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- Coal Mining: Jobs to Die For? Maximilian Auffhammer
- Stop Blaming Drivers for Mexico City’s Smog Lucas Davis
- The Developing World Is Connecting to the Power Grid, but Reliability Lags Catherine Wolfram
Tag Archives: gasoline
Move Over PEMEX
Gasoline stations in Mexico have all been exactly the same for decades. PEMEX, the state-owned behemoth has been the only show in town. Pull up to any of 11,400 stations nationwide and the experience is very similar: PEMEX stations selling … Continue reading
Cartels Work Unless They Don’t
I spend a lot of time describing unicorns in my undergraduate classroom. And by unicorns, I mean perfectly competitive markets and their features. If you’re a little rusty on this stuff, it goes like this: no single consumer or firm … Continue reading
Automakers Complain, but CAFE Loopholes Make Standards Easier to Meet
With gasoline prices averaging $2 per gallon, Americans are flocking to gas-guzzling vehicles. Last year was the biggest year ever for the U.S. auto industry with 17.5 million total vehicle sales nationwide. Trucks, SUVs, and crossovers led the charge with … Continue reading
Driving Taxes for the 21st Century
Both Max and Lucas have recently written on this blog about the need to price gasoline appropriately. I agree with them…mostly. I mean, how could I disagree with them? I’m the one driving the gray Prius with the license plate … Continue reading
Getting Energy Prices Right
Last month Meredith wrote about coal being too cheap and Max wrote about gasoline being too cheap. But what is the right price for energy? Nobody in recent years has done more to try to answer this question than Ian … Continue reading
Gas is too cheap
Readers of this blog are likely aware that oil is really cheap right now. While in July 2008, the U.S. benchmark price peaked at just above $140 a barrel, its price dipped to below $27 in mid-January. The internet is … Continue reading
New CAFE Standards: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
New vehicles sold in the United States have long been subject to a set of fuel economy regulations known as the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. CAFE has been tightened several times during the program’s 40-year history, but no … Continue reading
Why are California’s Gasoline Prices So High?
“What?” you may be saying “Gas prices are lower than they have been in a long time.” That’s true, even in California, but that just reflects the collapse of world oil prices. And only partially. You see, while oil prices … Continue reading
Energy Tourism: The Tesla Taxi in Oslo
I suspect a fair number of you know what I mean by energy tourism – sure, you’re up for sight-seeing and museums, but you also note the local gas prices, gawk as you fly over wind turbines and grill anyone … Continue reading
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In Praise of Cleaner-burning Gasoline
Last week was spring break at UC Berkeley, so I took a few days off for a very pleasant vacation, walking by the ocean with friends and enjoying the beauty of California. As a result, I wasn’t able to be … Continue reading
