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Setting Nordhaus and Shellenberger Straight on Climate Economics

October 1, 2008

Posted by Andy Stevenson in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment

Tags:
climate, gasprices, globalwarming, markettransformation, nordhausshellenberger, ocsdrilling, oilconsumption

In their LA Times article "The Green Bubble Has Burst"   Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger make two broad claims about the economics of the energy / climate change debate. The first is their assertion that "Drill baby drill" had anything...continued

Now that Business As Usual is Dead, Its Time for Us to Pass the Cap

September 23, 2008

Posted by Andy Stevenson in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
businessasusual, capandtrade, carbonrisk, eor, markettransformation, ocsdrilling

The American economy got some more troubling news last week with the passing of industry's long time friend and ally Business As Usual (BAU). Yes BAU, that ever confident arbiter of Americas economic future is dead, the victim of a...continued

What Does the American Consumer Say About the Fall in Oil Prices? You're Welcome!

August 27, 2008

Posted by Andy Stevenson in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
gasprices, markettransformation, ocsdrilling, oilconsumption

Oil prices hit an all-time high of $147/barrel in July. Up until this time, global oil supply had failed to keep up with rising global demand, allowing speculators to push oil prices higher and higher without penalty. That was their...continued