Emissions of carbon dioxide in the U.S. are now lower than they were in the year 2000 and are expected to continuing declining, according to the U. S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) in their “Annual Energy Outlook 2012.” Furthermore, the EIA says that carbon dioxide emissions in the electricity-generating sector fell so much in the [...]
Based on the recent experience with shale gas, the price of crude oil will be trending down, assuming of course that politics does not get in the way and the Middle East situation does not deteriorate. We are talking about the underlying price trend here not short-term price fluctuations. Just look at the recent history [...]
The United States Energy Information Agency (EIA) released its “Annual Energy Outlook 2012” earlier this year. The annual report shows that emissions of carbon dioxide in the U.S. are now lower than levels in the year 2000 and are predicted to continue to decline through the year 2035 (which is the extent of the study [...]
President Obama recently told a crowd at a community college in Maryland: “there is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to high gas prices. There’s no silver bullet.” He could have been referring to releasing oil from the strategic petroleum reserve or he could have been arguing against a policy [...]
President Obama has stated that there is nothing that the he can do to influence the price of gasoline. He goes on to say that more domestic drilling and production will have no impact on prices: “You know we can’t just drill our way to lower gas prices. Drill, baby, drill is a “bumper sticker, [...]
It is fair to say that the development of shale gas in the United States, which is rooted in the Barnett Shale in North Texas, has become the most controversial energy development in modern history, perhaps closely rivaled by nuclear power in the 1970s. This is in part due to the fact that the large [...]
