The global oil trade is a “contrived market” not subject to the usual laws of supply and demand, and the United States has an “absolute requirement” to use alternatives if it hopes to wean itself off imported oil, former Shell Oil president John Hofmeister said during the keynote speech at the National Ethanol Conference. Read more →
The fracking revolution is still largely misunderstood by the oil and gas industry. It helped the U.S. attain a measure of independence from imported oil but even today we import about 6.5 million barrels a day, equivalent to one-third of U.S. consumption.
Natural gas is abundant and cheap in the United States, and we should be using more of it for our transportation needs, Fuel Freedom co-founder and chairman Yossie Hollander said on Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom” on Friday. “Everybody talks about the oil and gas industry, but we’re using only the oil,” he said.
Fuel Freedom Foundation chairman Yossie Hollander delivered the keynote address Nov. 16 at a discussion hosted by the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., called “U.S.-China Energy Cooperation: Risks, Opportunities, and Solutions.”
Fuel Freedom’s co-founder and chairman, Yossie Hollander, talked about fuel choice and the film PUMP in a podcast interview with the American Jewish Committee’s chapter in Westchester/Fairfield, New York.
John Hofmeister, the former president of Shell Oil and currently a member of Fuel Freedom Foundation’s Board of Advisors and Board of Directors, will deliver the keynote address at the 2016 RFA National Ethanol Conference in New Orleans.
In this podcast, we talk about Saudi and OPEC oil, Chinese cars, and domestic natural gas, oil and coal resources. It’s a fascinating discussion with one of the most influential men of our time.
Before the recent jump in oil prices put low costs in the rear-view mirror, American drivers had a brief taste of the 1990s at the pump. Now Eyal Aronoff and Yossie Hollander and former Shell Oil Co. president John Hofmeister say the U.S. could make low prices permanent if more ethanol and methanol from cheap natural gas are added to the mix.
“As I say to people when I introduce the film, it’s not about our hate of oil but our love of the car,” Hollander says. “It’s an optimistic film.”
MPG-o-matic is the website and YouTube channel of Daniel Gray, best-selling tech author, and lifelong automotive enthusiast. Gray preaches the gospel of fuel economy to thousands of subscribers through car reviews, news about the latest in alternative fuels, and videos tips on modifications anyone can do.
