Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
In my spare time I am reading a book that sheds light on the current debate on energy in D.C.: "The Politics of Bad Ideas." It's a devastating critique of in-vogue supply-side economic ideas like "tax cuts will spur so...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
Facing generational, interlaced challenges -- oil addiction and global warming -- it's pathetic that the debate among policymakers isn't about solving these issues, but about fringe issues like domestic drilling. I'm grateful that some friends are speaking their minds, laying bare...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy
Greetings from Washington, D.C., where some policymakers are becoming delusional about energy. Take the recent drop in prices. Some claim that President Bush deserves credit for simply talking. Even more hot air is comes from a small band of Congressmen...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
As the late, great Tim Russert's late, great mentor Senator Moynihan said to an electoral opponent: Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.This applies to Presidents too, but Bush just doesn't get it. As a...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
There has been a lot of talk recently about lifting the moratorium on oil drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf. Hearing about proposals like this always leaves me a little stunned because we have been speeding down this road for...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
An extradordinary albeit expected landmark was reached in the oil markets today -- $100 per barrel oil. As one analyst quipped, it could go higher given constrained supply (new violence in oil-rich Nigeria was singled out by analysts as the...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil
The new issue of In Business magazine just hit the streets, and it includes an article penned by me which tells the story of my work with the National Petroleum Council on their new report called Hard Truths. This was...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
That's the most noteworthy portion of the report issued by this advisory committee, composed mostly of industry reps and established in 1946 by President Truman.Increasing standards for vehicle efficiency is the first and best of a slew of recommendations. In...continued→
