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Serial Killer of Business Investments (and Jobs)December 13, 2011 | Alan Daley | The American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research
Do you “spend” savings on projects that will create future prosperity for you and your family? If you do, you are actually “investing.” Most consumers and businesses invest; we upgrade houses or equipment and we buy financial assets. We invest in mundane projects such as replacing a leaky roof, or in speculative projects such as... More...
The Fracking Solution to a Big Energy Problem
December 8, 2011 | Zach Christenson | The American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research
Among the cleanest and most promising technologies in energy production doesn’t come from the sun or the wind or the waters. Hydraulic fracturing, a newly perfected way to extract natural gas from the ground, gives American energy a breath of new hope, as our reliance on foreign energy sources has been on the rise. Now... More...
Innovation for Jobs and Energy Independence
November 10, 2011 | Alan Daley | The American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research
In 2010, US families spent an average $3,454 on gasoline & oil, fuel oil, and natural gas, and $1,705 more for electric utilities, which rely on coal, oil and natural gas for the bulk of their power generation. Excepting hybrids or battery-only automobile models, our transportation system does not use coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind... More...
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