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Sam TimpanoPresidentSam Timpano & Associates

This plan will help but no single plan or alternative can produce "Energy Independence"

July 31, 2008

Analysis of:IT'S TIME TO STOP AMERICA'S ADDICTION TO FOREIGN OIL | www.pickensplan.com

Wind power is an alternative that can help in the augmentation of reducing transport fuels from crude, however, it cannot produce energy independence. Every alternative should be developed and Pickens is making a very big business bet on wind.  He is in it for profit and the overriding factor for this major effort is to take advantage of the current climate in the public's mind to create awareness as well as garner support that will eventually be chaneled to congress for the support and continued subsidy this particular power source needs for economic viability. Also, one should also remember a major part of his solution involves the replacement of gasoline powered vehicles with natural gas, also a depleting commodity and another part of the energy complex where he has a major investment.

Rowland SheardManaging DirectorEnergy Links Consultancy

Wind Power - the real facts

July 25, 2008

Analysis of: When the wind stops - the other side of the wind turbine argument | www.telegraph.co.uk

Governments see wind power as an easy answer to the problem of climate change The public are not being told the real costs both direct and indirect, of wind power

Sam TimpanoPresidentSam Timpano & Associates

Where is America headed?

July 22, 2008

Analysis of:The Breakfast Wars: Starbucks Learns to Cook | www.nytimes.com

The continuing decline of American influence in the world is a significant shift in geopolitics and represents an increasing danger to national and international security. The political catharsis and lack of leadership in the US is damaging our economic future but more worriesome is the lessening influence on international policies on major issues.

Sam TimpanoPresidentSam Timpano & Associates

A peak-oil and a post-oil plan is long overdue

July 21, 2008

Analysis of:Running On Empty | www.thenation.com

Paradigm shifts do not immediately show themselves. They move at glacial speeds and eventually catch and create great upheavals for the unprepared. US policy planners have failed for the past 30 odd years to look far enough into the future to avoid this first sign of a shifting paradigm that carries more risk for the US than most other nations. It is late, but not too late if reasonable and positive plans can be implemented.

Sam TimpanoPresidentSam Timpano & Associates

Hydrogen future is exactly that- future

July 21, 2008

Analysis of:Hydrogen future doable, experts tell Congress | www.msnbc.msn.com

By all expert opinions the viability for hydrogen as a significant part of the transport fuel equation is at least 20 years away. That should not be a reason to slow development otherwise, 20 years from now when we are going to have significantly higher need for this fuel source to offset more serious fossil fuel issues for transport fuels. Technologies for commercial production plants and investments into infrastructure for widespread delivery to the consumer are still being developed. Until these are more advanced the hydrogen part of the energy equation will be minimal.

Sam TimpanoPresidentSam Timpano & Associates

Newt is right but he is being too nostalgic

July 17, 2008

Analysis of:Do It All, Do It Now, Do It For America | www.humanevents.com

Every part of this article is accurate. I agree with every part of it save for two key points: 1. Our politicians are not at all like those that met the challenges of WW I and most especially WW II. 2. Our society has changed dramatically from that period as well and is so polarized on these critical issues that our future is more at risk now than when we faced the Nazis, Japan and others.

Sam TimpanoPresidentSam Timpano & Associates

Food supply and prices need not reach crisis

July 16, 2008

Analysis of:Higher food prices are here to stay | www.guardian.co.uk

Leaving out the political aspects of this issue is difficult but doable as long as the readers understand that politics have a lot to do with issues like this. Unilateral and coordinated planning can avert many of the issues the author of this source article presents. Technological advances in seeds and the resultant impact that can have on yields as well as land availability will also help. Farmer education in many countries will also help improve production. What is missing? Policies and programs to make it happen.

George DorkhomExecutive ChairmanGREENKOTE PLC

Sanctions simply do not work

July 14, 2008

Analysis of:Despite conflict, U.S. does business with Iran | www.msnbc.msn.com

Sanctioning Iran or Zimbabwe or any such nations is a bad approach to politics as well as economics. It is true as the writer says that the US efforts on sanctions are not coordinated, worse , these measures are never properly enforced and loopholes benefit a select few. More importantly, ecnomic sanctions, boycotts and all the jazzy language end up always hurting the US producers and benefit other nations of Asia, South America and especially Europe. Our leadership has got to stop relying  on and using sanctions , which in essence  ,are sanctioning  US companies and not the intended target.

Sam TimpanoPresidentSam Timpano & Associates

Stating the obvious and a veiled threat, preview to a new era in oil geopolitics..

July 14, 2008

Analysis of:OPEC warns against military conflict with Iran | www.iht.com

The statements made by OPEC president El-Badri are intended not for enlightenment to any observer. Not too many people on the planet are unaware of what effect military action in the region would have on the global economy, especially in the West. They are a clear attempt by the cartel (and several key member nations who have bought the "Iranian insurance policy" that I have written about previously) to reverse pressures on Iran by the Western powers seeking to curtail the nuclear ambitions that they view as being more for military purposes than what Iran is stating. Welcome to the new world of economic hostage taking and blackmail.

Sam TimpanoPresidentSam Timpano & Associates

Producer nations add more risks to importing nations from failed policies

July 14, 2008

Analysis of:South Korea cuts back on energy use | www.iht.com

Policies in crude producing countries are equally as important and unfortunately, failed, as those of the importing countries. Deepening social issues in OPEC member nations carry added risks to importing nations that are not being understood well enough to adequately gauge their potential impact to the global economy. This is an issue that carries an even greater need for sound policies that control reduction of dependency on imported crude, domestic exploration and production efforts as well as alternative energy developments.

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