There are benefits to be had from freedom from the oilie stranglehold beyond the obvious ones such as clean energy, less pollution, freedom from being a hostage to foreign oil, stopping the feeding of terrorism, etc.
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Part I talked about why gas prices won’t go up. Part II talked about how and why prices for gasoline will decline. I discussed unfair, maybe unethical if not illegal tactics in Part III. What about the costs to society? Health costs, defense costs, foreign policy costs, and other costs?
I was hoping to discuss in this Part III the health and environmental costs of oil, but Chevron announced financial results last week and in the opinion of people I respect, was two-faced and fraudulent about it. Fraudulent is a strong word, especially coming form somebody who is usually careful about word choice.
If you agree with the discussion below, please email a link to this blog to ten California voters and ask them to email to ten others.
My first piece talked about why gas prices won’t go up. Here I want to talk about how and why prices for gasoline will decline.
Given the current oil situation [...]
In my opinion Prop 87 is good for California and good for the country. As Tom Freidman put it in the New York Times: “Here’s the basic story: This Nov. 7, Californians will be asked to vote yes or no on Proposition 87, a ballot initiative that would impose a higher extraction fee on oil pumped in California.
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