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So much Boulder/progressive BS – 9news.com | Can Colorado’s candidates for governor promise 100 percent renewable energy? In a recent 9NEWS gathering with voters, both candidates got questions about this. To some voters, the idea sounded a little grandiose. Asked … Continue reading

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Indonesia and ThorCon continue working towards thorium reactor | NextBigFuture.com

A bit too much marketing/speculation for my taste, but exciting nonetheless – Indonesia and ThorCon continue working towards thorium reactor | NextBigFuture.com ThorCon is a liquid-fuel fission power plant, under development in the US, to be built in a far-east shipyard, … Continue reading

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Drill baby drill, frack baby frack –  Citi: U.S. To Become World’s Top Oil Exporter | OilPrice.com The U.S. exported a record 8.3 million barrels per day (bpd) last week of crude oil and petroleum products, the government also said Wednesday. … Continue reading

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Faster please – Danish Thorium Molten Salt Reactor receives pre-seed funding | NextBigFuture.com

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Drill baby drill – Oil Hedge Fund Manager Andurand Says $300 Oil ‘Not Impossible’ – Bloomberg Pierre Andurand, one of oil’s most prominent hedge fund managers, said the current reluctance of energy companies to invest in new production meant $300 a … Continue reading

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A TWOFOR – Make America Great Again as well as create financial pain for other oil exporting countries such as Russia, Nigeria and OPEC in general. Trump’s revenge: U.S. oil floods Europe, hurting OPEC and Russia Now, the relatively high … Continue reading

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Minnesota blows billions on wind turbine electricity. How will this play out in Colorado, not to mention Boulder? And John Hinderaker points out in this Powerline article – IS WIND ENERGY A GOOD IDEA?  that it makes little sense without government … Continue reading

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The U.S. has been a net energy importer since 1953, according to the Energy Information Administration. Shocked face – US projected to become net exporter of energy by 2022 | TheHill The study also found that economic conditions will be … Continue reading

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U.S. Oil Production Will Exceed Its 1971 Peak This Year – Hit & Run : Reason.com

So much for peak oil doom! Source: U.S. Oil Production Will Exceed Its 1971 Peak This Year – Hit & Run : Reason.com Only a decade ago, the world was in the grip of one of its periodic “peak oil” … Continue reading

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What next? Volcanos? So Boulder – More cities trying to sue energy companies over “damages” from climate change Those companies may have drilled for the oil, refined it and put it into barrels. But you people in the cities have been … Continue reading

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So UnBoulder – Weld County poised to see another record year in oil production | GreeleyTribune.com “Weld County is the only county, certainly the only major Front Range county, that’s been able to drop the mill levy in the last … Continue reading

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Drill baby drill – US Rig Count Soars Most In 10 Months As Production Hits Record High | Zero Hedge

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engadget: ‘Safer’ thorium reactor trials could salvage nuclear power A Dutch nuclear research institute is conducting the first experiment in close to five decades on molten-salt nuclear reactors based on thorium. Long hailed as a potential “safer” nuclear power, thorium … Continue reading

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Both hand clapping. Regulators set ‘path forward’ for Boulder, but will deny much of electric utility plan – Boulder Daily Camera The Public Utilities Commission deliberated Wednesday in Boulder’s electric utility case, and stopped just shy of outright denying the … Continue reading

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Nederland aims for 100 percent renewables by 2030 — if not sooner – Boulder Daily Camera

Saving the planet, one city at a time: Nederland aims for 100 percent renewables by 2030 — if not sooner – Boulder Daily Camera The town of Nederland is poised to become the 42nd community in the country to commit … Continue reading

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Much to Boulder’s dismay – IEA: U.S. has unique role in oil, LNG – UPI.com The United States stands in a unique position in the energy market with a robust shale oil sector and prospects for liquefied natural gas, the … Continue reading

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Drill baby drill – Along Boulder County’s eastern fringes, resistance to oil and gas regulation abounds – Longmont Times-Call If BoCo wants to prevent fracking, it’s time that they stop benefiting from the lower oil prices.

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Why Boulder hates fracking – Energy Revolutions Hidden In Plain Sight: Part 1 of 3 — Shale Crushes Solar | RealClearEnergy Meanwhile, solar and wind power are the two most discussed “disruptions” to our energy supply. It is true that … Continue reading

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So Boulder, well So Lafayette in this case – Letter endorsing anti-fracking violence penned by author of ballot issue to hike oil-and-gas tax – Colorado Politics Reached by phone today, Andrew O’Connor, of Lafayette, unapologetically reiterated his hardline stance on fracking to ColoradoPolitics.com. … Continue reading

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Cuomo’s war on pipelines is crushing New York’s economy | New York Post When Team Cuomo blocked a gas pipeline this month, and another last year, we warned of the fallout. A new report out Monday puts a price tag … Continue reading

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