 Stories About: energy AND fossil fuels AND oil AND politics
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Garrisoning the global gas station
Challenging the militarization of U.S. energy policy |
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13 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is a guest essay from energy analyst Michael T. Klare. It was originally run on TomDispatch; it is reprinted here with Tom's kind permission. ----- American policymakers have long viewed the protection of overseas oil supplies as an essential matter of 'national security,' requiring the threat of -- and sometimes the use of -- military force. This is now an unquestioned part of American foreign policy. On this basis, the first Bush administration fou ... |
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| Topics: Department of Defense, energy, fossil fuels, Iraq, Nigeria, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics) |
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Oil hysteria
Let's rebuild our national rail network instead of repealing the gas tax |
Jon Rynn |
17 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| At the rate things are going, any money that would be available for global warming mitigation is going to go into subsidizing the oil used by airplanes, trucks, cars, and heating oil so that most Americans do not become hysterical -- or am I being hysterical? From Michael T. Klare's latest article: Oil at $110 a barrel. Gasoline at $3.35 (or more) per gallon. Diesel fuel at $4 per gallon. Independent truckers forced off the road. Home heating oil rising to unconscionabl ... |
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| Topics: energy, fossil fuels, oil, placemaking, politics, public transportation, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Surge II
McCain's gas tax holiday from reality |
Charles Komanoff |
16 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain has a brilliant, original idea: Let's encourage Americans to drive more by lifting the gas tax for a summer 'holiday.'Presumably it's the same principle as the 'surge' in Iraq: so many soldiers are getting killed, let's send even more! Here are some guaranteed effects from McCain's brainstorm. It would: Deepen the federal deficit, thereby weakening the dollar. Increase gasoline consumption, in one stroke worsening highway gridlock, compounding U. ... |
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| Topics: economy, energy, fossil fuels, John McCain, oil, politics, presidential race 08, regulation (all these topics) |
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OPEC issues bizarre oil threat, Financial Times also confused
OPEC nations demand that petroleum-consuming countries maintain current thirst for oil |
Joseph Romm |
13 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| NPR's Marketplace called me today for comments on this bizarre Financial Times article: 'Opec to seek assurances on oil demand.' Apparently these absurdly rich countries -- with projected revenues of $658 billion this year -- who are selling their product at nearly $100 a barrel, are threatening not to invest in new production unless the consuming countries promise to maintain demand. Seriously! No, seriously: Opec will this week seek assurances f ... |
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| Topics: energy, fossil fuels, international politics, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Responsible development of fossil fuels?
The energy department's strategic unconventional fuels fantasy |
Joseph Romm |
04 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The DOE's Strategic Unconventional Fuels Task Force has issued its surreal final report: Responsible development of America's oil shale, tar sands, heavy oil, coal, and oil resources amenable to recovery by carbon dioxide injection, by private industry, supported and encouraged by government actions to reduce uncertainties and stimulate investment, could supply all of the Department of Defense's domestic fuels demand by 2016, and supply upwards of 7 million barrel ... |
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| Topics: politics, oil, fossil fuels, energy (all these topics) |
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