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Mattera has discovered Wal-Mart subsidies total $1 billion. Subsidies give Wal-Mart against other competitive retailers that do not receive a subsidy and not politically connected. In the past decade, Wal-Mart has collect $52 billion in sales tax from customers and paid a small fee for processing the money. Over the last decade, Wal-Mart paid $4 billion in local property taxes, 25 cents for every 100 dollars revenue. Walmarts revenue for ten years totaled more than $1.6 trillion. The company paid $192 million in income and unemployment taxes to local governments. Income and jobless taxes amount to a penny for each $100 revenue. In 2006, Wal-Mart tool in $348 billion in sales.

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Chennai is becoming the new Detroit 1. Indian government bureaucracy has been a barrier for foreign investment, a decrepit infrastructure architecture. In response to barriers in bureacuracy and volatile politics, the Indian government will invest 30 percent of the funding. India invested $218 billion in infrastructure between the years 2002 to 2007 and between 2009 to 2012, the Indian government plans to spend $514 billion. The public spending will not be enough and the Indian government needs private investment as a major investor in India’s redevelopment. 2. India has 454 airports and 16 have international status. Airports Authority of India aims at upgrading 97 of the airports. 3. Average rail passenger speed is 50 kph and freight is 22 kph. Railways are the backbone of Indian growth. India has the fourth largest rail network. India Railway had a cash surplus of $6.17 billion in 2007-08. India Railways has earmarked $7.91 billion in 2008-09 for the plan. The government will build dedicated freight corridors in the Western and Eastern high density routes (Delhi to Mumbai and Delhi to Kolkata) 4. Indian Ports have delays at Ports, where, typically, it takes three days to turn around a container. In Shanghai it takes eight hours. Port redevelopment will be namely Kandla, Mumbai, Mormugao, New Mangalore, Cochin, Tuticorn, Chennai, Ennore, Vizag, Paradip, Kolkata. India has 12 major ports and 187 minor ports along its 7,517 kilometer coast line. 5. India requires 100,000 megawatts of power by 2012. India plans to expand capacity to 122 GW. 60,000 circuit kilometers of transmission network is expected by 2012 with an investment of $200 billion. There exists 150,000 Megawatts of untapped hydro power. 6. Ford has invested $1 billion in its Chennai plant deploying robots technology. Ford ($1 billion – 200,000 vehicles), Hyundai($2.3 billion – 650,000 vehicles), Nissan ($1 billion - 400,000 vehicles), Mercedes (72,000 vehicles), Renault, Daimler, and BMW. Estimates are 1.5 million vehicles a year. Chennai has five million people. Investments could create 200,000 jobs; 60 percent of the work force is agricultural. Tamil Nadu will provide the land, roads, and electricity for the car industry. (Reference Link) 7. Chennai has a port to import raw material; it has good infrastructure, and it has 80,000 engineers graduating for Chennai’s technology schools every year. Mahindra World City (3,400 acres) has attracted 30 companies to establish because of tax breaks and efficient infrastructure and expected to employ over 50,000 people. (Reference Link)

Vnl building solar farms for 100s of Indian communities. 1. The Kamuthi Solar Power Project in Tamil Nadu, India occupies 2,500 acres, with 2.5 individual solar panels. 2. The Kamuthi Solar Power Project is a 648 MW (nameplate capacity) solar PV farm in Tamil Nadu, India. It initially cost US $710 million and became operational in 2016. 3. The Kamuthi Solar Power Project occupies 2,500 acres and can supply energy for about 150,000 homes in Tamil Nadu 4. The Kamuthi Solar Power Project is a massive structure, however, it was built in only eight months. This feat was accomplished through the dedication of 8,500 team members https://www.greencitytimes.com/the-biggest-solar-plant-on-the-globe-in-india/?amp

Farmers in India are increasing the value of their land and the amount of agriculture crop yield due to better seeds,pesticides, fertilizer, and drip irrigation. Agriculture in India is a $100 billion industry, but yields could double to reach global averages. (Reference Link) 2. India has created a large number of software and call center jobs in the last ten years. 3.The basic structure of India's economy is 17% agriculture, 28% industrial, and 55% services. Agriculture employs 60% of the work force, industry 17%, and services plus others the remaining 23%. 4. Agriculture in India has grown 3%. Factors inhibiting growth in India are low technology penetration, low per capita land holdings, lack of capital and dependence on subsidies and government aid. 5. India's manufacturing is stradefied between modern factories that are on par with global standards verses low producing companies with low capital yields. India free market drivers are inhibited by established oligopolies that control production and quality. (Reliance and ONGC) for energy. (Reference Link) 6. The textile industry is the second largest employer in India after agriculture. In Dharavi sports gear, leather, pottery output has reached $650 million, but come from 15,000 one room factories. 7. In 2007, India's manufacturing sector grew by 12.3% 8. India's IT industry employed 2 million people in 2008 and generated $65 billion in revenue.

1. World energy consumption is projected to expand 50 percent from 2005 to 2030. 2. World energy consumption is expected to increasely strongly as a result of robust economic growth and expanding populations in the word. 3. OECD countries are more advanced energy consumers. 4. China and India are the fastest growing non-OECD economies. In 2005, China and Indian accounted for 18 percent of world energy consumption and strong growth projections are set for the next 25 years. 5. 2005 to 2030, 60 percent consumption increase is projected for the Middle East, Africa, and Central and South America; where 36 percent is expected for Europe and Russia. 6. World Energy use by fuel type according to rank: liquids, coal, natural gas, renewables, and nuclear. 7. China's projected coal consumption by 2010 will exceed the rest of the world combined. 8. Liquid consumption will increase 1.2 percent from 2005 to 2030. 9. Renewable energy and coal are the fastest growing energy sources increases 2.1 percent and 2.0 percent. 10. Coal is relatively cheaper to the costs of liquids and natural gas. 11. Projections show a steady decline in the use of liquid for electricity generation in all regions of the worlds except the Middle East. 12. Natural gas remains a important fueld for electricity generation worldwide. Natural gas and fuel cell generation of electricity is becoming more popular. 13. Coal accounted for 27 percent of energy consumption in 2005. China has double is coal consumption from 2000 to 2005. Coal consumption is projected to increase 2.0 percent per year from 2005 to 2030. 14. Net electrical generation is project to toal 33.3 trillion kilowatthours in 2030, doubling 2005 total of 17.3 trillion kilowatthours. Electricity growth is project to increase 1.3 percent per year from 2005 to 2030. 15. Electricity generation from nuclear power increases from 2.6 trillion kilowatthours in 2005 to 3.0 trillion kilowatthours in 2015 and 3.8 trillion kilowatthours in 2030.1. World energy consumption is projected to expand 50 percent from 2005 to 2030.

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1. The Piceance Basin has 300 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, 25% of the liquid rich natural gas can be recovered. Mancos shales are located in the Piceance Basin. 2. The Dollar is a commodity and its value is determined by its strength of demand against other currencies. For example, as the dollar gains in strength over the euro then more investors take their euros and buy dollars. The demand for the dollar increases. 3. The high cost of gasoline make the extraction of shale possible. Horzontal drilling and shale oil extraction technology have increased the supply of oil to market. 4. China will develop localized shale oil extraction to meet their energy needs 5. Congress is supporting more development of synthetic oil from shale 6. The high price of oil has caused Shale oil too boom . As a result , the price of oil drop below $50 a barrel . The falling oil prices have strangled Russian oil profits 7. New Mexico is the largest oil and natural gas producer, generating over $15 billion in oil and natural gas production and generating 18% of the state and local government revenue. (http://amigosbravos.org/oil-gas) 8. Shale production from fields like Marcellus, Haynesville, and Eagle Ford are projected to account for 49% of US gas production by 2035. (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Shale_formations_in_the_United_States) 9. Economic wells of shale are 300 to 600 feet thick. Barnett shale of Texas is 100 to 1000 feet thick at a depth of 8000 feet. 10. The Antrim Shale deposit appears to be biogenic generated from the deep earth biosphere

Hydrogen can be produced from water and sunlight in two ways: 1 Thermal, in a highly purified reactor, using electricity from renewable sources (solar, wind, or hydro) to split water into hydrogen and oxygen through electrolysis, and using the heat from this process to generate steam 2 Photoelectrolysis, a method for producing hydrogen by using sunlight to catalyze electrolysis of water In either process, the only waste product is pure water WHERE CAN WE FIND HYDROGEN? Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe It is not a fossil fuel and is not derived from any oil or natural gas There are several methods of extracting hydrogen from water: 1 Electrolysis This is the only method of producing hydrogen that is both energy efficient and non-polluting Hydrogenation When hydrogen is passed over a catalyst, it combines with carbon monoxide to produce a mixture of hydrocarbons The mixture can be used as a fuel 3 Steam reforming This process can be used to produce hydrogen from methane 4 Membrane technology This process uses high-temperature steam to produce hydrogen from water 5 Photoelectrochemical This method of using sunlight to produce hydrogen from water is currently in the experimental stage WHY IS HYDROGEN BEING PROMOTED? Hydrogen is being promoted as a fuel for use in cars and as a source of electrical power WHAT FORMS DO HYDROGEN TAKES? Liquid hydrogen is used as a rocket fuel The world's leading producer of liquid hydrogen is the United States Solid hydrogen (ice) is an important component of the upper atmosphere of Jupiter and Saturn Gaseous hydrogen is found in the atmosphere, mainly in its atomic form WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF USING HYDROGEN AS A FUEL? Hydrogen has many advantages, including: 1 It is non-toxic It is odorless and colorless It is easy to store It can be used in a variety of ways, including as a fuel for vehicles It is a versatile fuel