doctors declare pollution emergency as smog chokes city

November 8, 2017
Source: The Guardian
/in What's The Buzz, World lhall /by Landon Hall

Levels of airborne pollutants are off the scale in parts of India’s capital with effects likened to smoking 50 cigarettes a day.

Fuel Freedom Staff

A new approach to energy poverty

September 19, 2017/in Featured, Over a Barrel Blog, World mblaustein, staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Energy poverty is a global crisis. Millions of people all over the world don’t have access to basic resources they need to survive, and what’s being done today to address it isn’t working. Read more →

Fuel Freedom Staff

Ethanol to gasoline switch raises nanoparticles in air

September 18, 2017
Source: SciDev
/in Environment, What's The Buzz, World ntaft, staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Using ethanol instead of gasoline as a car fuel can reduce emissions of ultrafine particles by a third, which benefits human health and the environment, according to a new study.

Fuel Freedom Staff

New battery technologies are getting a charge from venture investors

September 8, 2017
Source: Tech Crunch
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, What's The Buzz, World ntaft, staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Venture capital investors once again are getting charged up over new battery technologies. The quest to build a better battery has occupied venture investors for nearly a decade, since the initial clean technology investment bubble of the mid-2000s.

Fuel Freedom Staff

Oil for U.S. hawked to others as storm snarls flows of crude

September 7, 2017
Source: Bloomberg
/in Economy, Featured, National Security, What's The Buzz, World ntaft, staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Sellers of crude to U.S. refineries that are still assessing the damage from Hurricane Harvey are seeking an alternative home for their supply.

Fuel Freedom Staff

A war with North Korea could send oil prices skyrocketing

September 6, 2017
Source: OilPrice
/in Economy, Featured, National Security, What's The Buzz, World ntaft, staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

An open military conflict in Northern Asia would disrupt more than a third of global seaborne crude oil trade, Wood Mackenzie warned last week amid yet another escalation between North Korea, its neighbors, and the U.S.

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