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When the WSJ speaks about oil, should everyone listen? Yes, with one ear.
I have great respect for the Wall Street Journal, particularly for its coverage of news related to energy, oil and alternative fuels. Generally, it does a fine job. But last week’s front page story,...
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Old and new memories — gasoline, replacement fuels and renewables
When the New York Times speaks, everyone listens, or most everyone listens, or some people listen, or some people don’t listen but should listen. Last week, the Times ran an interesting article, about...
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And that’s the way it is or isn’t — stable oil and gas markets
“And that’s the way it is” was used by my favorite news anchor, Walter Cronkite, to sign off on his highly respected network news show. And that’s the way the content he generally delivered generally...
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It’s not the oil we import that makes us vulnerable, it’s the price
The United States Energy Security Council has written a brilliant report explaining why neither increased production nor improved conservation will solve our oil problems or free us from dependence on...
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What Happened to Saudization? Bipolar Fuel Projections!
Just a few short months ago, newspapers, led by the WSJ, trumpeted, many on their front pages, the Saudization of America and the end of America’s and OECD’s reliance on Middle East oil. Do you...
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Making the Case for Mars and Methanol
Robert Zubrin is one of those oddball geniuses who prowl around the peripheries of important national issues making suggestions that may seem completely off the wall but on closer inspection are...
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Japan bets big on hydrogen fuel cells
Remember when Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) used to sit atop the Japanese industrial complex, steering it like some giant Godzilla hovering over the entire world? Those were...
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A return to making love, not war – Iraq and replacement fuels
Early on I wrote a column about an unanticipated Thanksgiving dinner conversation with a special operations soldier who had served in Iraq. His comment, in response to a question I asked about whether...
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Life becomes tough for oil companies and oil nations — what to do?
Wow. Over the last few days, the nation has seen the possibilities inherent in a transportation-related energy and environmental policy. No, Washington has not become more functional. It’s still a...
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James Bond, low oil prices, the Russians and OPEC
Calling Miss Moneypenny…we need you to get to James Bond quickly. Urgently! According to respected sources, there is a conspiracy in place on the part of the U.S. government and the West to both foster...
View ArticleLife is becoming tough for oil companies and oil nations
Wow. Over the last few days, the nation has seen the possibilities inherent in a transportation-related energy and environmental policy. No, Washington has not become more functional. It’s still a...
View ArticleCan OPEC Control Oil Supplies as Prices Plummet?
[Video] John Hofmeister, chief executive officer and founder at Citizens for Affordable Energy, and Kevin Book, managing director and co-founder at Clearview Energy partners, discuss the factors...
View ArticleReview: ‘Pump’ is too perfect
America’s obsession with oil is on tap in Pump, the latest film by husband-wife documentarian duo Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell. Their previous film, Fuel, Freedom and The Big Fix, also...
View ArticleJames Bond, low oil prices, the Russians and OPEC
Calling Miss Moneypenny…we need you to get to James Bond quickly. Urgently! According to respected sources, there is a conspiracy in place on the part of the U.S. government and the West to both foster...
View ArticleBusinessWeek: Oil prices might have further to fall
A story in BusinessWeek highlights a Goldman Sachs report from this week hinting that U.S. drillers might want to let up a bit, in the face of still-plummeting worldwide prices. The shale boom in the...
View ArticleThe decline of oil and gas prices, replacement fuels and Nostradamus
“It’s a puzzlement,” said the King to Anna in “The King and I,” one of my favorite musicals, particularly when Yul Brynner was the King. It is reasonable to assume, in light of the lack of agreement...
View ArticleNew Yorker: Low oil prices put Venezuela in a bind
The New Yorker quotes Harvard economist and former Venezuelan government official Ricardo Hausmann’s cautionary words about Venezuela’s budget situation in the face of plummeting oil prices. As Girish...
View ArticlePickens: We’re still ‘dangerously dependent’ on OPEC
Politico gathered some of the nation’s most influential players in the energy and national-security realms to discuss what we should do next about the sudden drop in global oil prices the past four...
View ArticleIt’s the oil price and cost, baby
I began what turned out to be a highly ranked leadership program for public officials at the University of Colorado in the early ’80s, as dean of the Graduate School of Public Affairs. I did the same...
View ArticleOfficial: $70 oil will cause ‘panic in OPEC’
Since the oil plunge began in June, speculation has been rampant that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries might act to cut production to keep prices from falling further. The...
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