Lynne Kiesling One of the most fascinating cases in environmental economics and business is Walmart. Over the past five years, Walmart has turned their famous supply-chain management sights on reducing the environmental impact of the products they sell while still keeping their costs, and therefore retail prices, as low as before. This Fortune magazine article …
Michael Giberson At Overcoming Bias, Robin Hanson discovers he can save money by mixing premium and regular gasoline rather than buying the mid-grade product, and if you buy mid-grade gasoline for your car then you may be able to save money too. The opportunity to save depends on the relative octane ratings and prices of …
You, Too, Can Arbitrage the Premium-midgrade-regular Gasoline Price Spread Read More »
Michael Giberson No, I’m not in New Orleans, but at the Morgan Energy blog, Cheryl Morgan is blogging about her experience at the U.S. Association for Energy Economics conference. She has been kind enough to respond to my questions, so be sure to read the comments. As of Friday morning: Live From USAEE 2008 USAEE …
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Lynne Kiesling One of the most interesting entrepreneurial developments in the past couple of years is Project Better Place, which has one of the most well-articulated corporate visions I’ve ever seen. Their business model: evolve beyond using oil-based transportation fuels by constructing a network of charging stations and battery swap stations for electric vehicles. Their …
Project Better Place’s Electric Vehicle Network, Now Coming to Hawaii Read More »
Lynne Kiesling Hi folks: comments are not posting, for some strange reason. They are showing up as published on the MT dashboard, but do not show up on the posts. If you have commented in the last 24 hours, your comments are still here, and Mike and I appreciate the conversation. I know a couple …
Lynne Kiesling There are still so many dimensions on which to oppose a taxpayer-funded bailout of the U.S. auto industry, the mind boggles … let’s start here: this Wall Street Journal article summarizes the current proposal from the “Big Three” U.S. auto manufacturers. This article provides a very useful set of facts about November vehicle …
U.S. Auto Bailout: Still a Ridiculously Bad Idea Read More »
Michael Giberson Geoff Styles, on OPEC and oil prices, “That $75 per barrel figure from OPEC is interesting for many reasons.” Styles explains.
Michael Giberson From the Steven Mufson article in the Washington Post, The Car of the Future — but at What Cost?: Many members of Congress believe they know what the car company of the future should look like. “A business model based on gas — a gas-guzzling past — is unacceptable,” Sen. Charles E. Schumer …
Do You Know What the Car Company of the Future Should Look Like? Read More »
Michael Giberson The Houston Chronicle has long been one of the best newspapers for energy news, perhaps why it is frequently cited here at KP.* (You can subscribe to an RSS feed focused on Chronicle energy stories.) Over the last few days: “Power reports battle it out” — “A new crop of studies offering competing …
“Power Reports Battle It Out” and Other Energy News from the Houston Chronicle Read More »
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