Entries Tagged as 'Oil'

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Straight-Talking Texas Oil Tycoon Likes Wind

We love eccentric, blunt-talking billionaires, particularly when they’re either media moguls or energy tycoons. We find T Boone Pickens, the founder of Mesa Petroleum, particularly lovable because his name seems to be straight out of There Will Be Blood. He’s a Texas billionaire oilman-turned-wind farmer. After 50-some years of quail hunting, he decided […]

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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Oil on the Hill

Executives from Big Oil showed up on Capital Hill today. As has been the case for the last 8 years, people were pissed. Congressmen drilled the quick-to-the gun big wigs on the seemingly ridiculous profit margins, which - as you may have noticed - correlate with record high gas prices. We should note how bald […]

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