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Renewable energy can help to resolve the problems such as increasing prices of fossil fuel oil, need for more energy for domestic use, and harmful air pollution. National renewable electricity standard can help to provide energy with clean domestic resources. That will help to stabilize electricity prices, reduction in natural gas prices, reduction of carbon dioxide emissions and other harmful air pollutants. Most of all it will create jobs especially in rural areas and farmers and ranchers will find new income.

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What is a Renewable Electricity Standard?

The Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) or Renewable Portfolio Standard is a market-based process, which requires utilities to gradually increase the portion of electricity produced from renewable resources like wind, biomass, geothermal, and solar energy. Thirteen states including Texas had ordained minimum renewable energy requirements. But energy production makes national economic and environmental problems, which need national solutions.

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Gas Prices(Part 5): US Domestic Oil Supplies

by Sarah ShawMay 19, 2009

After having a look at the oil imports of the United States, you might be surprised to know that the United States is the world’s third largest producer of crude oil.Though it is the fact that the United States is producing so much oil but then also it is still heavily dependent on foreign sources for its oil supplies.

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Gas Prices (part 4): Role of OPEC in Determining Gas Prices Around the World

by Sarah ShawMay 18, 2009

The world’s oil supplies are effected by the single largest entity, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which is a consortium formed by 13 countries. OPEC keeps the record of the oil production of these nations and then adjusts its own production accordingly to maintain its desired barrel price.

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Gas Prices(Part 1): How Gas Prices Work?

by Sarah ShawApril 3, 2009

In U.S.A, during May, 2008 the average gas prices reached $4.00 a gallon, and in some places this price level was also crossed, these were extremely tiring records. But for American consumers this was not a new thing. In May 2008, prices continued to rise till the end of the month. For this reason May, 2008 was considered as a month of price records that broke one after another.

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