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• California: $53.7 billion shortfall or 58 percent of its budget
• Arizona: $4 billion shortfall or 41 percent of its budget
• Nevada: $1.2 billion or 38 percent of its budget
• Illinois: $9.2 billion or 33 percent of its budget
• New York: $17.9 billion or 32 percent of its budget
• Alaska: $1.35 billion shortfall or 30 percent of its budget
• New Jersey: $8.8 billion or 30 percent of its budget
• Oregon: $4.2 billion or 29 percent of its budget
• Vermont: $278 million or 25 percent of its budget
• Washington: $3.6 billion or 23 percent of its budget
• Connecticut: $4.1 billion or 23 percent of its budget

These deficits are almost exclusively caused by massive revenue drops in these states. Tax revenue has simply dried up. In some cases the revenue drops are the largest in history (including the Great Depression)

could soon be a precious commodity.

Forget gas, batteries — pee is new power source

Scientists can create cheap hydrogen from urine for use in fuel cells

MSNBC, updated 5:34 p.m. ET July 8, 2009

Urine-powered cars, homes and personal electronic devices could be available in six months with new technology developed by scientists from Ohio University.

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decline as well.