Tag archive for ‘Crude Oil’
Has the “oil bubble” finally burst?
Back on June 23, I wrote a piece entitled “Why is Crude Oil (and gasoline) so expensive?” Since then, I’ve received quite a few emalis and comments to that piece - many of which essentially chastising me for not adopting the “drill here, drill now” framework as being the main lynchpin to solving US oil [...]
Why is crude oil (and gasoline) so expensive?
I have been getting emails from readers essentially asking me to do a post on oil - why is it so expensive, and what, if anything should be the GOP’s party platform on energy. While energy economics is not my specialty - I do understand commodities markets, and I believe I probably understand better than [...]
Obama to America - I won’t drill…
Sen. Barrack Obama, in addition to wanting to tax the living daylights out of you, has also decided, it is good you pay more for gasoline. Responding to the recent 180 by the President and Sen. McCain on oil exploration, Senator Obama said this:
Offshore drilling would not lower gas prices today. It would not lower [...]
Saudi Arabia rejects Bush’s request for increased oil output
Riyad, Saudi Arabia (Washingtonpost.com): Saudi Arabia Friday rejected the idea of increasing oil production to help ease soaring gasoline prices, telling President Bush that the kingdom already is meeting its customers’ demand for crude.
The apparent rebuff came as Bush appealed to Saudi King Abdullah to use his country’s vast oil reserves — the world’s [...]
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