- Alaska Oil And Gas Conservation Commission
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The Commission is an independent, quasi-judicial agency of the State of Alaska. It is established under the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Act (AS 31). Its regulatory authority is outlined in Title 20, Chapter 25 of the Administrative Code.
- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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The total acreage of ANWR is 19.6 million acres. Energy exploration and production would occur on 2000 acres of the coastal plain, or just 0.01% of the total ANWR acreage. When approved, environmentally-sensitive ANWR exploration and production on 2000 acres would create over 1 million jobs, lessen our dependence on foreign sources, and stimulate the economy. Oil is a key ingredient in making thousands of products that make our lives easier – and in many cases – help us live better and longer lives. Only 45 percent of every barrel of oil, 19 out of 42 gallons, goes to make gasoline. The rest produces food, heating homes, and making products like medicines, plastics, surgical devices, and more. ANWR’s 10.4 billion barrels of oil would lessen our dependence on foreign sources, increase national security, and create 1 million new jobs in the U.S.
- Arctic Oil & Gas
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The area north of the Arctic Circle has an estimated 90 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil, 1,670 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable natural gas, and 44 billion barrels of technically recoverable natural gas liquids in 25 geologically defined areas thought to have potential for petroleum.
- Auguste Mouchout
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Auguste Mouchout was a 19th century French inventor of the earliest solar-powered engine, converting solar energy into mechanical steam power. Auguste Mouchout, a mathematics instructor at the Lyce de Tours, he supported the idea of finding new alternative energy sources, as the resources of coal which fueled the Industrial Revolution would eventually end. In 1860, his initial experiments involved a cauldron filled with water enclosed in glass, which would be put in the sun and boiled the water, producing steam, which was used for operating a small steam engine. The emperor Napoleon III was impressed by this device and gave him financial assistance for further developing his invention.
Mouchout used his funding to continue his research, increasing the size and power of the device. However, as France renegotiated some better deals for importing coal from England and developed a new transportation system for coal delivery, coal became much cheaper in France and Mouchout's invention was no longer deemed important and he lost his funding.
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is an independent Commonwealth statutory authority. It was formed in 1995 to administer the Trade Practices Act 1974 and other acts. The ACCC promotes competition and fair trade in the market place to benefit consumers, business and the community. It also regulates national infrastructure services. Its primary responsibility is to ensure that individuals and businesses comply with the Commonwealth competition, fair trading and consumer protection laws. The ACCC is the only national agency dealing generally with competition matters and the only agency with responsibility for enforcing the Trade Practices Act and the state/territory application legislation. In fair trading and consumer protection its role complements that of the state and territory consumer affairs agencies which administer the mirror legislation of their jurisdictions, and the Competition and Consumer Policy Division of the Commonwealth Treasury.
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