Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Another Default Option for Gas

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Not many people are paying attention to the US's other big energy problem, in natural gas. It hasn't intruded much on our lives this...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

A Long Enough Lever

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The oil price drop of the last several months has been quietly proving one of the central tenets of the " Geo-Green " or "gre...
Monday, January 29, 2007

Atlantic Convergence on Nuclear

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One of the most interesting energy developments of the last 12 months, at least from a big-picture perspective, is the convergence of the US...
Friday, January 26, 2007

Measuring Earthshine

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Although emissions of greenhouse gases, especially those from industry and transportation, grab most of the headlines relating to climate ch...
Thursday, January 25, 2007

Cheap Gas Blues

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Retail gasoline prices dropped another 8 cents last week, bringing the national average price down to $2.16/gallon. It seems strange to cons...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Union on Energy

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Although much of the world was watching last night's State of the Union Address to hear what the President would say about Iraq, the lea...
Tuesday, January 23, 2007

ExxonMobil on Climate Change

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Last week two other bloggers and I had the opportunity to interview ExxonMobil’s VP of Public Affairs, Mr. Kenneth P. Cohen, on the subject ...
Monday, January 22, 2007

Integrating China's SPR

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Last week the Wall Street Journal reported on a meeting between the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) and a vice chairman of Chi...
Friday, January 19, 2007

How Low?

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Oil is putting on a lively demonstration of what happens when the psychology of a market shifts; the reaction is pretty dramatic. The media ...
Thursday, January 18, 2007

Floor Price, Round Two

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A year ago, the Wall Street Journal carried an op-ed proposing that the US set a floor price for oil by means of a floating oil import tari...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Bad Trees

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Ever since a friend sent me a link to this BBC story reporting on the potential adverse consequences of planting trees to mitigate climate c...
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

On-Target Advice

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Even though I've moved away from the greater New York area, I still try to keep up with the New York Times, not because it's a bette...
Monday, January 15, 2007

The Ripple Effect

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The newly-elected center-right President of Mexico is facing a crisis over the price of corn. Tortillas are a staple of the Mexican diet, es...
Friday, January 12, 2007

Oil from Coal?

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Energy independence is becoming the biggest energy issue in American politics. If it hasn't eclipsed climate change in importance, that...
Thursday, January 11, 2007

Carousel of Progress?

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I'm always intrigued by what car shows tell us about the future of motoring and transportation energy. Setting aside the flashy concept ...
Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Fuel Decarbonization

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Once again, the states are taking the initiative in shaping an aggressive climate change policy, and California leads the way. Governor Schw...
Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Step by Step

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The Bolivarian Revolution of Hugo Chavez has taken a few more big steps in its transformation of Venezuela from a democracy into a sort of C...
Monday, January 08, 2007

Loading the Dice

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A lengthy comment posted by a reader over the weekend reminded me of the extreme range of our energy policy options. While growing concerns ...
Friday, January 05, 2007

The Race Is Far From Over

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As I was catching up on the backlog of energy-related articles that accumulated over the holidays, I noticed an interesting trend. Although ...
Thursday, January 04, 2007

Redirecting the Incentives

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As the front page of today's Washington Post reminds us, one of the top priorities of the new Democratic majority in Congress will be th...