but it's traveling in the slow lane. High oil prices have accomplished what years of pleas from environmentalists and energy-security hawks could not: forcing the world's major automakers to refocus their engineers and their capital on devising mass-market alternatives to century-old petroleum-fueled engine technology. ...more

September 16, 2008

As much as a lot of people will choke just hearing this, President Jimmy Carter was right. His energy policy, if it had been continued, would have had this country oil independent today. But leaders who followed him in the Oval Office didn't have the courage or political will to make it happen. ...more

July 18, 2008

a rising billion in China and India determined to own automobiles and air conditioners. This increased demand for oil, natural gas and coal has almost nothing to do with the policies of America or the designs of OPEC. ...more

July 14, 2008

Price Of Gas ...more

June 2, 2008

Most Americans are waking up to understand that cheap gas prices are a thing of the past. No matter what we do, how we fuel our homes, cars and industry, the prices just won't go down anymore. It's the new reality that most of the world has been experiencing for decades. ...more

May 30, 2008

The energy bill just passed by the U.S. House is far from perfect, but it would give the nation a hearty push toward energy conservation, a push Congress has avoided for too long. ...more

December 10, 2007