http://www.mixx.com Mixx of items from the oil collection en-us How far can it fall? People have been anxiously wondering as they watch the plunging stock market. But increasingly the same question is being asked about another crucial figure: the price of oil. Sat Oct 11 21:37:28 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2414339/is_cheaper_oil_a_good_thing thingy_2414339 JessicaLaurie http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1849215,00.html Gold, silver and platinum were pressured lower Friday, but ended higher for the week in London. London silver, gold and platinum prices climbed 4 percent, 7.7 percent, and 4.4 percent, respectively. The Dow and S&P sank just over 18 percent, while the... Sat Oct 11 20:33:43 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2413948/business_bullion_weekend_report_oct_11 thingy_2413948 mike65096 http://www.coinnews.net/2008/10/11/bullion-business-weekend-report-oct-11-441/ A global recession where people can’t afford to use resources is not a solution. At some point in time, the global economy will recover and demand for oil will rise again, as will the profits of petro-states. As this is a certainty, we need to take th Sat Oct 11 00:02:06 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2405255/oil_drops_emissions_decrease_petro_states_lose_revenues_but_this_is_not_a_solution_forcechange thingy_2405255 ForceChange.com http://forcechange.com/2008/10/10/oil-drops-emissions-decrease-petro-states-lose-revenues-but-this-is-not-a-solution/ Most people cannot afford to fill their cars each week without experiencing some type of budgetary stress, and so many people are asking the government to invest more money into alternative energy research in order to reduce our dependence on foreign oil Fri Oct 10 19:44:51 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2403010/all_about_cars_blog_archive_run_your_car_on_water_and_double_your_gas_mileage thingy_2403010 cars.tipsminisites http://cars.tipsminisites.com/cars/run-your-car-on-water-and-double-your-gas-mileage.html This weekend the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) along with 7 other companies including Exxon will kick off Music is our Oil (MIO) in Philadelphia. America's greatest hip-hop and rock artists will be sent aboard to barter their musical... Fri Oct 10 13:23:28 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2398146/music_is_our_oil_kicks_off_in_philly thingy_2398146 puggielover13 http://www.ethanolconversations.org/2008/10/music-is-our-oil-kicks-off-in-philadelphia/ OPEC said Thursday it will hold an extraordinary meeting Nov. 18 to discuss how the widening global financial crisis is affecting oil prices, a move that could lead to a coordinated production cut in a bid to halt crude's steep losses. Thu Oct 09 19:03:16 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2388704/opec_announces_special_meeting_as_oil_prices_fall_usatoday_com thingy_2388704 wak http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2008-10-09-opec_N.htm "Concerns that weak economy could drive demand lower has analysts forecasting even lower prices." Thu Oct 09 07:42:05 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2381364/oil_prices_dip_below_88_a_barrel_on_economic_concerns thingy_2381364 alina.popescu http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/09/markets/bc.apfn.as.oilprices.ap/index.htm As Oil price slides towards $85 a barrel, almost half the members of the OPEC oil cartel are considering an emergency meeting in Vienna next month as oil prices dropped to their lowest level in nearly a year. Thu Oct 09 00:24:13 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2378779/opec_members_seek_emergency_meeting thingy_2378779 DerivativeRe http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/417df05e-9555-11dd-aedd-000077b07658.html Fuel Refiner Tesoro filed a lawsuit in Cali. to block a regulation that would boost ethanol consumption in the state by 2010. Citing environmental concerns and rising food prices, the refiner really just doesn't want to pay to upgrade their facilities. Wed Oct 08 14:05:07 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2372532/tesoro_sues_to_block_ethanol_increase_in_california thingy_2372532 puggielover13 http://www.goodfuels.org/2008/10/frivolous-lawsuit/ At issue in North Park is how mass drilling might affect water quality in the several headwater streams of the North Platte River, a 680-mile waterway that sustains agriculture and recreation in three states. Wed Oct 08 13:51:58 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2372417/drilling_moves_closer_to_our_doorstep_the_denver_post thingy_2372417 kristinsj http://www.denverpost.com/extremes/ci_10663447