In an earlier post I talked about the possible impact of an offshore drilling moratorium on oil production and prices. The drilling moratorium continues to be a hot issue, with a federal judge issuing a temporary injunction against it, and Secretary Salazar vowing to to issue a more explicit justification for the ban.
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Following every president since Richard Nixon, Barack Obama argues that energy independence should be at the core of national energy policy. Energy independence typically is defined as zero reliance on energy imports. The assumption seems to be that relying on “unfriendly” Middle East nations for energy is bad for our economic and national security. The (…)
A word cloud or (tag cloud) is a visual representation of the relative frequency of words used in a document, speech, article, etc. The cloud gives greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. Word clouds can provide insight into the explicit and implicit messages that underlie proclamations.
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