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Vote yes on freedom: Break down barriers to fuel competition
I am happy to have the right to vote. Ok, happy is probably an understatement. Proud, honored, humbled and thrilled would be more appropriate sentiments. A democracy where an individual is celebrated...
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Charge or swap?
This week, Forbes Magazine published an in-depth article about the future of electric vehicle technology. Looking beyond the fact that the mere existence of this news article (and the growing list of...
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The Holiday Scrooge: High gas prices
The holiday season is here. The smell of cinnamon fills the air and you can finally get your favorite mint-eggnog-spiced-dolce-latte from your local coffee shop. Everyone boasts about their strategy of...
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Are “green” automakers missing the mark at the LA Auto Show?
This year’s Los Angeles Auto Show is being called the “green” auto show, by many. With increasing attendance and a growing interest in various new vehicles billed as environmentally friendly, this...
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Muddling through -Independence or Reducing Oil Dependency
Way back in the 60s, a noted political scientist, Charles Lindblom, wrote an article called the “Science of Muddling Through.” He indicated that, at least, in the public sector, cost, time and...
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Don’t be fooled by the illusion of low gas prices
Overnight, the most popular headlines have become “Gas Prices Hit Low for a Year,” “Gas Prices Continue to Decline” and the list goes on. According to Daily Fuel Gauge, the average price of a gallon of...
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California dreaming – the realities of oil independence
Recently, the Orange County Register published an article by Bradley Olson of Bloomberg News, titled “California may soon emerge as top U.S. oil producer.” Fifteen leases covering 18,000 acres of the...
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What do AT&T and Big Oil have in Common?
When’s the last time you made a long-distance phone call? Do you even notice the difference between local and long-distance charges? Before 1984, only AT&T could sell long-distance telephone...
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Sweden’s quest to be the first oil-free nation
Famous for Volvo, Ikea and Absolut Vodka, Sweden is now on a new pursuit to become the first completely oil-free economy in the world by 2020. The oil crisis in the early 1970s forced Sweden to embark...
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Fueling a deficit
If you’re like most people, you probably think about your food budget at least a little bit. Most likely, you try to find the best value at the grocery store, perhaps by clipping coupons or sticking to...
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Slightly lower gas prices, but for how long?
By now, who hasn’t heard about the oil boom in the United States? Higher oil prices and new extraction techniques are largely credited for creating a rash of new oil fields, resulting in domestic...
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Garbage in, garbage out
Free traders of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but the garbage that binds you. Oslo, Norway has pointed the way to a sustained profitable garbage trade. The city converts household trash,...
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Strategic planning — moving the fuel markets from irrelevance to relevance
I wrote a book in the early ‘70s called the “Irrelevance of Planning in the ‘60s.” It was published by The MIT Press. The reviews were good. It sold enough copies to permit me to eat out at a middling...
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The new poor — more at risk to rising gas prices
A new book by authors Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube of the Brookings Institution has highlighted an unexpected new trend in poverty in America today — the poor are moving to the suburbs. Enticed...
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Displacing oil costs less than oil
“Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity — not a threat.” — Steve Jobs Are we running out of oil? Are fuel alternatives overrated? Can fossil fuels become irrelevant? The recent surge...
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From sulfur to alternative fuels…where’s the beef?
EPA’s recently proposed regulatory changes to lower the sulfur content of gasoline from 30 parts per million (ppm) to 10 ppm. According to experts, the less sulfur in fuel, the more effective catalytic...
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When California had 15,000 methanol cars
Do you realize that California once had 15,000 cars on the road burning methanol? And that those drivers loved their performance? But that whole experiment came to an end ten years ago because – get...
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Can the Marcellus give birth to CNG vehicles?
What if America had so much natural gas it didn’t know what to do with it? Right now that’s the situation in the Marcellus Shale, the vast formation that underlies nearly all of Pennsylvania. There...
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Natural Gas Demand Causes the EU to Invite Russia to Join…
Hold the presses, stop the cable and network news shows, break away from Twitter, and forget for a moment about Facebook… Why? Read the latest wire from The Associated Press! Many European nations,...
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Ford Leads the Way
The Ford Motor Company stepped front-and-center in the effort to fine alternatives to high-priced imported oil last week with the announcement that it will offer compressed natural gas (CNG) tank as an...
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