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August, 2011
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Two questions. What is the price you pay to run a load of laundry at home? Now, what is the actual cost of running that load of laundry?
Recently, IBM unveiled the results of its 2011 Global Utility Consumer Survey, reveali...
Posted Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 at 12:58 pm | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity
After a natural disaster, people are hungry for traffic information: which roads are flooded and which have been cleared of fallen trees? How congested is traffic? What are the delay times for public transit and how fast are b...
Posted Monday, August 29th, 2011 at 11:31 am | Filed in: Transportation
Here in DC this week we’ve seen an unprecedented earthquake, and are bracing for Hurricane Irene to hit on Saturday evening. For a region which so rarely experiences severe hurricanes or earthquakes, what have these natural di...
Posted Friday, August 26th, 2011 at 11:23 am | Filed in: Electricity, Energy Supply, Gas Prices
Deborah Solomon has a must-read piece in today's WSJ. Banner headline in the Marketplace section: "SEC Drills Down on Fracking." In a move reminiscent companies disclosing their liabilities under a potential carbon pricing/...
Posted Thursday, August 25th, 2011 at 6:56 am | Filed in: Natural Gas
Last week, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s promise of $2 per gallon gasoline under a Bachmann presidency rose more than a few brows. First, Bachmann’s remark that Obama’s presidency began with a $1.79 ...
Posted Monday, August 22nd, 2011 at 11:41 am | Filed in: Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
The competition between GOP presidential primary candidates is heating up and taking center stage as Congress is in recess; Michele Bachmann took the Iowa Straw Poll, Texas Governor Rick Perry has officially entered the race, and ...
Posted Friday, August 19th, 2011 at 11:29 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Gas Prices, Oil Dependence
Today's WSJ has an interesting piece entitled "As Oil Spiked, Many Traded." Reporters Ianthe Jeanne Dugan and Liam Pleven described a "world of oil investors" reaching "far beyond Wall Street in recent years as foreign pension...
Posted Thursday, August 18th, 2011 at 11:14 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Demand, Oil, Oil Prices, Uncategorized
With the current gas tax set to expire September 30, many are wondering what lies ahead for the future of the federal Highway Trust Fund. The current federal tax at 18.4 cents per gallon, is made possible by the Safe, Accountabl...
Posted Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 at 1:50 pm | Filed in: Automotive, Gas Prices, Policy, Transportation
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With Congress in recess this August, all eyes have turned to the race for the Republican presidential nomination. This past...
Posted Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 at 11:56 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Policy
Last week, a GOP lawmaker spoke on the radio about the discrepancy regarding the appointment of a federal agency to handle state-dependent transportation issues. Representative Cory Gardner (R-CO) suggested that the Department o...
Posted Monday, August 15th, 2011 at 10:32 am | Filed in: Oil Dependence, Transportation
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