2026-05-08T09:12:58-05:00 2013-01-19T13:28:12-06:00

The U.S. could become the largest producer of oil this year, seven years earlier than expected, a recently published BP report predicts. In less than 20 years, it will be 99 percent self-sufficient in net energy. ... Prior to the BP report, it was th...

2013-01-06T12:16:06-06:00

Back in 2009, President Obama’s “Cash for Clunkers” program was supposed to be a boon for the environment and the economy. During a limited time, consumers could trade in an old gas-guzzling used car for up to $4,500 cash back towards ...

2012-09-24T12:55:57-05:00

CBO concluded: The tax credits would still need to be about 50 percent higher than they are now to fully offset the higher lifetime costs of an all-electric vehicle. I know that someone is thinking that gas prices are going up, and when they...

2011-11-15T16:45:28-06:00

In the United States, almost all ethanol is made from corn. This means that the sugars in the corn must be fermented, distilled, and dehydrated in order to produce ethanol fuel (ethyl alcohol). A major downside of producing corn ethanol is the amo...

2011-05-13T20:35:28-05:00

There may well be hunger among the world’s poorest this year, but not because of the U.S. corn ethanol program. Rather, the threat comes from high oil prices, which at $100 per barrel will place a tax on the U.S. economy of $800 billion per year...