Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
5) The least dense liquid known to the author is liquid hydrogen, which at its normal boiling point, 20 K, had a density of 0.071g/cm^3. Liquid helium also has a very low density, about .125g/cm^3 (at 4 K). Excluding these remarkable materials, make a list of liquids which at 1 atm can exist at densities [...]
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
Carl Pope, National Executive Director of the Sierra Club thinks so. "This is by far the best first year on the environment of any president in history, including Teddy Roosevelt". His accomplishments:
Increased gas mileage standards for cars and light trucks 40 percent, from today’s 25 mpg to 35 mpg by 2016.
Blocked Bush [...]
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
At low pressures there is a significant difference between the densities of liquids and of gases. For example, at 1 at, the densest gas known to the author is uranium hexaflouride, which has M = 352g/mol; its normal boiling point is 56.2 C, assuming that it obeys the ideal gas law. The least [...]
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
At low pressures there is a significant difference between the densities of liquids and of gases. For example, at 1 at, the densest gas known to the author is uranium hexaflouride, which has M = 352g/mol; its normal boiling point is 56.2 C, assuming that it obeys the ideal gas law. The least [...]
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
President-elect Obama’s transition chief said Sunday the incoming administration is looking to reverse President Bush’s executive orders on stem cell research, oil and gas drilling and other matters.
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Monday, April 19th, 2010
The administration has abdicated the decades-old federal responsibility to protect native animals and plants from extinction, becoming the first not to voluntarily add a single species to the endangered species list. It has opened millions of acres of wilderness-including some of the nation’s most environmentally sensitive public lands-to logging, mining, and oil and gas drilling. [...]
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010
JUST ANSWER WHAT YOU KNOW PLEASE
TERMS
Geologic time
Geologic time scale
Radiometric dating
Uniformitarianism
Absolute ages
Relative ages
Mass extinction
Paleogeography
Questions
1 Why is geologic time necessary for geologists?
2 On what information did geologists base the periods in the geologic time scale?
3 What is the difference between relative and absolute ages? Know some examples each.
4 What information is used to come up with [...]
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Better eat it before it is gone.
Bush just opened bristol bay, alaska to oil and gas drilling.
It is home to the world’s largest population of sockeye salmon.
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
billion in loan guarantees to build new new nuclear power plants.
Approved new oil and gas drilling off Virginia’s coast and in other parts of the mid- and south Atlantic, in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and in waters off Alaska.
billion to fund the development of renewable energy manufacturing – specifically focused on the [...]
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
billion in loan guarantees to build new new nuclear power plants.
Approved new oil and gas drilling off Virginia’s coast and in other parts of the mid- and south Atlantic, in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and in waters off Alaska.
billion to fund the development of renewable energy manufacturing – specifically focused on [...]
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Having looked at your resume in Hotjobs, you are invited to apply:
Field Engineer in Oil and Gas Services Industry
"not your 9-5, inside job"
A global oil and gas drilling services company is seeking field engineers
with 0-3 years of experience. The work would be at oil and gas drilling
sites in the Southern, Mid-West, and Western [...]
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
Why has the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service delayed (again!) the decision whether or not to place the polar bear as endangered?
When will the final decision be made? After the sell-off of leases for oil and gas drilling is complete? Or after January 20 of next year? Or never?
There has already been plenty of scientific [...]
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Obama is shelving a plan announced in the final days of the Bush presidency to open much of the U.S. coast to oil and gas drilling, including 130 million acres off California’s shores from Mendocino to San Diego.
Obama’s Interior Secretary Ken Salazar put the plan on hold Tuesday while his agency conducts a 180-day [...]
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
I’m an experienced multipurpose mineral exploration driller. I’ve drilled all over Australia, and spent a couple of years drilling in Africa on various projects. Now i’m looking at broadening my drilling experience by getting a start on an offshore rig in the oil and gas game.
I’ve sent my resume to a few of the [...]
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Democrats like to attack evil American oil companies and block them from drilling the energy deposits off our coasts. It doesn’t seem to bother Democrats that China and Cuba are finalizing plans to drill for oil in these same areas 50 miles from Key West.
Pelosi in her weekly press conference called drilling a "Republican hoax."
The [...]
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
Could You All please help me to think of stocks in the following sectors?… additionally, where is the best place, if you know what sector you are looking, to find stocks within it?
- Oil and gas equipment and services
- Residential construction
- Oil and gas drilling and exploration
- Property and casualty insurance
- Aerospace/defense
- Railroads
- Science and [...]
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/10/MNB015R7TQ.DTL
President Obama is shelving a plan announced in the final days of the Bush presidency to open much of the U.S. coast to oil and gas drilling, including 130 million acres off California’s shores from Mendocino to San Diego.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar put the plan on hold Tuesday while his agency conducts a 180-day review. [...]
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
When Palin-ites say that she "took on" big oil, do they mean that she took big oil on as a PARTNER?
Clearly a staunch supporter of oil and gas drilling, she bought off the Alaskan electorate for 00 each and now she’s GIVING TransCanada half a billion dollar$ to build that pipeline she’s crowing about.
Wow, with [...]
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
and stop opposing off shore drilling?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/14/politics/politico/thecrypt/main4260067.shtml
For the past three days every since President Bush lifted an executive ban on offshore oil and gas drilling on Monday oil prices have dropped. Now we know the specualtors (the democrats tout ) are scared. Isn’t it time to open up the offshore leases and give the specualtors something [...]
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Sunday, September 20th, 2009
ARLINGTON, Va. – Sen. John McCain said Monday the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling should be lifted, and individual states given the right to pursue energy exploration in waters near their coasts.
McCain’s presidential rival, Sen. Barack Obama, opposes an end to the moratorium
The current drilling moratorium is a perennial cause for [...]
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
This is concerning off shore drilling.
Bush to Congress: Embrace energy exploration now
Wednesday June 18, 11:37 am ET
By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press Writer
With gas prices reaching record highs, Bush wants Congress to lift ban on offshore drilling
WASHINGTON (AP) — With gasoline topping a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its long-standing [...]
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
President Bush plans to make a renewed push Wednesday to get Congress to end a long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling and says Congress shouldn’t waste any more time! McCain made lifting the federal ban on offshore oil and gas development a key part of his energy plan.
So do you think our Democratic [...]
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
For much of the past decade battles have been going on over oil and gas drilling in
A. the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
B. the Everglades National Wildlife Refuge.
C. Buffalo Commons Wildlife Refuge.
D. Yellowstone National Park.
E. All of these are correct.
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Hi, can anyone recommend a good chat room to chat with oil and gas/ drilling people?
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
I am assembling an oil and gas drilling rig to operate in north and south texas and need financing to purchase the necessary equipment and to start operations.
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