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What cars will we be driving in 2050?

February 22, 2017/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Over a Barrel Blog, Policy Cafe ntaft, staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Today, there are approximately 1.1 billion light-duty vehicles in use around the world.

About 1.2 million, or 0.1 percent of the global fleet, are all-electric or plug-in hybrids. More than 1 billion of those vehicles run on gasoline and diesel-powered internal combustion engines.

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Landon Hall

Texas oil fields rebound from price lull, but jobs are left behind

February 21, 2017
Source: The New York Times
/in Economy, What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

In the land where oil jobs were once a guaranteed road to security for blue-collar workers, Eustasio Velazquez’s career has been upended by technology.

Landon Hall

DOE finds renewables employed more Americans than oil and in gas in 2016

February 20, 2017
Source: OilPrice
/in Economy, What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

A new report by the United States Department of Energy concludes that American renewable energy firms are creating more jobs than their fossil fuel counterparts.

Landon Hall

5 ways automakers can make electric cars profitable

February 17, 2017
Source: Green Tech Media
/in Economy, What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

Big, gas-guzzling cars are often more profitable for automakers than are cars that drive on electricity, due in large part to the persistently high costs of batteries.

Landon Hall

If OPEC cheats on its production cuts, here’s when that oil probably starts flowing

February 16, 2017
Source: CNBC
/in Economy, What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

OPEC mostly kept its members in line during the first month of coordinated production cuts, but the cartel faces a test of its will this spring.

Landon Hall

Toyota recalls all hydrogen-powered Mirai vehicles

February 15, 2017
Source: Consumerist
/in Economy, What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

Toyota’s goal to phase out traditional gas-powered vehicles from its product line may have hit a bit of a snag: The carmaker has recalled all of its hydrogen-powered Mirai vehicles. To be fair there are only a few thousand of them.

Landon Hall

EPA: U.S. greenhouse gas emissions declined in 2015

February 15, 2017
Source: The Hill
/in Economy, What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States declined by 2.2 percent between 2014 and 2015, federal officials reported on Tuesday.

Landon Hall

Another kind of ‘America first’ energy program

February 15, 2017
Source: Bloomberg Government
/in Economy, FFF in the News, Hightlights, Media lhall /by Landon Hall

America first doesn’t necessarily mean — or always mean — a focus on American oil. That’s a point we keep hearing from everyone from solar developers to ethanol producers. Here’s one more perspective.

Landon Hall

Wall Street’s love affair with energy heats up as rigs soar

February 13, 2017
Source: Bloomberg
/in Economy, What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

Wall Street is throwing the most money at U.S. energy companies since at least 2000 amid growing confidence that the industry is emerging from the worst downturn in a generation.

Landon Hall

End of the road for diesel cars?

February 9, 2017
Source: The Hill
/in Economy, What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

Viewed from the United States, Volkswagen’s “Dieselgate” scandal is a tale of massive legal settlements but minor environmental impacts.

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