Intervention!

May 29, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post

The United States is addicted to oil and we’re working with allies and tens of thousands of citizens to intervene. Check out this great new flash video, take action, and please pass it on! Meanwhile, like the addicts that they are, G8 leaders focussed this year’s St. Petersburg Summit on promoting trillions of dollars of … Read More

Where Does it Stop?

May 24, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post

An amusing and disturbing AP story ran yesterday on GM’s new pledge to cap gas prices at $1.99 per gallon for customers in California and Florida who buy certain vehicles (mostly SUVs) by July 5. The Hummer is among them. We’re wondering if GM might also be interested in sponsoring the following costs: the shipment … Read More

Oil Execs March on DC / CO2 for LIFE!

May 17, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post

While the Onion reports on historic events in Washington, the Competitive Enterprise Institute launches a campaign with the tagline – “Carbon Dioxide…They call it Pollution, We call it LIFE!” You can’t make this shit up. CEI has received more money from Exxon than any other front group since Kyoto – $1.7 million.

Not Your Soldier, Not Our Oil

May 17, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post

As faithful readers of Price of Oil know, we’re not only environmentalists here. We see oil as at the center of multiple, intersecting issues – not the least of which is war. For a completely awesome tool to confront the US oil war recruitment machine, check this out.

A reason for the gas price rise? Try War.

April 29, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post

The favorite topic du jour in DC these days is the price of gas – and this being DC – the blame game around it. The right talks about the lack of supply – and says the solution lies in relaxing green refinery rules and opening up ANWR. The left blames corporate profiteering and Bush … Read More

Bush bungling energy policy

April 12, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post

Not that this is news on its own, but an ABC/Washington Post poll, released yesterday, shows that a whopping 74% believe he’s mishandling “the situation with gas prices”. Thanks to Greenpeace for the heads up.

Truth in Advertising

March 29, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post 1 Comment

Check this out. Apparently Chevy is running an online contest to design a new ad – and hasn’t gotten around to censoring the entries yet… UPDATE: 3:15 eastern. The Ministry of Memory at Chevy has apparently swung into gear, and the video’s gone now. It was a hilarious ad for an SUV with some pointed … Read More

Big Oil’s Valentine from US Congress

February 14, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post

Whats the US Congress’ response to record profits and high gas prices? Why its royalty relief for the oil & gas industry, of course! According to this morning’s New York Times, “the government will give up more than $7 billion in payments between now and 2011. The companies are expected to get the largess, known … Read More

Brower on oil addiction

February 2, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post

A sustainable society must depend upon renewable resources, which oil cannot be. It must recycle nonrenewable resources, and burned oil cannot be recycled. It needs to restore the base of renewable resources — our forests, soils, cities and human minds.