Articles About Oil

Author:
Mark McDowell
Posted:
08.16.2011

President Obama Proposes Significant Increase in CAFE Standards

President Barack Obama and the nation’s predominant automakers have agreed to increase new vehicles’ fuel mileage.  The major way to accomplish this is to reduce the size of vehicles.  By 2025, the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) must be 55.4 mpg for cars.  That’s up from the 2009 Obama mandate of 35.5 mpg by 2016. […]

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Author:
Tom Silva
Posted:
06.20.2011

As Global Oil Consumption – and Prices – Rise, OPEC Rejects Increased Production

As gas prices seesaw up and down at the pump and Americans reluctantly pay more to fill their tanks as the economy slows, OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting States) could not agree on whether or not to increase production and provide some relief. The two key factors are Saudi Arabia and Iran. At an […]

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Author:
Mark McDowell
Posted:
03.15.2011

“The Terminator” Wants to Create Green Solutions

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently called for the end of false debate over climate science, saying that we should not assume that China will create green technologies that Americans can adopt and to admit that global warming will impact the globe in coming years. In a speech at the APRA-E Energy Innovation Summit in […]

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Author:
James I. Clark III
Posted:
01.11.2011

Will the Stock Market Recovery Continue in 2011?

With the stock market ending its best December since 1987, there is hope that 2011 will see a strong Wall Street recovery.  One source of hope is the fact that the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has returned to its pre-Lehman Brothers level.  It joins the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq Composite Index and […]

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