Citing statistics from the Energy Information Administration, the known reserves for crude oil will last for 32 years; natural gas, 72 years; coal, 252 years; uranium, 72 years; and fusion (if tremendous scientific and engineering obstacles are overcome), 100-1000 years. Citing statistics from the Energy Information Administration, the known reserves for crude oil will last for 32 years; natural gas, 72 years; coal, 252 years; uranium, 72 years; and fusion (if tremendous scientific and...

With the strong demand profile, expect end users and commercials to buy strong before and during harvest, providing support to prices despite the oncoming huge corn crop. soft wheat, as SRW exports have already reached over 66 percent of the entire USDA forecast with less than 25 percent of the marketing year completed. Seasonally, corn rallies during the first three weeks of August but then turns lower during September as early harvest pressure weighs on prices. Despite the USDA not...

The affected beans were sold nationwide under: Albertson's, Happy Harvest, Best Choice, Food Club, Bogopa, Valu Time, Hill Country Fare, HEB, Laura Lynn, Kroger, No Name, North Pride, Shop N Save, Shoppers Valu, Schnucks, Cub Foods, Dierbergs, Flavorite, IGA, Best Choice and Thrifty Maid. The FDA is urging consumers to stay away from raw oysters harvested in the canal and says the oysters should be cooked at 145 degrees to avoid the illness. The affected beans were sold nationwide under:...

That, along with some fields of wheat, maize, chick peas and sesame, is usually enough to provide for the 17 members of the extended family. In his fields around the village of Frun, 68-year-old Saad and his sons grow tobacco with an average annual harvest of five tonnes. An official with the state tobacco company, Hussein Berro, himself a farmer, commented: "On average, the harvest will be 20 percent below that of a normal year. This year, the family was forced to abandon part of its land...

It's a historical curiosity that the financial press, particularly the sector that follows the oil markets, is among the first to notice. If the growth continues on its extrapolated curve, we will be hitting something like 9 billion over the next 4 to 5 decades. The exponential growth curve of human population, once a popular subject, has become one of the more underreported stories of the current era. In a way, increasing population combines with the aging of oil fields to create a...