The US “Clean Cities” initiative: A smart way to reduce both pollutants and propaganda
For several decades the US government has done something intelligent (!) that didn’t cost much money (!!) that is actually having a true positive environmental benefit (!!!). This benefit is the sort of common sense goal that environmental expenditures should be aiming for – the program in question is cleaning the air of US […]
Saudi Arabia tries to lessen reliance on oil, as long as the Ferraris don’t have to go
Generally we don’t know much about Saudi Arabia except that it’s hot, it has so much oil you can find it with a shovel, and it has single handedly kept the world’s useless luxury goods industry afloat. As it turns out, things have been changing in the country and we’re all going to be […]
At $50/barrel oil OPEC countries go on a cat food diet. Why no whining this time around?
Crude oil markets, which normally just bore or irritate people, are actually in a fascinating (relatively speaking) equilibrium these days. It’s like the quiet moment in a room before everyone jumps out and yells ‘surprise’, or the interval at an amusement park between a flash of lightning and the boom that sends everyone scurrying like […]
Saudis dream of oil price stability, but for now prefer wild market gyrations
These posts are geared to helping average citizens understand the energy world a little better because the media doesn’t help much what with their outlandish headlines (ok, I’m guilty too), and a lot of energy information on the web is biased to the point of silliness. Sometimes though this stuff is just too crazy to explain […]
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