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I thought of doing that with this one first of all. If he's woven our stuff in, he may have lifted other parts too from other sources.

Raising a stink about him is probably the best arm we have.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 04:28:30 AM EST
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Another big copy-paste job in this "editorial" comes straight from the US Energy Information Administration's Ukraine NatGas page.

The EIA attributes to the Oil and Gas Journal, and Busch just copies that attribution in:

Busch:

The Misperception of the Russian-Ukrainian Gas Problem

According to the Oil and Gas Journal, Ukraine has roughly 40 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas reserves, from which roughly 0.68 Tcf was produced in 2005. In 2006, Ukraine produced 0.67 Tcf and consumed 3.1 Tcf of natural gas, making it the former Soviet Union's largest natural gas net importer (2.4 Tcf, or 78 percent of consumption). Ukraine is the sixth-largest consumer of gas in the world and consumes more gas than Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia combined. Since the early 1990s, Ukraineâ€TMs usage of natural gas as a share of its total energy consumption has increased by 10 percent to comprise over half of Ukraineâ€TMs energy usage.

...etc...

EIA:

Ukraine Energy Data, Statistics and Analysis - Oil, Gas, Electricity, Coal

According to the Oil and Gas Journal Ukraine has roughly 40 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas reserves, from which roughly 0.68 Tcf was produced in 2005. In 2006, Ukraine produced 0.67 Tcf and consumed 3.1 Tcf of natural gas, making it the former Soviet Union's largest natural gas net importer (2.4 Tcf, or 78 percent of consumption, see Fig. 2). Ukraine is the sixth-largest consumer of gas in the world and consumes more gas than Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia combined. Since the early 1990s, Ukraine's usage of natural gas as a share of its total energy consumption has increased by 10 percent to comprise over half of Ukraine's energy usage

...etc...

A piece of work indeed... The "editorial" is nearly all copy-paste with a few words changed.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 07:32:04 AM EST
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Maybe we should call rename our "Lazy Quote Diary" pieces to "Ocnus.net-style editorial, properly hyperlinked and blockquoted".

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 09:58:31 AM EST
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