Do we need to subsidize ethanol production? Does it matter if we are subsidizing the input (i.e., corn)? This is not a rhetorical question.
Category Archives: energy
Energy independence
A reader writes, “Can you provide for readers of Econbrowser a range of estimates for the price of crude oil at which the US would be self-sufficient in the present and near future?”
More on the Costs of Energy Dependence
Quantification is the first step in assessing the proper course of action
EPA report on boutique fuels
There is a curious difference between the EPA report on boutique fuels that was actually released by the EPA and the account in the mainstream press.
Oil market predictions
Cambridge Energy Research Associates seems to be substantially less optimistic than they were a year ago.
New Direction for America
The Democrats call it a New Direction for America. But to me, it looks like the same old same old.
Oil supply and demand
Five weeks ago, I wondered whether oil prices might have peaked at $75 a barrel. Time to take a look at some of the data that have come in since then.
Here and there around the web
A few items catching my eye around the web this week, including probability of recession, progress on refining capacity, and Greg Mankiw and his dog.
Saudi oil production
There’s something fishy about the story in Monday’s Wall Street Journal.
Does a new economic team mean a new economic policy?
Henry Paulson has been nominated to the position of Secretary of Treasury. Will it matter?