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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. ...
Posted Thursday, March 1st, 2012 at 7:42 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Gas Prices, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
"Rising oil prices are emerging once again as a threat to the U.S. economic recovery just as it appears to be gaining momentum." That's the lead sentence in today's front page WSJ article, "Oil Price Rise Imperils Budding Recove...
Posted Thursday, February 16th, 2012 at 7:33 am | Filed in: Economic Security, National Security, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
Benoit Faucon has a distressing piece in today's WSJ, reporting that "India increased its imports of Iran's oil to become its largest customer last month, partly offsetting a cut in Chinese purchases, as sanctions failed to signif...
Posted Thursday, February 9th, 2012 at 7:10 am | Filed in: Economic Security, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence
Today, Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE) released a new report, Congestion in America: A Growing Challenge to U.S. Energy Security. The report emphasizes the crucial interaction between transportation policy and the challe...
Posted Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 at 12:09 pm | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Efficiency, Gas Prices, Legislation, National Security, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Transportation
The recent increase in tensions between the U.S. and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz has at its root the world’s unhappy relationship with crude oil being shipped through the Persian Gulf. The recent threats by the Islamic Republ...
Posted Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 at 11:31 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply, National Security
Last month, this blog discussed the beginnings of a potentially severe oil crisis, as Iran began running drills to close the Strait of Hormuz. In the weeks since, the situation has steadily escalated, and this morning the Wall S...
Posted Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 at 3:41 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
Yesterday, oil prices spiked by as much as 3.6 percent on rumors that the Strait of Hormuz had been blockaded to maritime shipments. The Iranian Foreign Ministry has reported that the strategic waterway remains open, yet there a...
Posted Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 at 12:17 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Gas Prices, National Security, Oil Dependence
Normally, the big energy news over the weekend at this time of year would be the results of the United National Climate Conference to implement the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, since a large porti...
Posted Monday, December 12th, 2011 at 5:14 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, Legislation, National Security, Renewables, Uncategorized
If you missed Saturday's WSJ, you missed a lot of energy news:
1. Ana Campoy and Stephanie Simon reported on a dispute in Oklahoma over a wind farm that may interfere with oil production. The Osage Nation owns the mineral r...
Posted Monday, November 28th, 2011 at 7:03 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Automotive, Electric Utilities, Electrification, Energy Security, National Security, Natural Gas, Oil, Oil Dependence
Talk about an unanticipated benefit! Today's WaPo reports that
People who invest in hybrid cars are significantly less likely to be injured in an accident because their heavy batteries make the vehicles safer than tradition...
Posted Thursday, November 17th, 2011 at 5:09 am | Filed in: Automotive, Economic Security, Electrification, National Security, Oil
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