The Peak Oil Crisis: Saving the Chesapeake Bay




A couple of years back the Congress decided that a good way to deal with our dependency on foreign oil was to start using lots and lots of domestically produced ethanol in our cars.

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The Peak Oil Crisis: Saving the Chesapeake Bay

A couple of years back the Congress decided that a good way to deal with our dependency on foreign oil…

The Peak Oil Crisis: Speculation, Subsidies & Megacities

The energy issue of the week is whether high gasoline prices are being caused by supply no longer being able…

The Peak Oil Crisis: The Half-Life For Air Travel

In recent weeks, airlines around the world have been reporting substantial losses, declaring bankruptcy or completely shutting down. So far…

The Peak Oil Crisis: The Silly Season Is Upon Us

During the past week, the surge in oil prices continued with crude, gasoline and diesel prices all hitting new highs.…

Paul Krugman: The Face-Slap Theory

Friday's employment report — which was so weak that it had many economists declaring that we're already in a recession…

Jim Moran's News Commentary

A new financial player has emerged on the international finance scene. Known as Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), these state-controlled investment…

Jim Moran's News Commentary

The President’s 8th and final budget was released this week. It charted a familiar path: more deficit spending, a failure…

Nicholas F. Benton: Panic Overtakes Recession Fears

The operative word this week was not “recession,” but “panic.” It even made it into the banner headline of the…

The Peak Oil Crisis: Looking at 2008

Let’s start with the obvious. Unless something very bad happens this year – a big meteor strikes the earth, a…

Jim Moran's News Commentary

The hallmark achievement for the “New Direction” 110th Congress so far has been passage of the Energy Independence and Security…

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