Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Oil

The Pentagon Burns 395,000 Barrels of Oil Per Day

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 25, 2008 | 6 Comments

It’s always a bit of a mind-boggler when some statistics emerge showing how much oil the U.S. military consumes. From yesterday’s Politico: So, you think you’ve got the gas prices blues. Just consider Al Shaffer, the man in charge of drafting an energy strategy for the gas-guzzling Pentagon. With wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and […]

How to Ease Pain at the Pump Without Deepening Oil Dependence

By Ben Fried | Jul 23, 2008 | 8 Comments

As the drumbeat for domestic drilling grows louder, can the Democratic leadership come up with a better alternative than tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Over at the Huffington Post, Shelley Poticha and Geoff Anderson of Transportation for America propose a few ideas that will actually pay dividends. Pols who are serious about reducing the impact […]

Cartoon Tuesday: Drilling Deeper

By Ben Fried | Jul 22, 2008 | No Comments

Nick Anderson / Houston Chronicle

McCain: Drilling Is the Cure for What Ails U.S.

By Ben Fried | Jul 22, 2008 | 3 Comments

The Gas Tax Holiday may have petered out, but John McCain still has a lot of petroleum-based populism left in the tank. His latest campaign ad, "Pump," primes the audience with a little wishful thinking. "Gas prices — $4, $5, no end in sight," a voice intones, "because some in Washington are still saying no […]

Al Gore Connects the Dots

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 21, 2008 | 32 Comments

"We’re borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet. Every bit of that’s got to change." — A Generational Challenge to Repower America, Thursday, July 17, 2008.

Richard Florida: Decline of the Burbs is Not Just About Gas Prices

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 18, 2008 | 9 Comments

Via Planetizen, Richard Florida argues the decline in the popularity of suburbs is not just a product of rising oil prices, but a result of a new "spatial fix" that is reorganizing how and where people live their lives. From Florida’s column in the Globe and Mail: What’s happening here goes a lot deeper than […]

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