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...earth; oil slicks that shimmer on rivers; flares that blaze bright and loud, burning off the gas that gushes to the surface along with the sweet crude. So poor are most who live in the Delta that some are prepared to risk their lives for a bucketful of fuel. Last week, more than 150 people died when an oil pipeline on the outskirts of Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, west of the Delta, exploded in a massive fireball. The inferno left dozens of bodies charred beyond recognition. Police say that the explosion was most likely caused by vandalism. The pipeline...
...second best trick, which I'm trying at the moment, is to make room for gas in my general household budget by living as if it were 10 years ago, when fuel was relatively inexpensive and my personal consumption habits were too. I drank my water from the tap back then, not from bottles brought on ships from Iceland, and I let my cell phone ring however it wanted to rather than paying for special tones. Perhaps by returning to older, simpler ways I'll find the extra 11 bucks I need now to fill my tank past the three...
...heat the ocean and melt ice caps is undisputed. Most climate models also predict that turning up the worldwide thermometer will lead to more extreme weather patterns--hotter hots, colder colds, harder rains. Hurricanes would seem to be especially sensitive to climate changes, since warm ocean waters are the fuel that drives the storms...
...presidential directive, the crude is flowing; 30 million bbl. from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is being loaned to companies like Exxon. In addition, foreign producers in 25 countries have pledged another 30 million bbl. of crude and refined product. The EPA is allowing sales of less stringently refined fuel, and President Bush is permitting foreign vessels to ferry oil and gas between U.S. ports (suspending a law prohibiting such transport...
...airlines are in a precarious spot. They may have to pass on the cost of jet fuel--up more than 20%--to ticket holders, which could depress air travel. Northwest, for one, warned that higher fuel prices could tip it into bankruptcy...