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Today CBO's Assistant Director for Microeconomic Studies, Joseph Kile, testified before the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research on the use of agricultural offsets as part of a cap-and-trade program for reducing greenhouse gases. Discussions about reducing greenhouse gases often focus on limiting the use of fossil fuels to generate electricity or power cars and trucks, yet a...

Job proposals from Democrats could add $300 billion in new federal spending By Walter Alarkon - 12/03/09 06:00 AM ET The cost of a new jobs bill Democrats hope to move early next year runs to nearly $300 billion when major proposals under serious consideration are added up. Lawmakers are calling for extending aid to the unemployed, infrastructure spending, a hiring tax credit and increased small business loans....

Over the centuries, there have been some crackers when it comes to bad business decisions. 10 of the classic additions to the hall of bad business decisions fame. Napoleon wasn't a gifted realtor In 1803, Bonaparte acquired the Louisiana territory - roughly half of the land that became the US - after France made a treaty with Spain. Just 20 days later, just as the US was about to offer US$10 million alone for New Orleans, Bonaparte gave...

That's fascinating, Mike. Thanks.

Mike: Heard something yesterday that gave pause for thought. What we have going today is the 21st century version of slavery. The only difference today versus the past is that the slaves are located overseas, not here. Workers in Vietnam, Laos, Bangledash, etc make at best the equivelant of $.70-$2.00 per day making products for a multitude of International firms. In the past slaves were involved in agriculture. Today it's in...

E.P.A. Says It Expects to Raise Amount of Ethanol Allowed in Fuel Blends to 15% By MATTHEW L. WALD WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it would probably increase the amount of ethanol that gasoline retailers could blend into ordinary fuel, to 15 percent, if tests established that the blend would not damage cars. The maximum ethanol blend is now 10 percent, except for cars specially equipped to handle higher...

You guys are rigjht----UNLESS---Gove3rnment decides that it can use the money better, and decide that they 'need' the tax revenue...LOL SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT ALRIGHT...

I worked in them for many years... did not like them then...and still do not like them...an accident waiting to happen that there will be no return from.

Nuclear power regains support TOOL AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Even green groups see it as 'part of the answer' The Dungeness Nuclear Power Station in Britain, where the government plans to fast-track the construction of 10 plants. (Dan Kitwood/getty Images) By Anthony Faiola Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, November 24, 2009 LONDON -- Nuclear power -- long considered environmentally hazardous -- is emerging as perhaps the...

Mike, didn't Dubai put a lot of money into Las Vegas in the last 2-3 years. It seems I read an article that they built some major casinos/hotels.