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World's cheapest gas: Top 10 countries
While Americans and Europeans bemoan the cost of gasoline at the pumps, people in some other parts of the world enjoy filling up their tanks cheaply thanks to subsidies provided by wealthy, oil-rich governments. Here are the 10 cheapest countries on Earth to fill a gas tank.
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How Mideast turmoil affects oil prices. Six questions answered
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Gallery: World's biggest energy hogs
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Energy Voices Sally Jewell: How 'green' is the new Interior secretary?
Sally Jewell's first moves as secretary of the US Interior Department show so far that she's embracing her dual legacy as an environmental steward with rare ties to the oil industry, Graeber writes.
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Fasten seatbelts, air passengers. Climate change ahead.
Transatlantic flights will be bumpier by 2050 because of rising CO2 emissions, a new study finds. Turbulent episodes could double and the average strength of turbulence would also rise 10 to 40 percent.
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Energy Voices Japan should invest in European shale gas
Shale gas is already having an impact as Japan looks to import suddenly plentiful natural gas from the US. Natural gas from shale should force Europe to recalibrate its own energy future.
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Energy Voices US oil production will soar in 2013. Can it last?
Oil production in the US is expected to rise by record amounts in 2013, thanks to a revolution in drilling techniques. The question is: How long will the oil production boom last?
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Change Agent Can biogas spark a revolution on India's farms?
One farmer in India shows how turning the gases emitted by cow dung can become a clean, renewable fuel that saves him money, increases his productivity, and boosts his profits.
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Pakistan opposition take aim at energy crisis ahead of elections
The opposition is slamming the government, claiming there's an easy solution to energy shortages: Pakistan is sitting on the world’s sixth-largest coal deposit.
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Energy Voices Air pollution in Beijing: Off the charts and (now) on the agenda
Air pollution in Beijing reached such levels that Chinese officials are now openly talking about the need to clean the air. But China faces an enormous task given its overwhelming reliance on coal and weak environmental regulation.
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Energy Voices Top energy stories of 2012. What's your pick?
From the fracking revolution to the CAFE standards to India's record blackout, 2012 had plenty of energy stories. Vote for your pick of top energy story for the year.
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Energy Voices Coal on the rise as developing nations seek cheap fuel
Coal will surpass oil as the world’s most popular fuel source within 10 years, according to a report from the International Energy Agency.
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Should US export natural gas? Study for DOE fuels fiery debate.
According to the study, global market conditions are not yet ripe for US natural gas exports, but when they are, the exports would benefit the economy. A key issue is how that benefit is shared.
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Energy Voices Freeport-McMoRan to acquire oil, gas assets in $20 billion deal
Copper-mining giant Freeport-McMoRan will purchase two oil and gas companies, which could rescue a venture by McMoRan Exploration Co. to drill one of the deepest offshore oil wells on record.
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Iran lawmaker affirms Tehran has US drone – from the CIA, perhaps?
The US Navy has denied it's missing any ScanEagle drones. But Iran claims to have evidence of the drone. An Iranian lawmaker suggests that maybe the CIA, instead of the Pentagon, is missing a spy drone.
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Fuel subsidies get scrutiny at Doha talks
Nations spend more than $500 billion to keep fossil fuel prices low, which is popular with voters but harms the climate. Removing fossil-fuel subsidies would lower carbon emissions by more than 10 percent by 2050, the OECD calculates.
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Energy Voices Hidden factor behind brighter US energy outlook
One big reason the US will become nearly energy self-sufficient by 2035 is increased energy efficiency, says Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency. Aggressive energy efficiency policies could yield even bigger gains.
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Energy Voices US energy: What's oil production got to do with national security?
National security and foreign policy planners can make some reasonable assumptions about what the American energy revolution and oil boom could mean for US interests, Rogers writes.
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Energy Voices The real revolution of shale energy
Shale predictions move from the outrageous, through far fetched to conservative within two years, Grealy writes.
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Energy Voices An America self-sufficient in oil? Don't bet on it.
A new forecast that the US will surpass Saudi Arabia in oil production is unrealistically optimistic. Oil prices would have to rise far too much for unconventional oil to meet forecast levels.
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Energy Voices Energy boom will push US past Saudi Arabia, benefit economy
The US energy boom will boost jobs and capital spending, cut imports and carbon emissions, according to a new report. But the energy boom is not a panacea for the climate –or US foreign policy.
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Major natural gas find by Saudis. A shift ahead?
Saudi Arabia has every incentive to develop its new natural gas discovery in the Red Sea. If it doesn't, it could become an oil importer in the decades ahead.
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US and Iran: Could Romney be tougher than Obama? Unlikely.
Short of conducting a unilateral military strike or declaring war against the Islamic Republic, a Romney administration would be faced with the same legislative options on Iran as President Obama, who has already administered them.
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Energy Voices Oil prices' new dynamic: too much oil, too little demand?
Oil prices could fall over the next five years as supply grows and demand languishes, a new report forecasts. Expanding production from North America and shift in demand to Asia behind new dynamic for oil prices.
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Energy Voices Fuel efficiency could jump 50 percent by 2040
Two studies from the International Energy Agency show that the fuel efficiency of consumer vehicles could be increased by 50 percent by the year 2040 if the necessary technologies and policies are implemented in a timely manner, according to Consumer Energy Report.
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German backing of ESM bailout fund lifts oil futures
Oil futures rose nearer to $98 a barrel Wednesday after a German court ruling favored an ESM (European Stability Mechanism) bailout fund for deeply indebted eurozone countries. The ruling means that the ESM can come into force by the end of this year.
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Change Agent Blow-up solar lantern lights up Haiti's prospects
The elegant clear-plastic lantern, which charges itself when left out in the sun and emits the light of a 60-watt bulb, will bring a safe and inexpensive light source to those without electricity.
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Rio Summit: Environmentalists slam agreements as too weak
Rio Summit: Expectations were low, and environmentalists say that texts diplomats agreed upon fail to set sustainable development goals.
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