Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
While last summer's gas price spikes have finally faded in the rearview mirror, I was reminded this morning of how quickly things can change. At my local station, gas is creeping up to $2.62 per gallon. Nationally, in the last 20...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
A couple of weeks ago I noted some of President Obama's statements about transportation and land-development which showed that he cares about, and understands, important but oft-overlooked policies that have a huge influence on how much oil the nation...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
Last week was a remarkably revealing week regarding this new Administration's transportation policy. First, on February 10th at a Florida town hall meeting, President Obama declares that I think a lot more people are open now to thinking regionally in...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
Walking through a checklist of items needed for my trek to downtown D.C. from the suburb of College Park (by bicycle, no less!) for the Inauguration tomorrow, I keep reminding myself of a fact of life: After the dust has...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy
"We built a really inefficient environment with the greatest efficiency ever known to man." -- Andy Karsner, Asst Sec for Energy and Efficiency and Renewable Energy at Department of Energy, as quoted in Tom Friedman's Hot, Flat and Crowded Driving...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
A New York City blog saw me quoted in the Wall Street Journal on February 5th talking about the need to face pollution caused by ever-increasing driving of our cars and trucks.As I told the reporter, there is growing interest...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Solving Global Warming
I've been meaning to write about a ludicrous opinion piece that appeared in the Washington Post this past weekend. The authors claim that what will really help us address our energy and climate problems is land-development that is even more...continued→
