Tag Archives: fuel economy standards

More oil supply

In May of 2007, I wrote “Why are gas prices high, and what can we do about it?”  At the time, the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $3.22. The national average price is now 59¢ higher, at $3.81 per gallon.  That’s down 30¢ from a high of $4.11 in [...]

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Much ado about nothing: the House energy bill

In his State of the Union address, the President proposed an energy plan we call “Twenty in Ten”.  The goal is to reduce U.S. gasoline usage by 20% within 10 years (by 2017).  There are two main components to 20 in 10 that would reduce gasoline usage: fuel economy standards – we would increase the [...]

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Why are gas prices high, and what can we do about it?

The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is one penny short of its all-time high (adjusted for inflation), at $3.22 per gallon.  That’s about $1 per gallon higher than early last November.  In recent years, it reached $3.04 in September of 2005, and $3.00 in August of 2006. Q:         Why are [...]

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