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Did the Moffat County School Board make the right decision in replacing MCHS athletic director Rick Penner, who had been considered missing after not being heard from for about a week?
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27 May 2008 at 8:02 p.m.
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50cal (Anonymous) says…
heard a little rumur this morning about chevron laying off 440 employees in the Jonah field of wyoming. Chevron had two man camps approved for down around dubec CO one for 837 people and the other for 450. Shell shut down their experiments on oil shale extraction. this is all on rumurs of what the new regulations will be and what Ritter and the two Salizar brthers have done trying to keep the public disscusions open even longer. you think those jobs didn't matter to their local economy? it will to ours as well. watch out for those heating bills this winter.
27 May 2008 at 8:14 p.m.
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AltitudeAdjustment (Anonymous) says…
Regulations or no regulations I think there is one thing everyone needs to keep in mind. Peak oil production is upon us. From here on out it will get harder and harder to extract the quantities of oil that we have done in the past, all the while our demand for it grows and grows. What does this mean? This means that eventually ALL known oil will be extracted from the ground. This also means that all accessable coal and natural gas will also be extracted. It may be tomorrow or it may be 20/30 years from now, but our demand for natural resources will eventually overturn any law or regulation that prevents current exploration and development. ALL of the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge will eventually be drilled. Every drop will be extracted eventually. Our society demands energy and our current infrastructure can run on nothing except liquid fuels. They're easy to transport and easy to use. Sure other technology may help ease our reliance on oil and gas, but it won'te replace them - not in my life time or my kid's life time. Yes they will shut a field down today, but eventually it will be pumped. Tap it now or tap it tomorrow — either way our county will benefit from it — If it isn't today, it will be tomorrow. Oil prices go high enough it will become a national emergency and they will get pumped. So think of any current restrictions as saving our oil for a rainy day when oil and gas prices really get out of control.
27 May 2008 at 8:26 p.m.
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50cal (Anonymous) says…
good points. I think though that they can come up with cleaner tech. and alternate fuel. working on both is the best I beleive. I don't know about corn but they say that the swith grass has more energy potental than corn and it is native to the plains states. seems like they are still not straight on the alternate fuel situation. Has anyone notice that British Petroleum is no longer running their adds as british petroleum? now they are Beyond Petroleum. HUMMM.
27 May 2008 at 9:47 p.m.
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taxslave (Anonymous) says…
From what I remember of the energy hearing, Congress put the brakes on coal. They continue to say, “We can not drill out way out of this” and they repeat “it's too dirty”. They also banned any inport of oil from the Canadian Sands. There are no pending permits for any power plants in Colorado.
28 May 2008 at 6:32 a.m.
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grannyrett (Anonymous) says…
There is only so much oil in this world. When it is gone, it's gone. That is why I am looking so hard at HHO fuel cells. If I can stretch my gas mileage from 20 to 50 mpg or better with water and baking soda, you better bet it's going to happen. I believe the technology has been around for years, but the oil companies do not want us doing it. If you could use water and baking soda to run all the gas appliances in your homes, and your car with no modifications to the engine, would you? Google HHO for fuel. There is so much information out there and it's so simple. We have to start looking out for ourselves, cause Uncle Sam isn't going to help us. How long can the people who work out of town continue to do so? Where are these fuel prices going–$7, $8, $10 bucks a gallon? If I don't do something, I won't be able to go to the store, let alone have enough money to spend on buying groceries.
28 May 2008 at 9:52 a.m.
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50cal (Anonymous) says…
oil companies don't spend their money on ways to get you to stop buying their product. Who does? I don't think baking soda and water is going to work, but i'll let you try. I have a friend whos got a diesel VW jetta 50+ miles per gallon going to and coming back from las vegas. Geo Metros are becoming hot items on ebay. I still say let them extract oil and gas while we are working on newer cleaner tech. thats the only way we are going to keep our economy going and work for a solution to the energy crunch.
29 May 2008 at 8:11 a.m.
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harkner (Neal Harkner) says…
Granny,
I personally wouldn't attempt to bolt an oxyhydrogen conversion kit on your car unless you don't mind the possibility of ruining your fuel system and/or your engine. 99.99999999% of those “improve your fuel milage with this kit” ads are scams.
Yes, there are oxyhydrogen torches and you can indeed burn water by using electrolysis to break it into hydrogen and oxygen gas, but the amount of energy required to break the water up combined with the miniscule amount of energy you'll get from it will not increase your fuel mileage by 1% let alone 15%.
If you really want to increase your fuel mileage, keep your tires inflated to the proper PSI, get your vehicle aligned every 12,000 miles, change your oil and air filters at required intervals, keep your car tuned up properly, and slow down when you drive. Doing all those things will increase your fuel mileage on the order of 15-20%. and will cost you far less than a new engine.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/maintain….
29 May 2008 at 10:05 a.m.
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50cal (Anonymous) says…
switch your lubricants all over to synthetic and this will help as well. differential, transmission, transfer case, engine oil. This has always helped on my fuel economy.
30 May 2008 at 12:11 p.m.
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Rainbow (Anonymous) says…
Does anyone else find it interesting that as soon as we start looking at the oil companies profits, the price per barrel starts going down? What a bunch of crooks!
30 May 2008 at 4:33 p.m.
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50cal (Anonymous) says…
please the oil companies are public owned. speculaters, those jackasses run the prices up when there is any excuse. Oh if i could only show you what i get to see every day.
2 June 2008 at 9:01 a.m.
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WileyWapiti (Anonymous) says…
Many layoffs are not from a company going bust or dire times. Quite often the jobs may require a build up of 300-500 people to complete construction etc. Once the work is completed for that project, they will lay them off. I have been on construction projects upwards of 800 people, once you are over the hump you will see layoffs of 100-200 per week.
2 June 2008 at 9:12 a.m.
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50cal (Anonymous) says…
not saying that they were dire times or going bust, I'm saying that the oil companies, gas companies are getting nervious about the new regulations that are being speculated abouot and how that can affect a local economy.