February 13, 2012Leave a Comment
The infamous transportation bill that emerged from the office of House Transportation and Infrastructure Chair John Mica is so horrible that even GOP members of the House won’t vote for it, says Republican Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
August 4, 20111 Comment on Here’s what’s happening today
Many people blame political intrangience for today’s stock market plunge. That’s part of it, but there’s a deeper reality. Our nation’s fiscal priorities couldn’t be more completely hosed, but resource limitations are the fundamental basis of our economic dreariness over the past five years.
A five minute video highlights some of the factors behind Richard Heinberg’s End of Growth thesis.
May 12, 20112 Comments on Gas futures drop
2.4% less gas leads to 40 cent drop in gas prices! Last week’s dramatic price drop in the New York gasoline futures market shows YOU have the power to change national economies!
Happy Boycott OPEC/Exxon/Chevron/Shell/BP Bike To Work Day in California, all.
The usual one day gasoline boycotts we hear about usually involves deferring our gas purchases by a day or choosing a specific brand to avoid. This does absolutely nothing to actually reduce the demand , which is the real reason gas prices are so high. Substituting your single occupant driving miles with something else — such as riding your bicycle, taking public transportation, telework (which is what I’m doing today) or even carpooling — reduces demand.
April 26, 201110 Comments on Halliburton, drilling and gas prices
Here’s something for the “Drill Baby Drill” crowd. After a steady decline during George Bush’s administration, U.S. domestic crude oil production has climbed during the Obama administration to levels last seen in 2004, when gasoline prices were below $2 per gallon.
April 21, 20117 Comments on Populist grandstanding
President Obama announced today that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will assemble a “Financial Fraud Enforcement Working Group” to investigate oil market manipulation. The price of gas — approaching $4/gallon nationwide and around $4.20 in California — is surely the fault of cheating Wall Street dirtbags, right? Upstanding, middle class, salt-of-the-earth American citizens such as you and I could never be responsible for such a horrible thing!
March 3, 2011Leave a Comment
This infographic from a 2009 issue of an oil industry journal is a little bit dated — the graph shows thousands of barrels per day from each country. We now import 2700 thousand barrels per day from Canada, for example. Imports from Saudi Arabia are up to 1100 thousand barrels per day. Venezuelan imports have dropped to 917 thousand barrels per day. But you still get the gist of what’s going on.
You can see discussion and a larger version over at Oil & Gas Next Generation.
Gas prices punched through $4/gallon this week in San Jose, California. That’s a record for this time of year.