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...next week) as Gore argued this time last year, or oil companies could simply keep prices high to increase their profits. Furthermore, even if the plan succeeds at lowering oil prices, it will lower prices on all oil products, not just heating oil. This means that prices at the pump--which are justifiably high given the negative effects of smog and other environmental effects of auto pollution--will fall along with heating oil. This means that SUV and luxury car drivers--people who burn a lot of fuel for no good reason--will benefit as much as poor and middle...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Releasing Oil an Unsure Solution | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...Marathon's price-to-earnings ratio is less than half that of ExxonMobil. Furthermore, Cheng argues that when crude prices drop to more sustainable levels, companies like Marathon and Conoco stand to benefit most from their downstream refining and marketing operations. So while the price at the pump may hurt, there's still a way to buy oil at a discount...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oil Shocks And Oil Stocks | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

Synthetic EPO is dangerous: an overdose could make the blood too thick for the heart to pump. The drug's introduction in 1987 was followed by a series of mysterious heart attacks among Dutch cyclists. EPO is believed to have been the cause of no fewer than 25 deaths among Olympic-caliber cyclists in the past 23 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summer Olympics: Are Drugs Winning the games? | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...whack that blowing air across the skin is enough to trigger burning pain. The injured extremity and surrounding tissue can become discolored and, eventually, immobile. Now researchers report two experimental treatments. In one, doctors restore motor activity to the limb with medication continuously delivered through a pump placed under the skin near the spine. In another, an electrode that blocks pain signals, reducing them to a mere tingling sensation, is surgically implanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Sep. 11, 2000 | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...which increases stamina by boosting an athlete's red blood cell count, can improve an athlete's performance in a 20-min. run by 30 sec., but it is otherwise a nightmare of a drug. Overdose on EPO, and the blood becomes too thick for the heart to pump. EPO is believed to be the culprit in no fewer than 25 mysterious deaths among world-class cyclists since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking the Olympic Habit | 8/30/2000 | See Source »

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