Stories tagged with advanced energy initiative

Econbrowser: MC on gas taxes and the president's plan...

Posted by Prof. Goose on February 20, 2006 - 4:43pm
Topic: Demand/Consumption
Tags: advanced energy initiative, demand destruction, energy, gas tax, nrel [list all tags]

Menzie Chinn over at Econbrowser has put together a thoughtful post on gas taxes, consumption, and the AEI. Seeing as how Bush is in CO at the NREL touting the AEI today, it seems worth a look.
The foregoing suggests that if the objective is to end oil addiction -- at least in my lifetime -- the current set of Administration plans will not achieve that goal.
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KR: Administration backs off Bush's vow to reduce Mideast oil imports

Posted by Prof. Goose on February 2, 2006 - 2:30am
Topic: Policy/Politics
Tags: advanced energy initiative, energy, george w. bush, oil, oil prices, peak oil, state of the union [list all tags]

WASHINGTON - One day after President Bush vowed to reduce America's dependence on Middle East oil by cutting imports from there 75 percent by 2025, his energy secretary and national economic adviser said Wednesday that the president didn't mean it literally.

(link) Discuss.  Open thread here, but this seemed a good conversation starter to carry over from the thread below.

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Numbers and the State of the Union Energy segment

Posted by Heading Out on February 1, 2006 - 1:09pm
Topic: Supply/Production
Tags: advanced energy initiative, coal, ethanol, thailand, united states [list all tags]

The President's State of the Union message divided his energy initiative into two parts. The first deals with the stability of the supply of energy to the electric grid, and the second dealt with fuels for transportation. Both are fossil fuel dependent, but it is in transportation that the dependance on foreign oil is most critical. Let's unpack them under the fold.
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The White House: AEI in All Its Glory (SOTU Open Thread 3)

Posted by Prof. Goose on February 1, 2006 - 1:53am
Topic: Policy/Politics
Tags: advanced energy initiative, energy, george w. bush, oil, oil prices, peak oil, state of the union [list all tags]

The White House position paper on the Advanced Energy Initiative (expanded from the SOTU) can be viewed here. Discuss. (Anyone remember the Apollo Legislation proposed by Inslee et al a while back?)

And, if you haven't already, go check out this piece over at EB on the Iranian Oil Bourse.

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