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Oil Dependence ’
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On Friday, it was reported that al Qaeda has a “continuing interest” in attacking oil and gas infrastructure. The warning came from the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI as a result of information obtained during t...
Posted Monday, May 23rd, 2011 at 6:16 am | Filed in: Economic Security, National Security, Oil Dependence
Robert Burns of the AP has a very important story today on our increasingly close defense-related ties with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is also interesting that the news preceding today's POTUS speech on the Middle East was ...
Posted Thursday, May 19th, 2011 at 1:24 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence
The Census Bureau released March trade data today, and despite U.S. companies selling the most goods and services overseas in nearly two decades, a big jump in oil prices pushed the nation’s trade deficit to its highest level si...
Posted Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 at 9:36 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
After a two-week congressional recess—plenty of time to hear from constituents about high gas prices and pain at the pump—Members of Congress have hit the road running on energy issues this week.
Yesterday the House passed ...
Posted Friday, May 6th, 2011 at 2:59 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Gas Prices, Legislation, Oil Dependence
Pete Kasperowicz in The Hill today has a good piece about the Obama Administration's draft proposal to reauthorize the federal surface transportation programs. This is an important piece of legislative business that has been lan...
Posted Thursday, May 5th, 2011 at 7:01 am | Filed in: Gas Prices, Oil Dependence, Transportation
With so much talk of oil company profits, price speculation etc. it seems reasonable to ask just what components do make up the retail price of gasoline. Here is a very quick note on trends, adapted from the Energy Information A...
Posted Monday, May 2nd, 2011 at 7:03 am | Filed in: Gas Prices, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
This week on Capitol Hill, lawmakers finally wrapped up the long debate over the budget for the rest of FY2011. But with gasoline prices likely to remain near $4 a gallon through 2011 and the summer driving season approaching, i...
Posted Friday, April 15th, 2011 at 2:36 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Gas Prices, Legislation, Oil Dependence
Last week, ARC Financial Corporation published its Energy Charts report, with an interesting section about how political unrest and military action in countries often leads to long-term declines in their oil production. Using ex...
Posted Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 at 8:55 am | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Supply, Oil Dependence
On Friday, President Obama announced efforts to reduce petroleum consumption in trucks and other fleet vehicles. The White House released another fact sheet linking this initiative with the President’s speech earlier last week...
Posted Monday, April 4th, 2011 at 5:33 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electrification, Energy Security, Oil Dependence, Policy
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