Category: ‘ Energy Security ’

 

Politics and the SPR — so it’s an election year in France, too

Benoit Faucon reports in today's WSJ that France, where President Nicolas Sarkozy is up for reelection, "said it is in talks with the International Energy Agency about tapping emergency oil stockpiles, joining the U.S. and U.K. ...

The double-edged shale gas sword

Does cheap natural gas represent an unalloyed good for American energy security and economic health?  Or is it an easy quick fix, lulling us into a false sense of security that will prove damaging down the road?  Those are the q...

Yes, there’s no free market in oil

It's always useful, if depressing, to have the facts of the oil market set out in the mainstream media.  In today's case, Steven Mufson of the WaPo has a piece about our friends in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeking to help calm...

To release or not to release, that is the question

Various news agencies are reporting that the Obama Administration will soon announce a release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.  As James Herron wrote in today's WSJ, this may be coordinated with the UK and the International...

Fundamentals of gasoline price disparities

Those who decry the state of journalism in the 21st century should take a look at the March 10 NYT piece by Jeff Sommer -- a strong, substantive and balanced account of the market forces (and policies) that account for regional di...

Political Roundup: National Community Deployment Challenge

This week, there was some good news for reducing our national oil dependence and improving our energy security. President Barack Obama announced his plan for the United States to advance the mainstream adoption of electric vehicle...

Five truths we must face about energy

General John Handy of the Energy Security Leadership Council's compelling OpEd in today's Charlotte Post Observer: Five truths we must face about energy With President Obama in North Carolina today to discuss energy, there a...

Rising gas prices, rising rhetoric — no real action

Clifford Kraus in today's NYT:  "Tensions Raise Specter of Gas at $5 a Gallon."  While this piece is well done, it sadly focuses on the political fallout of rising gasoline prices rather than the policy implications of same.  ...

Evaluating DOE’s Loan Guarantee Program

The old adage that good news is not news seems to apply to Saturday's WSJ coverage of Friday's largely positive evaluation of the DOE Loan Guarantee program by the widely-respected Herb Allison.  Hardly a Democratic tool, Mr. All...

Nigeria and Russia: Geopolitics and energy security

Two recent articles remind us of the importance of energy security and the impact of geopolitics on that security.  First, on Saturday, the WSJ reported that Russia is cutting natural gas exports to Europe due to high domestic de...
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