The Benefits of $4 Gas

There is a great article today in Time. It covers a lot of ‘hot button’ issues with me, such as suburban sprawl, shorter work weeks, and conservation: 10 Things You Can Like About $4 Gas […]

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 […]

John McCain’s Bad Idea

Update: Seems other critics quickly emerged: McCain’s gas tax cut draws fire Analysts criticized the proposal for doing little to either stimulate the economy or lower gas prices, and say it could potentially leave roads […]

Why We Will Never Address Global Warming

I made the comment below recently in the discussion following an essay: If you put it to a popular vote, and people learned that GHG emissions could be arrested (hypothetically) if they were willing to […]

Dingell’s Got the Right Idea

In case you hadn’t heard, Representative John Dingell of Michigan is proposing a carbon tax. He is inviting the public to comment: Summary of Draft Carbon Tax Legislation Some have suggested that he isn’t really […]

How to Kill the SUV and Save the World

The UK, which already only uses half the per capita energy of the U.S. (See Note 1), is taking aim at the SUV. As British taxes target gas guzzlers, sales of greener cars double London […]

Politicians Do the Darndest Things

Suspending the Laws of Economics Politicians in Texas have come up with an ingenious method of controlling rising gas prices. They intend to suspend the laws of supply and demand: House OKs suspending gas tax […]

Energy and the Environment with the API

On April 18th, I participated in a conference call with the American Petroleum Institute. The topic of the call was Energy and the Environment. You can download a transcript here or the audio of the […]

Windfall Profits: A Lesson from the U.K.

Regardless of your position on windfall profits taxes on oil companies, one thing has been demonstrated again and again. Governments consistently fail to accurately anticipate the consequences. As oil prices have increased, governments have seen […]