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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...
Posted Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 at 7:47 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Policy
Liam Denning's punny headling -- "Oil Gives Economy Both Barrels" leads a "Heard on the Street" piece that deserves reading in today's WSJ. We never tire of pointing out the slow motion train wreck we're in due to our economic...
Posted Monday, March 5th, 2012 at 11:27 am | Filed in: Gas Prices, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
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
20 days. Check.
Yes, national average gasoline prices have increased for the past 20 days in a row. Today, they reached $3.70 for Regular—the “cheapest” option (accessed February 27, 2012).
This is not new—prices...
Posted Monday, February 27th, 2012 at 12:03 pm | Filed in: Automotive, Economic Security, Energy Demand, Gas Prices, Oil Dependence
The so-called "smart grid" has been much the topic of conversation in energy policy circles for several years now. At its core, the idea is simple: better match electricity demand and supply by providing consumers more informa...
Posted Monday, February 27th, 2012 at 7:10 am | Filed in: Automotive, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Demand, Oil Dependence
Less you forget it’s an election year, yesterday President Obama spoke regarding his energy strategy in a time of rising gas prices. The speech was widely billed as a defense against recent Republican attacks on this quintessent...
Posted Friday, February 24th, 2012 at 11:20 am | Filed in: Gas Prices, Legislation, Oil Dependence, Policy, Transportation
In Tom Fowler's WSJ piece this morning, we hear again the lesson that short term fixes can't bring down oil and gasoline prices, "that the global economy and geopolitics, not the U.S. industry or economy, are driving" them. Th...
Posted Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 at 7:50 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electrification, Energy Supply, Gas Prices, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Policy
"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
Last month, we discussed the growth of the trade deficit in November 2011, due in large part to petroleum imports, stating, “One of the “upsides” of the financial crisis was decreased oil consumption, which led to a narrowed...
Posted Friday, February 10th, 2012 at 1:17 pm | Filed in: Economic Security, Oil, Oil Dependence
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
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