Every day it seems gas prices are edging higher. For almost a year, oil prices have increased by one percent per week. A year ago, $100 barrel seemed a nightmare fantasy to many. Today, oil at that price is viewed almost nostalgically — as the good old days. In the face of growing price pressures […]
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Offshore Drilling: We Can Choose Simple Confusion or Outright Lies
August 2nd, 2008 · 8 Comments
Tags: democrats · Energy · oil · peak oil · politics · republican party
What to do about gas prices?
July 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on What to do about gas prices?
Americans United for Change has launched a campaign to Free Our Oil! While an interesting response to the Republican focus on lying to support drilling, I challenged this campaign, stating that this effort supports a quite dangerous framing of the problems and solutions. If we make this just about gas prices, we are caught into […]
Tags: Energy · fuel economy · gasoline · oil · peak oil · PHEV · political symbols · politics · Uncategorized
Disingenuity to Drill the Hole Deeper
July 14th, 2008 · 8 Comments
The push is on, big time. The solution to all of America’s problems, evidently, is to drill, drill, drill. This is now the Republican mantra as they seem to believe that they have found a winning political issue, no matter what the implications of this “win” might be for America’s future. Let us be clear. […]
Tags: oil · peak oil · truthiness
Energy Smart Debbie
July 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Amid skyrocketing oil, gasoline, coal, and electricity (coming to a neighborhood near you) prices, 2008 offers Americans quite serious and stark choices between knowledgeable, impassioned, and thoughtful candidates when it comes to finding paths toward a prosperous 21st century economy, on the one side, and Fossil-Fool candidates focused on tightening our shackles to the ever-more […]
Tags: Energy · peak oil · politics
Updated: What Fraction Of America’s $4+/Gallon Gasoline Is Due To The War In Iraq?
July 11th, 2008 · Comments Off on Updated: What Fraction Of America’s $4+/Gallon Gasoline Is Due To The War In Iraq?
Just how much of the pump price of gasoline is attributable to the war in Iraq? A dollar? Three dollars? None. That conversation recently swirled around me and, one one point, someone commented that well over half (or more than $2) of America’s $4.10 gallon of gas is due to the war. Another person asked […]
Tags: Energy · gasoline · peak oil · Uncategorized
What fraction of America’s $4+ gallon gasoline is due to the war in Iraq?
July 11th, 2008 · Comments Off on What fraction of America’s $4+ gallon gasoline is due to the war in Iraq?
Earlier today, someone asserted that well over half (or more than $2) of America’s $4.10 gallon of gas is due to the war. Another person asked “Is that right?” And, after pulling out some hair from my head, my response was both short and then long. The short: Two dollars a gallon is, perhaps, as […]
Tags: analysis · Energy · oil · peak oil
Following the money …
June 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Recall Deep Throat (All the President’s Men), that basic piece of advice: “Follow the Money.” As we listen to the George W. Bush’s, John McCain’s, the Republican Party’s, and the RWSM’s response to what George W. Bush described as America’s “addiction to oil”, remember those words. In face of addiction, is the Republican Party fighting […]
Tags: Energy · exxon-mobil · Global Warming · john mccain · oil · peak oil · politics
Bethesda Bagels vs County Executive’s SUV?
April 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Two Washington Post articles in the past week provide an interesting little localized contrast of the challenges related to finding a path toward an Energy Smart future.
Tags: agriculture · climate change · emissions · Energy · environmental · ethanol · fuel economy · Global Warming · peak oil · political symbols · politics · pollution
A Voice of Reason from an Oil CEO?
January 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on A Voice of Reason from an Oil CEO?
Yet again, Shell’s CEO, Jeroen van der Veer, has put himself out in public speaking truth that merits attention. Last year, van der Veer made the case for serious energy efficiency as part of the energy path forward: More than half the energy we generate every day is wasted. What’s the point of producing even […]
Tags: emissions · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · oil · peak oil · politics · pollution
$200 barrel oil in 2008? Bets are on …
January 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on $200 barrel oil in 2008? Bets are on …
$200 options for oil purchases have gotten hot, with a ten-fold increase in the past several months according to Sydney Morning-Herald reporting. Don’t worry, of course, since at $100, oil remains cheap … “One hundred dollars a barrel is actually 14.9 cents a cup, so we’re still talking about oil being remarkably cheap,” said Matthew […]