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Oil Dependence ’
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Once again, the price of oil is making Americans nervous. In response, today, President Obama set a goal of reducing import oil by one third within 10 years. As Congress and the president face off over energy policy, we should...
Posted Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 at 4:18 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had an opinion piece about the value of subsidies for electric vehicles, with several supporting arguments that deserve a more in-depth look.
First, the author claims that EVs “have been with...
Posted Friday, March 25th, 2011 at 1:47 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Oil Dependence
Over seventy percent of U.S. oil consumption is attributable to the transportation sector. Any effective solution to U.S. oil dependence is going to (in fact must) arise in this sector. Many options exist, from simply improvin...
Posted Monday, March 14th, 2011 at 5:48 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Supply, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Transportation
Dina Maron reports in this morning's ClimateWire that: "Ethanol is once again in the hot seat." We say, "good!"
One positive outcome of the current focus on our federal deficit and debt woes is that attention must be paid t...
Posted Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 8:06 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Economic Security, Oil Dependence, Policy, Renewables
As oil prices have moved sharply higher in recent weeks, questions have arisen as to whether or not the higher prices will affect our economy. Here, here, and here. A frequently heard response is that because our economy is le...
Posted Friday, March 4th, 2011 at 3:02 pm | Filed in: Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
As oil prices dance around $100 per barrel due to unrest in the Middle East (and isn't that a surprise!), threatening our slow and jobless recovery, and a new report shows Americans drove more miles than in any year since 2007 --...
Posted Thursday, March 3rd, 2011 at 10:46 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electrification, National Security, Oil Dependence
Justin Lahart in today's WSJ: "Rising Oil Prices Raise the Specter of a Double Dip." Yep. A year ago, energy-minded folks were wondering whether spring would bring Middle East chaos caused by an Israeli preemptive strike on ...
Posted Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 6:50 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Economic Security, Electrification, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Gas Prices, Legislation, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
The Census Bureau released December trade deficit data last week, and the picture on oil imports was not reassuring, as one might have expected. You can access the full report here. With oil prices averaging $89.15 per barrels...
Posted Saturday, February 19th, 2011 at 5:31 pm | Filed in: Economic Security, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
The Energy Security Leadership Council (ESLC)—like the Energy Policy Information Center, a project of Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE)—today released Transportation Policies for America’s Future, a comprehensive sui...
Posted Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 at 7:09 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Oil Dependence, Transportation
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