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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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Submitted Aug 01, 2012 By: PD

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,811 Points:1,635,270 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Aug 5, 2012 7:23:30 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse outlook schmoutlook. My crystal ball is just as good in predicting the way as theirs.
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