"Heatwaves and biofuel demand in Europe and US to fuel bread, pasta and beer price rises" Finfacts (Irish Business news portal) The combination of heatwaves in Europe and the US, low global grain stocks and an increase in production of biofuels has seen wheat prices rise to 10-year highs and may lead to big increases …
Mexicos largest oil field starts to decline?
Saw this on the Oil Drum this afternoon The original article appeared in the LA Times today. Production at Cantarell, the world's second-largest oil complex, in the shallow gulf waters off the shore of Mexico's southern Campeche state, averaged just over 1.8 million barrels a day in May, according to the most recent government figures. …
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Hotter than Hades – Climate Change vs. Global Warming.
So is this Global Warming? More precisely... is this Climate Change? We've set a number of temperature records in British Columbia over the past few days. My weather station at Alberni Weather.ca recorded a maximum of 41.1C on Friday (21st) and over 38C yesterday in the City of Port Alberni. Both would be records if …
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