Last week, the World Bank released a new report that further confirms what most of us have known for a long time — that rising crude oil prices are the biggest contributor to rising food prices. This may come as… Continue Reading →
A new book by authors Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube of the Brookings Institution has highlighted an unexpected new trend in poverty in America today — the poor are moving to the suburbs. Enticed by more affordable housing, better schools,… Continue Reading →
We all know that when the price of oil goes up Americans are negatively affected. High oil prices increase our gasoline expenditures, constricting household budgets, and cause the price of everything that is transported or produced using oil (which is basically… Continue Reading →
Take a look at all the “junk” you have lying around in your garage, basement, attic, closet, etc. Are you doing anything with it? Are you trying to sell it? Have you ever had a yard sale and realized that… Continue Reading →
By now, who hasn’t heard about the oil boom in the United States? Higher oil prices and new extraction techniques are largely credited for creating a rash of new oil fields, resulting in domestic production soaring to levels that haven’t… Continue Reading →
Recent announcements by Ford and GM show that the giants of American auto manufacturing are investing in various approaches to meet the federal government’s stringent new fuel economy standards. However, GM’s focus on plug-in electric vehicles may show that the… Continue Reading →
If you’re like most people, you probably think about your food budget at least a little bit. Most likely, you try to find the best value at the grocery store, perhaps by clipping coupons or sticking to on-sale items, and… Continue Reading →
Famous for Volvo, Ikea and Absolut Vodka, Sweden is now on a new pursuit to become the first completely oil-free economy in the world by 2020.
The oil crisis in the early 1970s forced Sweden to embark on a quest… Continue Reading →
Fuel Freedom Foundation is proud to announce that former Shell Oil president John Hofmeister has joined its board of advisors. As a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to breaking America’s oil addiction, the foundation is especially humbled to be working with a… Continue Reading →
I bet most of you have heard the dictum often passed on by management consultants, sometimes with humor and sometimes with tears, that you’re only an expert when you fly. Translated, the greater the distance you fly to either speak… Continue Reading →
