Not surprisingly, London crude oil prices rose today. There are two interesting things to observe here. First, the FT article states that In London IPE Brent crude prices for May delivery were trading up 42 cents at $30.55 per barrel at 1115 GMT having been as high as $31.65 per barrel earlier in the day. …
A new and improved Northwestern webpage for me! Computer programming is not my comparative advantage, so this tried my patience. But it worked! Unlike my other page, I will update this page frequently with new course syllabi, links to my research and other publications, and random fun stuff. I also have posted there something that …
According to MSNBC world oil prices today are falling because of a combination of factors: US firmness in the face of oppostion implies swifter resolution and has contributed to expectations of increased oil supplies in the nearer future; US reiteration that releases from the strategic petroleum reserve could very well happen (and that’s about two …
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 …
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