Tag: oil
Take a Bow Liberals: You Lowered Oil Prices
A fatally flawed article now circulating through the mainstream news media erroneously credits United States shale oil production with damping global oil prices, while completely ignoring the impact of renewable energy sources like...
9/11 Remembered: Saudi royals still owed a smack
When I reflect on 9/11, I try not to dwell on the civilians who jumped to their deaths from the Twin Towers, the first...
Refining Sector Boosts Profits By Closing Plants
By Ida Tarbell
The official justification for the 1981 deregulation of the U.S. refining sector was that the greater good would be better...
Gingrich Bets Big Oil Will ‘Crater The Economy’
By Brad Johnson and staff
Appearing on CNN, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich bet that oil companies will ruin the economy, getting President...
Falling oil prices to spur global economy
I'm not an economist, but I can count.
Lost in all the fancy talk about global economic growth and free markets is...
Citizen Empowerment 101: EIA Short-term Energy Outlook
The first step to being an educated voter is locating the right documents. Step No. 2 is actually reading them. This monthly press release...
U.S. Trade Deficit Widens Again in July
The U.S. trade deficit surged 15% in July to $50 billion due to resurgent oil prices and the outsourcing of American jobs. Every time...
OPEC split over increasing oil production
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries should be cited in every oil pricing story because its declared trading range, which is between $80 to...