Propane Gas Prices

So you thought the fuel in the white container attached to your barbecue grill is some cheap fuel? You were wrong! Propane is a versatile fuel and it does not come cheap. Today there is a rising demand for propane across many sectors, such as residential and commercial, petrochemicals, farming, transportation, and several other industries.

Crude Oil: Black Gold or Black Menace?

This article is an overview of the Crude Oil Market. It includes information on the history, environmental effects, oil pricing and the future outlook of the Crude Oil market.

An Overview of Wind Farms

With energy issues becoming a daily subject in the news, wind energy is gaining notoriety. Here is an overview of wind farms and their potential.

The Wall - Will It Solve The Problem?

Architecture is about design, building and about transforming space into something that is of functional use... And that is what is going on at the border with Mexico...

Beyond Petroleum with BP

Many of the largest Oil Companies on Earth are busy re-investing their money in alternative energies and alternative fuels. But if Oil is such a lucrative business, why would they be doing this? Why not re-invest in oil pipelines, refineries and exploration? Well there are a number of reasons why.

Alberta Oilsands Enough to Impact World Oil Market Prices? Part 1 of 3

This article will look at the potential impact Alberta oilsands production could have on the world oil market supply, how the OPEC cartel may respond to this supply, and how this may benefit America in terms of reliance on Middle East oil. The primary market used for examples is the relationship between the United States, Alberta, and OPEC. Crude oil is the only resource under consideration within this article despite other resources available within the oilsands resource.

Property Rights and Social Costs - The Impact of Air Pollution

The lack of defined property rights leads to the abuse of certain activities as a result of a differing perceptions regarding how choices affect marginal private benefits and social costs. How does this impact society and what does this say about how private enterprises make choices? let's use the example of pollution and the effects on property owners.

President Fox Projects Minimum of 500,000 Immigrants per Year for Decade to US

Our good neighbor to the South has joyfully proclaimed that no matter what the United States Senate and United States Congress come up for in the way of a new immigration reform bill that we should suspect to see half a million immigrants whether legal or illegal for the next 10-years and maybe much higher with peaks in some years.

The Gathering Economic Tsunami

We think of a tsunami as a great wave thundering ashore causing massive death and destruction. For this article, though, the gathering economic tsunami will cause immense changes in American society, but not the negative ones implied by the word. These changes will start slowly, but they will compound over time. Viewed from the perspective of 50 years hence, American society in the last few decades of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century will have seemed a strange and alien place.

Economy of Thailand

One of the prosperous East Asian economies is the economy of Thailand. It has achieved impressive growth rates. This growth per capita has remained positive for several decades. In Thailand the state has intervened in economy, but in a passive way.

Danish Market

Nowadays business becomes more challenging and requires more and more efforts to prosper. Very often manufacturers produce too much products and thus domestic markets become oversaturated. Thus companies search for additional markets. In order to do that companies became international and expand their business overseas. In order to success it is important to provide marketing research in order to identify the best opportunities from the available.

Some Relief to Refinery Construction and Expansion to Ease Supply Burden Arrives

Many Americans are concerned about the high fuel prices. As American families and small businesses watch gasoline prices and diesel prices hit four dollars per gallon, as we go into hurricane season it is good to know that there is some relief for refineries to expand their capacity

U.S. and Canada Agreement Resolving Softwood Lumber Trade Dispute

United States of America along with Prime Minister Harper of Canada have finally agreed-upon a favorable resolution to the softwood lumber trade dispute between the two countries. It is essential that the United States and Canada have a level playing field and fair trade.

The Law of Perpetual Discomfort

Do you remember when gas was only two dollars per gallon? It seems like only yesterday! Wait, it WAS only yesterday! But today, we face three dollars and, in some places, even more. I have a feeling that we’ll never again see gasoline below two dollars. It’s the Law of Perpetual Discomfort and its sister-in-law—the Law of Greed— that will keep prices high. Let me explain what I mean.

Gas Prices Got You Down?

I just filled up my gas tank this morning for the daily trek into work, and spent what I normally would spend on a tank and a half of gas on one full tank of gas. And I consider myself one of the luckier ones, that does not (now) happen to live paycheck to paycheck, and be subjected to daily financial troubles just because I have to fill my gas tank and be a working, functioning citizen.