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U.S. Dept. of Energy's insight and direction: missing in action

GasBuddy Blog -- When people who follow the oil industry try to look ahead most of us, I think it’s safe to say, do so with vision that is often predicated on (and perhaps impaired) by powerful assumptions. Commentary on where oil and gasoline prices may be going is easy to find; but what’s difficult is finding credibility that emerges from conviction and that can only materialize when we have proof that our assumptions are correct.

Last month the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Energy Information Administration published its 2012 DOE Annual Energy Outlook & Forecast to 2035. If you're expecting to find insight on how the government looks ahead, you'll be disappointed.

According to the DOE, “the projections in the U.S. Energy Information...


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honda0105
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outlook schmoutlook. My crystal ball is just as good in predicting the way as theirs.
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'Insight' and 'government' don't mix.
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This doesn't surprise me......
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Hmm.
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Yesterday's article, yesterday's news.
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Ok
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Yesterday's news.
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In other words, it's worthless.
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Get Chuck Norris to find them.
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Drill Here! Drill Now! Pay Less!

For all of you doubters who have e-mailed me it doesn't work. Look at the price of American Crude vs. Brent Crude and then tell me that our prices aren't any lower as a result of of drilling on private land in the Dakotas and Pennsylvania!
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They always make their prognostications in a bubble
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They have a lot missing in action.
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ok
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yup for a long time know
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does it surprise anyone
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Here we go again...
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definition of oxymoron? U.S. Dept. of Energy's insight.
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To assume makes an ass of u and me.
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This article is old.
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Typical of worthless EIA. Been that way for decades.
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what do you expect of overpaid bureaucrats?
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Another waste of government money, but it might have created jobs for more federal bureaucrats.
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all of obams's people MIA
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They have no problem burning our money when it comes to not looking for energy.
Kick them out in November!
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Enjoyed the article.
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Never trust anything from DC
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Good article.
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It's all a farce
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whatever
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I am more concerned that gasoline prices have increased more than 30 cents per gallon during the past 3 weeks.
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How do you predict the unpredictable?
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no kidding
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Another meaningless report at tazpayer expense.
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we hv to believe our judgement.:-)
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Not sure about anything these days. Articles are easily one sided. Who do we believe?
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This whole article rates a big fat DUH!
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FYI
Hads up folks, A storm looks like it's going to form (move into) in the Gulf of Mex. on the 10th/12th of this month and it looks like it can be big enough to effect production. I hope the models back off!
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if all this talk was manure you could grow corn 1 mile high
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Our Govt, look ahead.. More like, they're in over their head.
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Really?
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