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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Oil: The Bad News in the Good News

Oil: The Bad News in the Good News

Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
On Monday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) came out with a stunner of a projection. The United States will replace Saudi Arabia as the world;s largest producer of oil by 2020, thanks to the unlocking of massive shale oil reserves. With hydro-fracking technology, the U.S. is riding a boom in natural gas as well. Oil production will increase from its current level of about 6 million barrels a day per year to 11 million barrels by 2020. Within a few years, the U.S. will be a net exporter. Pardon me if I don't rejoice.http://prospect.org/article/oil-bad-news-good-news

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