There have been many claims in recent years that ethanol is going to help wean us off of fossil fuels. In fact, many of our political leaders claim that as long as we just keep […]
The Mythical Ethanol Threat
Record Prices = Record Profits?
So, I am running through some of my daily news searches – things like “gas prices”, “gas gouging”, “alternative energy”, etc. I ran across this gem: Gas price gouging becomes even more obvious It is […]
API Conference Call on Gas Prices
On May 16th, I participated in another conference call with the American Petroleum Institute. The subject was gas prices. Since I am probably not the best person to challenge the API on gas prices, I […]
This Week in Petroleum 5-23-07
Some Reactions to Gasoline Inventories From Bloomberg: Crude Oil Is Steady as U.S. Gasoline Supplies, Demand Increase “Inventories are growing but we are still in big trouble with gasoline supplies,” said Phil Flynn, vice president […]
Congress Takes Aim at OPEC
From the Houston Chronicle: House legislation would label oil cartel’s actions as illegal Championed by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., the bill would essentially make it illegal for foreign nations like those in […]
Price Gouging Bill
Extracted from yesterday’s OPIS report: Congressional Democrats have said that they want to get an anti-price-gouging bill to the White House by Memorial Day and there is no indication of any presidential veto in the […]
Mark Jacobson Responds to Vinod Khosla
Following the previous response by Vinod Khosla, I sent a link to Professor Jacobson and asked if he had any comments he wanted to make. I received the following, along with permission to post it: […]
Vinod Khosla on Mark Jacobson
Note: In the interest of fairness, I will post a response from Mark Jacobson tomorrow. In response to my recent essay, Vinod Khosla and The Truth, I got a response from Mr. Khosla in which […]
Comments on Senate Hearing on Gas Prices
On May 15th, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources conducted a hearing entitled Short-Term Energy Outlook Summer 2007: Oil and Gasoline. You can listen to the web cast here. I have done so, […]
Gouging is an Idiotic Explanation
Not my words, but I have expressed similar sentiments. Paul Sankey, an analyst with Deutsche Bank, testified on May 15th before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. I would guess some jaws dropped […]