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...into Scaturro at a sportswear trade show in Salt Lake City, Utah. Scaturro, who had already summited Everest, had heard of the blind climber, and when they met the two struck an easy rapport. A geophysicist who often put together energy-company expeditions to remote areas in search of petroleum, Scaturro began wondering if he could put together a team that could help Erik get to the summit of Everest...
...pump, the White House hopes to counter by saying that Bush is showing LEADERSHIP by focusing on long term solutions to the nation's energy problems instead of political quick-fixes. Which is what Clinton would have done (and did, last year, when he tapped the Strategic Petroleum Reserve...
...ideas: Repeal the 18.4 cent-per-gallon federal gasoline tax; increase imports of refined petroleum from Canada, Mexico and Venezuela by removing environmental requirements for reformulated gasoline; reduce the EPA's categories of "boutique" fuels to three regional blends; waiving the "oxygenate mandate" in fuels; increasing the legal per-mile deduction for business or charitable gasoline use; and asking states temporarily to waive tolls on major roads during peak travel...
...neglect or not, Americans got used to plenty of quick-fix sympathy from Big Bad Bill, whether it was tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, dispatching Bill Richardson to roam the desert to lean on OPEC or just a lot of lip-biting over prices at the pump...
...will be allowed to exploit Libyan oil any time soon. As a result, even if Wintershall fails to strike a deal, rights to exploit the rich Oasis oil concession could go to other non-U.S. competitors thought to be interested in the properties, including Royal Dutch Shell, British Petroleum, Total of France and other major companies...