Brazil approves quota, 20 percent tax on ethanol imports
Brazil’s government has approved taxing ethanol imports for the first time in a move to protect local producers from growing shipments coming from the United States.
Archive for month: August, 2017
Chevrolet’s Tesla killer isn’t selling very quickly
The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt was supposed to be the electric car of the people—around $30,000, about 240 miles of range per charge and decent space in a little package.
New study: Leave our national monuments alone
The people have spoken. In a study released Tuesday, over 99 percent of people said they support the 27 monuments up for review. President Donald Trump, are you listening?
You may feel effects of Venezuela’s crisis at the pump
The crises in Venezuela — humanitarian, political, security and financial — seem to be reaching a point of no return.
What Exxon Mobil didn’t say about climate change
Scrutiny is mounting on the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas company. On multiple legal fronts the question is being asked: Did Exxon Mobil’s communications about climate change break the law?
Will EVs break the grid?
While EV sales are going to rise and electricity demand to power them will strain the grid and lead to less-than-ideal power generation solutions, the whole plan will help clean power generation to increase its market share.
Permian oil reserves are grossly exaggerated
Global energy dominance by the United States is somewhere between aspirational and absurd.
Electric vehicles: Imminent breakout or breakdown?
The media flavor of the day is “Peak Oil Demand.” It’s being predicted due to plummeting battery costs for electric vehicles, which are on the verge of reaching a point where EVs become competitive with internal combustion vehicles, resulting in a drop in oil consumption.
Two October surprises could boost oil prices above $50
Oil prices will remain stuck in a range near $50 a barrel unless one of two global hotspots delivers an October surprise to the market, jolting the cost of crude higher, according to Helima Croft, global head of commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets.
Trump’s day of doom for national monuments approaches
In April, the White House announced its intent to review 27 different national monument designations, as the Interior Department looks for commercial opportunities for the oil, mining and timber industries on American public lands.
