| In 1971 a search for gas went wrong when a whole drilling rig fell into an underground cavern. Natural gas started coming up from the hole. It was set alight so it wouldn't kill everything around. For 35 years now the flames keep burning providing an spectacular seen for tourists. At night the burning gas makes the crater seen from miles away. The crater is located in Turkmenistan in the heart of the Karakum desert. The crater is called Darvaza or The Burning Gates. Photos by JohnHBradley
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| As much as I support American business, I will not shed a tear for the fate of Winnebago, a company that is part of the problem. Winnebago and their ever increasing line of monstrous RV's is a poster child for over-consumption in America and one I would not mind seeing falling by the wayside. I don't think part of the original "American Dream" was to drive your house to your vacation spot.I love to travel and who wouldn't want to travel across the US in ultimate comfort? But at what costs? Gas grows ever more expensive and yet over the last decade you see more of these behemoths on
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| This CBS News video not only explains just how much more gas costs in the UK compared to here in the US - $9 a gallon! It also explains in layman's terms some of the factors behind the surging oil prices and the sagging dollar.So it's not just you America that is struggling to live with crazy gas prices, Europe has always had expensive gas - but this is getting ridiculous, especially for the cab drivers.The main difference in how the two landmasses are handling this crisis is that much of Europe has very good public transportation as well as established freight rail. Even though there are
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| Hungarian MOL offered to unite 8 gas transmission companies of Central and Eastern Europe into a New Europe Transmission System (NETS) and construct a gad pipe line Nabucco around Russia. MOL is planing to constructs the gas pipe line system in Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Austria. Negotiation are scheduled to begin in early 2008.This is how they plan to do it. Russia's "GasProm" did not comment the Hungarian initiative to build NETS. Photo from Lenta.ru
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| Crude oil futures fell Wednesday in Asia, extending declines from the previous session as refinery worries faded and OPEC suggested it sees no need to increase oil production.Light, sweet crude for October delivery fell 12 cents to $71.61 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange midmorning in Singapore. The contract dropped 24 cents to $71.73 a barrel Tuesday in the U.S.Nymex gasoline futures rebounded 0.46 cent to $2.0200 per gallon in electronic trading after dropping 2.39 cents in the day session.Gasoline futures have been a main driver of oil prices in recent days.
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