And that doesn’t even address the reforumlated gasoline switch from winter fuel to summer fuel, which is starting right now at refiners and is causing fuel prices to increase more quickly in the usual tight spots, California and the Midwest. In addition to that, California is beginning to phase out MTBE as its oxygenate and …
MSNBC has a special report on oil in Iraq with some good information. Furthermore, this front-page article from today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required) discusses in some detail the reasons for the tight oil supply chain. There’s less spare capacity and lower inventories.
According to Washington Post writer Neal Peirce, Reason’s HOT lanes proposals are very good ideas that will use technology and market incentives (read: prices) to reduce congestion, time spent driving, and fuel use in the 21st century.
In a conversation with Will Wilkinson about naming his car Bucephalus, we got into a discussion in a group of folks about what motivates people to name their cars. New Scientist has provided an answer: Men who are fanatical about cars identify vehicles using the same brain circuitry used to recognise faces, new research shows
Here’s a summary article from Sunday’s New York Times on the uncertainty in the oil industry and its effects. See also this Kevin Hassett article on Tech Central Station from Friday on the economic consequences of high oil prices. And for some insight into the conflicting incentives of Persian Gulf OPEC members regarding Iraq (i.e., …
Crude oil prices are the highest they’ve been in 12 years, and the Iraq situation is only one reason, as I’ve been saying for months and as this Business Week Online article points out. High oil prices and their translation into high gasoline prices have produced their usual response from Midwest politicians — a request …
The U.S. and the E.U. will cooperate in joint hydrogen research, according to this New York Times article (registration required) and this Associated Press article. And on the emissions front, if you take into account emissions of carbon dioxide, an MIT study finds that hybrid engines pollute less than hydrogen engines. The study indicates that …
This outstanding and thorough Wall Street Journal article (subscription required) provides a great overview of the issues involved in hydrogen vehicle research and commercialization. The article focuses particularly on the chicken-and-egg problem of the simultaneous evolution of a technology (the engine) and a complementary technology (the fueling infrastructure): Larry Burns, GM’s top technology guru, says …
This article by Jacob Sullum in Reason Online today is an absolute must-read. Notwithstanding the mounting evidence that moderate alcohol consumption is good for your health, federal regulations mandate that winemakers cannot claim health benefits on their labels. An excerpt: That is the upshot of regulations published this month by the Treasury Department’s Alcohol and …
In this commentary on NPR’s Morning Edition on Friday, Russell Roberts explains how oil companies cannot “gouge” us with high gas prices. You can also read a transcript of the commentary. Here’s the intro, to entice you to read the whole thing: Whenever gas prices go up, we hear about the power of oil companies …
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