Soya beans and corn make oil and animal feed, as well as ethanol, to some controversy.
The less slack there is in an economy, the bigger the risk that higher oil prices will feed quickly into wages and that firms will be able to pass on higher costs.
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And the proceedings will necessarily slog through all the gory details of the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, forcing those of us who follow the oil industry to suffer flashbacks of the horrific explosion, oil-soaked beaches and those endless hours keeping half an eye on the submarine video feed of oil gushing from the Macondo well.
No one will forget the live camera feed of oil spewing out into the ocean.
Higher oil prices will eventually feed through into higher consumer-price inflation.
That is no catastrophe, but high oil prices will nonetheless feed inflationary expectations (see article) and will have much the same effect on the economy as a tax increase.
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How, for example, do these guys keep Koch Industries growing when deflation reigns in nearly all its businesses -- oil and gas, animal feed, cattle and petrochemicals?
You start with a pretty basic feed stock - oil or natural gas - but with a little work you can turn out a whole bunch of flavors.
Warming ties with Baghdad in the past few years have put the country on a vital drip feed, as oil smuggled out of Iraq has been exchanged for Syrian consumer goods.
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President already makes instant noodles, soft drinks, flour, cooking oil, processed meats and animal feed in China.
The grain is one of the key starting links in the country's food chain, used to make cooking oil, tofu products and in feed for the burgeoning pig industry.
This kind of stone, he explains, is particularly good at conducting lightning and often sparks tremendous bush fires that feed on the flammable, oil-laden foliage of the eucalyptus trees and roar through the landscape every few years.
Every big car maker now has a fuel-cell programme, and every big oil firm is busy investigating how best to feed these new cars their hydrogen.
Our community-based food system in Milwaukee is not dependent in the same way as the industrial system on oil prices, and we are able to feed healthy food to rich and poor alike.
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But with the help of a guide like Dr Crump, subtle changes in the balance of nature can be observed: with the limpet population practically wiped out by the oil, the particular seaweed they used to feed on was allowed to thrive, changing the look of the rocks.
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Bloomberg New Energy Finance began recording clean-energy investments in 2004, when oil prices began to rise and Germany introduced the feed-in tariffs that energized the solar industry.
Rising oil prices and extremely loose monetary, though, also feed the possibility of stagflation, as Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser has warned.
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Instead, the fishing industry processes them into fish meal and oil to make food pellets for salmon farming and livestock feed - especially for Danish pigs.
While Samuleson noted that he had doubts about whether Pickens actually writes the tweets, Rosser said that the oil tycoon dictates what he wants to run on his Twitter feed.
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Land O' Lakes sells Omega 3 Eggs, laid by hens that ate feed spiked with Omega Protein's Virginia Prime Gold fish oil.
The growing need for cheap fuel with which to generate electricity to feed the country's economic boom is stoking demand for oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Without reeling off any more facts and acquisition figures, the key point to register is that wherever you look, China is linking physical assets to virtual trades, not just to feed gas market liquidity, but to rebalance WTI and Brent for oil.
Research reveals that the noise from oil and gas exploration has driven the whales into deeper waters making it hard for their calves to feed and thrive.
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