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Ever wonder why John McCain wants to drill for oil off of our coasts so badly? It’s not to help gas prices; he knows it won’t help at all in the short-term, especially not when we have a clear need to get off of oil forever. There’s a bipartisan coalition growing that understands we need to get off oil. But John McCain wants to dig us even deeper in the oil well, harming the environment and making us less secure in our energy needs.
So why does he want to do this, when the reality of the situation demonstrates what a terrible idea it is? I’ll give you 29 guesses.
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Author and Activist, Antonia Juhasz, discusses her book, The Tyranny of Oil, and what we must do to stop it. Freddy’s Brooklyn Roundhouse presents Ms. Juhasz’s brief history of the oil industry and how deregulation and reconsolidation have created concentrated financial giants that are destroying our economy and the environment.
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Newt explains why oil companies make more money with less supply and that inaction on drilling and other sources of energy is what is reallymaking oil companies rich.
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This CBS11 news story was played in Dallas in Feb 2008. It was about the oil boom taking place in Midland, Texas at that time. Geophysicist Todd Stallings moved from Dallas to Midland.
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American journalist Jim Lehrer questions Chevron Corporation’s Vice Chairman Peter Robertson as to why record profits for the oil industry have not resulted in lower gas prices for consumers.
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A Conversation About Oil with Chevron’s Peter J. Robertson and Jim Lehrer in discussion at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival.
Some of the most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers and other leaders drawn from myriad fields and from across the country and around the world all gathered in a single place – to teach, speak, lead, question, and answer at the 2006 Aspen Ideas Festival. Throughout the week, they all interacted with an audience of thoughtful people who stepped back from their day-to-day routines to delve deeply into a world of ideas, thought, and discussion.
Jim Lehrer is the anchor and executive editor of PBSs The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He came to Washington with PBS in 1972, teaming with Robert MacNeil in 1973 to cover the Senate Watergate hearings. They began in 1975 what became The MacNeil/Lehrer Report, and, in 1983, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, the first 60-minute evening news program on television. When MacNeil retired in 1995, the program was renamed The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Lehrer has been honored with numerous awards for journalism, including a presidential National Humanities Medal in 1999. In the last five presidential elections, he moderated ten of the nationally televised candidate debates. Lehrer has written 16 novels. His latest, The Phony Marine, was published in November 2006. He also has written two memoirs and three plays. His 17th novel, Eureka, will be published in fall 2007.
Peter J. Robertson is vice chairman of the board of directors for Chevron Corp., responsible for strategic planning, policy, government and public affairs, human resources, and corporate compliance. Previously, he directed the companys worldwide exploration, production, and global gas businesses. He was president of Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc., president of Chevron USA, and president of Warren Petroleum Co., Chevrons former natural gas liquids subsidiary. He chairs the US Energy ociation and is a past director of Sasol Chevron Holdings Ltd., Dynegy Inc., and Caltex Petroleum Corp. A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, he graduated from Edinburgh University and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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High oil and gas prices got you down? This video shows you how to drill your very own oil and gas well in Ohio. Grab your friends for this video. They won’t want to miss a chance to see how they can drill their own well! This Summer we drilled a 4,200′ deep Clinton well in Ohio. It turned out to be a good well. It will keep on producing for 30 years.
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‘Crossroads USA’ w/ Regis Toomey and Rhys Williams (severe edit by Cinemakramp)
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This is the story of how the discovery of oil changed McDonald, PA in the 1890’s. The illustrations by EJ Meeker and text are taken from a newspaper of the day. Production and narration by Rick Glasby.
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