As I indicated in the original post – Coping with Gas at $100 a Gallon – here are some of the comments on my thought experiment on $100 gasoline. Comments were varied, ranging from things […]
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Coping with Gas at $100 a Gallon
I am fond of thought experiments. I like to ask “What If?” This can help me frame a problem. For instance, if I wonder how much land it would take to generate enough electricity to […]
An Amazing Disconnect
Why Are Oil Prices Rising? The Picture Tells the Tale (Credit to Optimist) The recent, rapid climb in oil prices has started to get everyone’s attention. In fact, when people use Google to search for […]
Stranger Than Fiction
After 24 hours of traveling, including a cancelled flight, lost luggage, and a passenger’s medical emergency that almost forced us to land in Greenland, I am back in the Netherlands. I almost never check luggage, […]
Befuddled by Our Oil Dependence
In a different context, this might be funny: Lawmakers being forced to give up gas-guzzling cars WASHINGTON — Rep. Elton Gallegly of Simi Valley likes his taxpayer-funded Ford Expedition. He isn’t worried that it’s not […]
Hillary Panders, Bill Whines
Hillary Panders Keeping with the recent theme that our political leaders are clueless, today I ran across this gem from Hillary’s Indiana campaign: Clinton visits gas station for cameras SOUTH BEND, Ind.—Hillary Rodham Clinton, a […]
CNN on Gas Prices
CNN has a very interesting article this morning on gas taxes, gas prices, and the impact they have had: U.S. gas: So cheap it hurts First, a couple of tables that show how gas prices […]
Hillary’s Stupid Energy Plan
I had intended for this, my 500th essay on this blog, to be about my recent trip to Choren’s new plant in Germany. But Hillary Clinton has just come out with a plan for high […]
An Open Letter to Our Next President
Mr. or Madam President, Vice President Dick Cheney once famously quipped “The American way of life is non-negotiable.” I submit that while our next president might not be so brash in stating this, the root […]
Please Make it Stop
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 […]