Monthly Archives: February 2009

California is running out of liquid resources, literally.

My comment on The Huffington Post article “Schwarzenegger Declares California Drought Emergency“: California is running out of liquid resources, literally. (checkout http://www.whatmattersweblog.com/2009/02/28/california-running-out-of-water-and-cash/) The “Golden State” fails to balance its budget and in addition, the worst drought in decades forces utilities to restrict … Continue reading

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Crude Oil Prices

this is my new Crude Oil Price Chart with data from the EIA.  You can download it as a PDF file on my new blog: http://www.whatmattersweblog.com/energy-charts/

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Volkswagen and Toshiba teaming up to develop electric cars

The biggest European car maker VW and the Japanese electronics company Toshiba signed a letter of intent to cooperate on the development of electric car technology. The goal is to equip Volkswagen’s concept car UP! with an electric motor and a … Continue reading

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Siemens well-prepared for the future

Read the complete article on the new WHAT MATTERS WEBLOG: http://www.whatmattersweblog.com/2009/02/09/siemens-well-positioned-for-the-future/

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how do you feel about globalization?

check out my post on this on my new blog: http://www.whatmattersweblog.com/?p=64

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