Gas prices are once again headed higher, and most people are probably wondering why. The Charleston Gazette (1) provides a typical reaction: Lee Franc, a client manager from St. Petersburg, spent about $40 to put […]
Tag: gas inventories
The FTCR Slander Continues
I have written previously about the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR). You can see a list of these essays here. Their web site states: FTCR is a non-profit, non-partisan consumer watchdog group. We […]
This Week in Petroleum 12-06-06
I have a challenge for the conspiracy theorists out there who think oil companies purposely dropped the price of gas leading up to the recent elections. Here is the gasoline inventory graph for the past […]
This Week in Petroleum 11-22-06
The weekly EIA report was released this morning: Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the Week Ending November 17, 2006 Some excerpts: U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 15.0 million barrels per day during the […]
This Week in Petroleum 11-15-06
The weekly inventory report from the Energy Information Administration came out today, and it provided support for my latest essay. You can read the report at: This Week in Petroleum. A quick look at the […]
Inventory Management
I have been engaged in an e-mail exchange with a journalist overseas who is writing an article on gasoline pricing in the U.S. I don’t want to give anything away, so I won’t be any […]
Wednesday Quick Hits
Plug-In Hybrids The more I learn about plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), the more convinced I am that this would be a far better use of our alternative energy dollar than subsidizing corn ethanol. Learn All About […]
Politicians, Profits, and Inventories
Can You Believe This Guy? I am aware that from time to time a politician has stopped by to read some of my essays. I have even had contact with some of you. I do […]
Another Uninformed Consumer Watchdog
I have an essay on conservation ready to go, with some discussion of how Europe deals with high gas prices. However, a couple of newsworthy items are worth commenting on. The Oil Drum beat me […]
Politics as Usual
I received a story today from U. S. Newswire that goes to show that some Democrats also don’t “get it”. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on news reports that the […]