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Parking up, driving down Drop in U.S. driving last eight months exceeds the 1970s' total decline	Joseph Romm	14 Aug 2008	Gristmill
June 2008 saw another sharp drop in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) according to the Federal Highway Administration's monthly report on 'Traffic Volume Trends.' Americans drove 4.7 percent less, or 12.2 billion miles fewer, in June 2008 than June 2007 -- beating the record-setting drop of March. Since last November, Americans have driven 53.2 billion miles less than they did over the same period a year earlier -- topping the 1970s' total decline of 49.3 billion mile ...
Topics: cars, gas prices, oil, placemaking (all these topics)

Shifting Into Under-Drive Americans drive less, use less gas, buy fewer cars		14 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 10:56 AM on 14 Aug 2008 Americans are driving less, burning less gasoline, and buying fewer cars, and the feds have the stats to prove it. New numbers show that Americans drove 4.7 percent less in June 2008 than they did in June 2007, shaving off some 12.2 billion miles. For those keeping track at home, that makes a total 53.2 billion fewer miles driven between Nov. 2007 and June 2008 than in that eight-month ...
Topics: business, cars, economy, energy, gas prices, news, oil, placemaking (all these topics)

The Story of U.S. U.S. economy shifting to -- gasp! -- efficiency		12 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 8:41 AM on 12 Aug 2008 When it comes to urging environment-mindedness, high oil prices have proven much more persuasive than green groups ever did. The U.S. economy, built on cheap, plentiful energy, is shifting into a new mode. Americans are driving less, riding transit more, ditching SUVs, and moving back into city centers. We're seeking energy efficiency in our appliances and our heating, cooling, and lighting. Solar ...
Topics: business, economy, energy, gas prices, news (all these topics)

On the Right Amtrak Amtrak struggles to meet demand as ridership soars		08 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 4:42 PM on 08 Aug 2008 As commuters continue to look for alternatives to high gas prices, increasing numbers are choo-choo-choosing Amtrak. A record 28 million passengers are expected to ride the train this fiscal year compared to 25.8 million last year. The House and Senate have passed bills that could boost Amtrak's funding by 33 percent, which has Amtrak prez Alex Kummant saying he's "optimistic" about ...
Topics: gas prices, news, placemaking, public transportation, trains, travel (all these topics)

First as tragedy, then as farce? Coal electricity prices: the new gas prices	David Roberts	08 Aug 2008	Gristmill
In the next few years, Americans who have grown accustomed to some of the cheapest power in the world will start to see their rates rise, sharply, mainly because coal is rapidly getting more expensive. Here's a preview: COLUMBUS, Ohio -- American Electric Power said Thursday it must raise electricity rates 45 percent for its nearly 1.5 million customers in Ohio over the next three years, to cover soaring coal prices and the cost of modernizing its systems to kee ...
Topics: coal, electricity, energy, gas prices, Ohio, utilities (all these topics)

Price is nice As energy costs rise, supply chains go local	Adam Stein	07 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Two articles you should read if you're interested in eating local, growing local, building local, buying local, or any of the other ways that geography, economy, and environment intersect: The first is an article from a few weeks ago, detailing the destruction of the domestic catfish industry due to rising prices for oil, corn, soybeans, and other commodities. All meat is getting more expensive, but catfish doesn't have the advantage of being a dietary staple. The ...
Topics: climate, energy, fossil fuels, gas prices, local food (all these topics)

Ped Antics Colleges, high schools move to be more bike- and pedestrian-friendly		07 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 11:06 AM on 07 Aug 2008 High gasoline costs as well as concerns about the environment have been prompting schools across the country to make their campuses more bike- and pedestrian-friendly. Pressure from parents and students is one big factor in the shift, but another key seems to be a growing awareness about sustainability. A number of colleges are launching bike-sharing programs, some U.S. high schools ...
Topics: education, gas prices, green living, news, United States (all these topics)

McMeltdown Keith Olbermann on McCain's campaign	David Roberts	06 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Brutal: See also Rachel Maddow's comments at about 3:25 in here:
Topics: advertising, gas prices, John McCain, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

House Republican deep thought of the day	David Roberts	05 Aug 2008	Gristmill
I've been trying to pick my favorite quote from the festival of fatuous puffery that is John Boehner's 'House Republican Uprising Live Blog.' I think I may have found a winner in this doozy from Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.): I went to the nearest gas station and talked to people pumping gas to see what the number one thing on their mind was, and they said it was the price of gas.
Topics: Congress, gas prices, politics, quotables (all these topics)

Vocation, All I Ever Wanted Employers scramble to make commutes less costly		05 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 1:43 PM on 05 Aug 2008 Recognizing the very real possibility of losing quality employees to jobs with shorter, cheaper commutes, employers across the country are scrambling to help their workers save on gas. Many companies have started to strongly encourage telecommuting, even paying for at-home workers' laptops, Blackberrys, and/or wireless connections. Microsoft has leased extra office space miles from its W ...
Topics: business, gas prices, green living, greening biz operations, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Kolbert on McCain	David Roberts	05 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Elizabeth Kolbert writes a comment in The New Yorker on John McCain's sad slide into demagoguery on oil, and cuts to the heart of the matter: 'If the hard truth is that the federal government can't do much to lower gas prices, the really hard truth is that it shouldn't try to.
Topics: gas prices, John McCain, politics (all these topics)

Our modern-day Eris House Republicans' magical thinking on oil prices	David Roberts	05 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Wow. House Republicans are now saying that their hissy fit cum frat party on the floor is lowering the price of oil. Not for the first time, I have to wonder: do they believe this? Do they really indulge in this kind of magical thinking? The oil price issue is an interesting political case. It's immensely influential in our daily economic life, but we have virtually no idea why it behaves the way it does. Oil is like the gods were for Greeks -- omnipresent, looming, ...
Topics: Congress, gas prices, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Gauge Reaction Big Auto backs off support for tighter fuel-economy standards		05 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 10:47 AM on 05 Aug 2008 New fuel-economy rules coming down the pike are likely to displease pretty much everyone, if a public hearing held Monday is any indication. In the current proposal from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, auto manufacturers must achieve a fleet-wide average fuel economy of at least 31.6 miles per gallon by 2015 -- a jump from 25 mpg today, and a step toward Congress' ta ...
Topics: Big Auto, business, cars, economy, fuel efficiency, gas prices, news (all these topics)

Globalization death watch, part II The beginnings of a continentalized global economy	Jon Rynn	05 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Your faithful blogger was surprised to find himself representing part of the environmental blogosphere in a New York Times article on Sunday, 'Shipping Costs Start to Crimp Globalization.' It's very much worth reading, and prior to writing the article the reporter, Larry Rohter, talked with me about my first installment in this series, 'Globalization death watch, Part I.' In his article, after noting the recent collapse of global trade talks, Rohter writes: Some cri ...
Topics: business, economy, gas prices, oil, placemaking (all these topics)

Follow your money The breakdown of Big Oil's record-breaking profits	Joseph Romm	04 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Record Big Oil profits from record oil prices and taxpayer subsidies -- where does all your money go? With ExxonMobil's report of a $11.68 billion haul in the second quarter of 2008, the world's top five oil companies are now on track for more than $160 billion in profits this year ... I know what you are thinking: Surely, Big Oil will take those staggeringly immense and almost immoral profits from the suspiciously fast rise in oil prices -- along with the ...
Topics: Big Oil, economy, energy, gas prices, oil, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

Supply Chain in da House! High fuel prices causing globalization to lose momentum		04 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 10:45 AM on 04 Aug 2008 It was unthinkable mere years ago, but globalization is starting to lose momentum. High and holding fuel prices -- shipping a 40-foot container from Shanghai to the U.S. will cost ya $5,000 more today than a decade ago -- are making global supply chains look far less attractive. Goods headed for the maw of the world's largest consumer are now increasingly being made in-house: Swedi ...
Topics: business, economy, energy, gas prices, news (all these topics)

Obama's new 'New Energy' plan More drilling in exchange for comprehensive energy legislation	Kate Sheppard	04 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Democrat Barack Obama on Friday said he would be willing to support some offshore drilling if it were necessary to enact a comprehensive energy plan, and indicated that he could support the bipartisan energy plan put forward by the Senate's 'Gang of 10' that includes both drilling and a major investment in renewables. The shift on drilling drew a lot of heat over the weekend, as pundits accused the candidate of flip-flopping on the issue, though Obama says he st ...
Topics: Barack Obama, energy, gas prices, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

A Prius problem? The WSJ alleges that our use of hybrids increases oil prices	Joseph Romm	01 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The Wall Street Journal's Environmental Capital blog is a must-read. But what exactly were they thinking with this column: So you think you're being virtuous by trading in the SUV for, say, a Prius? What if, instead, you're really sticking the next guy in line with higher pump prices? Yes, The WSJ is revoking the law of supply and demand. Less demand translates into higher pump prices! How is this possible, you ask? In the debate over why oil prices are so hi ...
Topics: economy, energy, gas prices, hybrids, oil, Prius (all these topics)

The Deals on the Bus Greyhound and other intercity buses gain popularity		01 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 1:42 PM on 01 Aug 2008 High gas prices are helping Greyhound and other intercity buses shun their loser-cruiser reputation. Ridership on the U.S. intercity bus system fell by a third between 1960 and 1980, by half again by 2006 -- but jumped 13 percent in the past two years. "People are starting to feel good about stepping aboard a bus," says transportation expert Joseph Schwieterman. "Many see it ...
Topics: gas prices, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Short-term, yes; solution, no Gas tax revenue falling, feds seek to raid mass transit budget to pay for highways	Adam Stein	29 Jul 2008	Gristmill
From The New York Times: Gasoline tax revenue is falling so fast that the federal government may not be able to meet its commitments to states for road projects already under way, the secretary of transportation said Monday. The secretary, Mary E. Peters, said the short-term solution would be for the Highway Trust Fund's highway account to borrow money from the fund's mass transit account, a step that would balance the accounts as highway travel declines and use of ...
Topics: fossil fuels, gas prices, politics, public transportation, taxes (all these topics)

Why flying sux	David Roberts	28 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Ever wondered why air travel sucks so bad these days? Chris Hayes, D.C. editor at The Nation, asked a source inside the industry. The answer is fascinating. You'll not be surprised to find out high fuel prices play a big role.
Topics: gas prices, fossil fuels, air travel (all these topics)

More choices for a healthy economy An effective political response to the Republican push for drilling	David Roberts	28 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Following up on this and this: The Democrats need an effective response to the drill-and-burn message coming out of the GOP. It's a fight the right thinks it's winning and Dems think they're losing. Problem is, that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; Dems get intimidated into hedging and equivocating, while the right pounds home a consistent, clear message: drill here, drill now, pay less. First off, Dems need to remember that the public trusts them over Republi ...
Topics: economy, elections, energy, fossil fuels, gas prices, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Where the Sidewalk Ends Driving cutback in U.S. bankrupting fund for infrastructure improvements		28 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 7:51 AM on 28 Jul 2008 High gasoline prices in the United States have prompted a sustained cutback in driving, and the resulting dip in revenue from the federal gas tax is already canceling plans for infrastructure projects due to lack of funding. Right now, roughly one-quarter of bridges in the U.S. are either "functionally obsolete" or "structurally deficient," and on ...
Topics: energy, gas prices, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

Never let your enemy choose the battlefied The crucial mistake Dems made in the energy fight	David Roberts	25 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Following up on this -- I think the Democrats have made a specific and costly error. Consider the following Republican argument: Americans are hurting from high gasoline prices; politicians must act. Therefore, it's the responsibility of Congress to lower gasoline prices. Therefore, we must open up new areas to oil drilling. Democrats have accepted No. 2, but they're trying to fight off No. 3. They're arguing that we can bring down gas prices by drilling ...
Topics: Congress, energy, gas prices, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

You got to know when to hold 'em Republicans are bluffing on drilling	David Roberts	24 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Republicans have mastered a political technique that seems to work on Democrats every time: the projection of strength. No matter the issue, when it comes up for dispute Republicans claim that Americans support their position; they claim that Democrats are out of touch with ordinary folk; they claim that Democrats are on defensive; they put forward bill after bill, press release after press release, stunt after stunt, trumpeting their alleged advantage. Faced with thi ...
Topics: Congress, gas prices, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

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