Category: oil
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Oil Prices
I was working on the books for the ranch yesterday and it sure isn't pretty with energy prices the way they are. Then this thing with the Alaskan oil fields happen and they expect prices to go <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/08/08/news/state/30-gas.txt">even higher</a>. We really don't need to see that happen. Cattle prices might be up nice for…
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Good For The Goose
I find Sen Chuck Schumer's <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/story?id=1906985&page=1">comments yesterday</a> very interesting. Why you may ask? <br />n<br />nHe states that there are five oil companies and they don't compete. That "We should do a little good, old fashioned trust busting," and that "What's good for Exxon Mobil is not necessarily good for America."<br />n<br />nFor years…
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Growing Pains
The ethanol industry is having some growing pains. According to <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060320/ap_on_bi_ge/gas_prices_ethanol">this story</a>, the price we will pay for gasoline this summer is going to be significantly higher because there is not sufficient distribution facilities to get the ethanol where it needs to be causing shortages of fuels in some markets.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>But there's trouble…