Tag archive for ‘Price Of Gasoline’
The Challenges of Energy Part II: Petroleum & Ecology issues
In the second part of my series on energy issues - today I want to talk about oil, Texas tea, black gold. For most of us, we see “oil” when we gas our cars - cursing I’m sure at the high price of gasoline. However, oil is must more ubiquitous than just gasoline. Oil and [...]
Shooting Craps - Vegas comes up “snake-eyes!”
Now I know recession is close at hand. When the purveyors of sex, drugs, and cheap thrills hit the skids - you know the rest of the economy can’t be too far behind. America’s most outrageous city, Las Vegas, is facing a growing multitude of problems, and they all boil down to a single, unavoidable [...]
Bush faults Democrats on housing crisis, energy and taxes
Washington, D.C. (AP):
President Bush on Wednesday criticized Democrats in Congress for their approach to dealing with the nation’s housing crisis and soaring energy prices and called anew for an extension of expiring tax cuts and government wiretapping authority.
Bush met at the White House with Republican leaders of Congress and then critiqued the Democrats’ strategy for [...]
Eliminating the Gas Tax will not lower gas prices
Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): I am an economist by training, and a policy analyst by choice, so thus it is obvious that I’m ill-qualified to appraise the gas tax debate. As an economist, I understand in great detail how to calculate equilibrium conditions - most importantly what factors determine prices. As a policy analyst, I’m used [...]
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