Despite the excitement about a type of electric car called a plug-in hybrid, such vehicles are unlikely to arrive in meaningful numbers for a few more decades, according to new analysis by the National Research Council. ...more

December 17, 2009

It's going to be another cold winter in many parts of the country. Staying warm will likely come at a high cost, with heating bills expected to jump by as much as 25 percent. Those bills may become even steeper during the next few years, if Congress pursues any of the counterproductive energy solutions that lawmakers and candidates have recently touted in their campaigns. ...more

January 4, 2009

Who hasn't driven by a gas station lately and seen prices hovering around $2 a gallon and not felt positively giddy? It's as if motorists have awakened from a bad dream where the price of a gallon of gas was almost twice that and our car-loving culture and fragile household budgets were being strangled. ...more

November 14, 2008

The Obama camp teases McCain about his federal tax relief on gasoline during the summer vacation period. Somewhat later, Obama suggested we check our tire pressure. The McCain clan belittled his idea as too little and too late. Individually or together, both made sense to the "little people" who scrimp and save throughout the year for a break at the beach or a picnic in the mountains. ...more

August 17, 2008

Faced with record-high gas prices and the November elections, not a day goes by without a politician's pitch to provide consumers with some relief - be it to permit offshore drilling, crack down on speculators, curb inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or grant a gas tax holiday. Yet each of these policies would have a negligible impact on gas prices. ...more

July 27, 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

Better Ways To Efficiency Regarding "Deputies Told To Curb Fuel Use" (Metro, July 4): ...more

July 11, 2008

A Power Trade-Off Regarding "U.S. Energy Policy Needs A Zap" (Commentary, June 22): ...more

June 28, 2008

Oil prices dropped sharply Thursday after China said it will raise fuel prices, a move that could dampen the booming Asian nation's oil consumption. ...more

June 20, 2008

Bring Back The Trains James Howard Kunstler's commentary "Driving Toward Disaster" (Other Views, May 28) struck a chord with me. When I read it, I had just returned from a weekend visit in Venice with my 85-year-old mother, whose wisdom, intellect and insight often surprise the entire college-educated family. ...more

June 14, 2008