Category Archives: Crude Awakenings

CRUDE AWAKENING: Sci-fi or Near Future?

Posted on April 14, 2011 by bettybyrd

By the year 2020, computer chips will be distributed by the billions into the environment, including some into our contact lenses. You’ll blink and be online. Your contact lense will recognize people’s faces, print out their biography, and give you … Continue reading →

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CRUDE AWAKENING: Aggressive reform of off-shore drilling gas regulation…what does that mean?

Posted on April 10, 2011 by bettybyrd

It means stricter regulations…once again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There will now be a decline in domestic output of crude oil this year…Way to go..now that we should be trying to be independent of Middle East oil. Deep water drilling in the Gulf accounts … Continue reading →

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CRUDE AWAKENING: From Russia with Love…Believe it or not?

Posted on April 6, 2011 by bettybyrd

Good evening, I was in Laguna Beach, California this weekend and found out an interesting tidbit…I was speaking with someone from Yugoslavia. He was telling me that unscrupulous people run all the gas pipelines in Russia. Russia has the largest … Continue reading →

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CRUDE AWAKENING: What is the Future of Gulf Coast Drilling 2

Posted on April 3, 2011 by bettybyrd

Good morning, Folks in other countries are not fools. They know they can take advantage of the situation right now and increase business (drilling) in their own territorial waters while we struggle. How serious is the drilling retrenchment in the … Continue reading →

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CRUDE AWAKENING: What is the future of gulf coast drilling 1?

Posted on March 31, 2011 by bettybyrd

Good morning, Gulf Coast drilling will be a nail – biter! Deep water drilling is back but sluggish. As I’ve said earlier in one of my blogs..the oil business is one of the most heavily regulated businesses in the world … Continue reading →

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CRUDE AWAKENING:The footprint of nuclear energy in the United States

Posted on March 27, 2011 by bettybyrd

The footprint of nuclear power in the US is the size of Godzilla. Here’s why: 1. Due to the Japanese holocost, the new era of nuclear plant construction in the US will have to be reexamined. 2. Because of this … Continue reading →

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CRUDE AWAKENING: The nuclear future for China and the United States

Posted on March 25, 2011 by bettybyrd

Good morning everyone! China has 14 nuclear reactors..26 are under construction (the most anywhere)…with that said they are suspending approvals for new nuclear power so it can conduct new safety checks. However, and I quote from the Christian Science Monitor: … Continue reading →

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CRUDE AWAKENING: Who are some countries that need nuclear energy?

Posted on March 24, 2011 by bettybyrd

Parts of the world heavily rely on nuclear energy such as France and Japan. The reason is that some of their strategic energy decisions have been caused by conflicts over oil. A major reason the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor was … Continue reading →

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CRUDE AWAKENING: The Nuclear Grid

Posted on March 24, 2011 by bettybyrd

The top 4 countries that are heavily involved in nuclear energy are: 1. United States – 104 operating reactors – no more under construction 2. France – 58 operating reactors with 1 under construction 3. Japan – 49 operating reactors … Continue reading →

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CRUDE AWAKENING: Why the Gas Prices in California??

Posted on March 21, 2011 by bettybyrd

The refineries in LA are not running to full capacity because they’re switching over from Winter Gas to Summer Gas. There are strict pollution control laws on additives from Summer Gas. This is one other thing that drives up the … Continue reading →

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