In today’s New York Times, Thomas Friedman calls Hillary’s and McCain’s “gas-tax holiday” proposal what it really is: money laundering masquerading as energy policy. Both candidates say they want to temporarily suspend the…
Neither supply nor demand is the main driver of recent oil price spikes. It’s the weakening dollar, which, as it loses value causes us to pay more for anything we buy from other countries — including oil. The…
The word stagflation has been on the minds of economists in recent weeks. The term describes the unusual condition when the economy is slowing but prices are increasing.
Dr. Stephen Leeb, author of the…
“Let me start first by telling you that America has got to change its habits. We’ve got to get off oil. And the reason why is, first, oil is — dependency on oil presents a real challenge to our economy.…
An NPR segment yesterday about rising concerns over “stagflation” in the nation’s economy reminded me of a book I read last summer called The Coming Economic Collapse, by investor and peak-oil-proponent Stephen Leeb. I checked it out at the…
For the first time ever, crude oil prices reached $100 a barrel in futures trading today. Forbes is also reporting that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries stated…
Representatives of two environmental organizations were given their say at a recent energy forum in Rochester, Minn. Loren Abraham of the Minnesota Renewable Energy Society and Chuck Laszewski of the
Can an oil company provide energy and be environmentally responsible at the same time? ConocoPhillips says ‘yes.’
Trying to spread the word that good energy policy is also good environmental policy,
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