Posts Tagged ‘energy’
How Efficient Are We in Our Use of Oil?
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the continuing environmental catastrophe that has resulted got me thinking about domestic oil consumption in the United States. Clearly, this disaster is one consequence of our dependence on petroleum and the need to satisfy that dependence with offshore exploration in increasingly difficult and hostile environments. It [...]
Holes in the Long Tailpipe
Every time I hear someone argue that electrical vehicles (EVs) have no benefit because they only shift the point of pollution from the vehicle to the powerplant, I want to mock that person using the same voice that Eddie Murphy used in Beverly Hills Cop to say, “I’m not falling for the banana in the [...]
Cap and Trade
Cap and Trade is through the House, now Obama’s team is working on pressing it through the Senate. The legislation is in its early stages, but as it is proposed today it would mandate a reduction to 17% of 2005 levels of greenhouse gas emmissions by 2020. In general, the Republicans are opposed to this [...]
Advancing Houston
Tory Gattis wrote this column yesterday, and I have to say I heartily agree with it. Here’s the bulk of it: Houston has a unique window of opportunity right now to secure its economic future as well as improve its world-city status. We’re currently the global capital of the oil and gas industry, one of [...]
Too good not to post
I found this on Green Wombat, a Forbes.com blog. It’s perfect as is, so here’s the complete story: Bill Ford: Gas tax, please. DANA POINT, Calif. — Have you driven a gas-guzzling planet-warming SUV lately? If so, it’s probably because gasoline prices have plunged in recent months and you’re more likely to trade up to a [...]
Light (Crude) Reading
Houston Tomorrow published this summary of the long discussed stimulus bill that Obama plans to pass as soon as he takes office. They the following: Relatively speaking, the stimulus bill marks a tenfold increase in transit spending, perhaps the biggest sign yet that mass transit is becoming politically popular. That’s good news. – – – [...]
From the Newswire: January 12, 2008
Bulgaria is freezing its collective buns off… and mad at Russia to boot. I wonder how many political points we could pick up by sending about 1 million electric heaters to places like Bulgaria? That sounds like good economic stimulus to me, actually exporting something… That said, apparently the gas will resume flowing pretty soon, [...]
The best documentary I’ve ever watched
Everyone in America needs to watch this report and think about it. PBS put together a program outlining the connection between energy prices, transportation systems, the mortgage crisis (which has created the financial meltdown), and US History. It’s fantastic, and you owe it to yourself to watch. The key feature, the absolute home run they [...]
Falling behind
Great column on energy efficiency in other parts of the world today, courtesy Thomas Friedman. Here is the key quote: Unlike America, Denmark, which was so badly hammered by the 1973 Arab oil embargo that it banned all Sunday driving for a while, responded to that crisis in such a sustained, focused and systematic way [...]
Should oil be cheap?
Update: An alternative take on this issue, in light on the financial crisis now looming over our nation, appeared on CNN a few days ago. There was a great article on Business Week, published July 23. The article is called, “Should Oil Be Cheap?“. Basically, the article argues that there is a case to be [...]
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