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July 02, 2013 Harvard has a new US Shale Oil Study forecasts US as world number one oil producer with 16 million barrels per day of all liquid oil in 2017 Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In a paper titled “The Shale Oil Boom: A U.S. Phenomenon,” [64 pages] Maugeri wrote that the unique characteristics of shale oil production are ideal for the United States -- and unlikely to be mirrored elsewhere in the world. These factors include the availability of drilling rigs, and the entrepreneurial nature of the American exploration and production industry, both critical for the thousands...

In this, the granddaddy of all year-end fearless forecasts, you are invited to weigh intriguing possibilities in a dozen fields. For each, pick one, all or none, and don’t play it safe; one correct wild guess gives you bragging rights forever. 1. The Oscar for Best Picture goes to: (a) Robert Zemeckis’ The Polar Express; (b) Michael Mann’s Collateral; (c) David Mamet’s Spartan; (d) Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby (to win this choice, a trifecta is needed, with Best Director and Best Actor as well); (e) Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 (from Academy members seeking vengeance).

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism is forecasting 1.7 percent growth in Hawaii's gross state product for 2002 and significant growth in tourism and new jobs for 2003. "The forecast reflects Hawaii's continuing recovery from the effects of last year's national recession and the devastating effects of Sept. 11 on the travel industry," said DBEDT Director Seiji Naya. "We have made up much of those losses this year and should complete that recovery in 2003 as long as the U.S. economy remains on track." Visitor arrivals are expected to increase 3.5 percent by year's end. Gains this year...