Friday, January 30, 2009

Smarter Stimulus

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As the US Senate debates its version of the $819 billion economic stimulus bill passed by the House on Wednesday, I hope they will give cons...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

The Ripple Effect

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The fallout from the collapse of oil prices in the last quarter of 2008 is still rippling through the economy. Yesterday's announcemen...
Monday, January 26, 2009

The Big Chunks

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In my first posting of the year, I suggested that the new administration faced a big decision about our national energy policy, between maki...
Friday, January 23, 2009

A Painful Adjustment

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A quick read through the morning paper reminded me just how much the future path of energy prices and energy sector investment depend on the...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Taxing Carbon

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While many observers were focused on the most obvious first represented by yesterday's presidential inauguration, I was thinking about a...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Tempering Optimism with Patience

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We've all heard the President-elect mention the need for patience in confronting our economic problems, echoed by countless commentators...
Friday, January 16, 2009

Paying Not To Drill

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I'm spoiled for choice concerning topics on which to blog , including the first glimpses of the energy provisions of the proposed Americ...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

A Gasoline Floor Price for Hybrid Cars

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The coverage of this year's Detroit Car Show has focused on hybrids and electric vehicles, with a number of high-profile launches, inclu...
Monday, January 12, 2009

Another Tumultuous Year?

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Whether or not next week's inauguration of the 44th President of the United States marks the true start to the 21st century, as a Washin...
Friday, January 09, 2009

Alternative Energy And Natural Gas

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At the end of the first full work week of the new year--a week I suspect I am not alone in having found a bit of a slog--a pair of articles ...
Wednesday, January 07, 2009

An Ethanol Stimulus?

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As the new Congress and incoming administration scramble to craft a stimulus package to lift the country out of the deepening recession , it...
Monday, January 05, 2009

Choosing A Priority

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The new year brings no shortage of energy concerns, even though oil prices are much lower than last January. Instead of enumerating those th...
Monday, December 29, 2008

Energy Lessons of 2008

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A year ago, I looked back on 2007 and ahead to 2008, a year that has defied the predictions of most observers. Although I can't claim to...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

December Surprise

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A month ago an old friend--in fact a former boss and mentor--hinted that the recent collapse of oil prices might lead to revisions of the oi...
Friday, December 19, 2008

Open Fuel Standard

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One of the energy-related email lists to which I'm subscribed recently alerted me to an interesting piece of pending legislation in the ...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Oil Shock II

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As OPEC's members and friends meet in Algeria to agree on deeper cuts in oil output, the effectiveness of their actions will depend grea...
Monday, December 15, 2008

Steel on the Ground

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2009 is shaping up as the Year of the Stimulus. The consensus for a massive fiscal stimulus of the US economy, in the form of direct governm...