oil dependecy
By Joseph Baker on March 1, 2011
Tags: clean energy investment, foreign oil, Gadahfi, Hugo Chavez, Libya Conflict, Libya oil reserves, oil dependecy, oil prices, Venezuela oil reserves
As oil production slows to a third of its capacity, pressure is mounting on Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi to step down.
By Brendan Demelle on June 4, 2009
Tags: China, India, economic growth, global energy demand, McKinsey Global Institute, oil dependecy, renewable energy, energy, global energy demand, http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/links/34169, Middle East, oil, predictions of economic growth, predictions of energy demand, transportation
A new interactive graphic from the McKinsey Global Institute explores the influence of renewed economic growth on the global demand for oil and energy. McKinsey predicts that another oil shock is “inevitable” without a rapid transition to alternative energy.
By A Siegel on May 21, 2009
Tags: Mbd, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, United States, Venezuela, cent, USD, auto standards, CAFE, economic analysis, fuel efficiency, oil, oil dependecy, peak oil, auto standards, oil, peak oil
In the United States, the focus of discussion about the new auto standards seems to bounce between "you will pay more upfront but earn back the money due to save fuel costs" and truthiness-laden arguments misleadingly asserting that this will threaten safety.
