The pandering, that is. First up, the presidential candidates take turns accusing each other of not having a plan for high gas prices, which the accuser of course has a neat solution for that will […]
Tag: energy policy
Attempting the Impossible
I ran across the following today: Our view on gasoline prices: With crude at $100 a barrel, Big Oil needs no tax breaks It’s difficult — make that impossible — to justify taxpayer subsidies for […]
Dog and Pony Show Scheduled for Today
The familiar dog and pony show of calling oil company executives to Washington to testify before a pandering congress begins today: Congress has big questions for Big Oil WASHINGTON – Big Oil is once again […]
Barack Obama Panders
He’s got my vote. He doesn’t take money from oil companies, and is going to punish them for their “windfall profits.” For some reason, Oil Watchdog does show him as having taken $157,390 from oil […]
Unintended Consequences
The Politics of Biofuels In response to a recent query from an independent student newspaper in the UK, I wrote up this editorial piece on the politics of biofuels. The original can be found here. […]
The Politics of Biofuels
In response to a recent query from an independent student newspaper in the UK, I wrote up an editorial piece on the politics of biofuels. I will post it over here in a few days, […]
The AP on Oil and Gas Prices
The Associated Press takes a question on oil and gas prices, and does a pretty good job explaining the factors affecting prices: Ask AP: Your News Questions, Answered Q: Background (my numbers maybe a little […]
House to Vote Today on Energy Bill
The House is scheduled to vote today on their latest incarnation of an energy bill: Energy bill vote pushed to today amid opposition WASHINGTON — Congressional Democratic leaders pushed back a vote on an energy […]
Welcome Guardian Readers
Introduction About a month ago, I was contacted by The Guardian, one of the major newspapers in the U.K. They were launching the Guardian Commercial Partners Network. While there is potentially some ad revenue involved, […]
U.S. versus U.K. on Gasoline Prices
In the U.S., high gas prices tend to focus anger toward oil companies. In fact, as a reader recently pointed out, Shell’s CEO has even gotten death threats over the issue: Oil CEO Receives Death […]