Oil bulls headed over demand cliff as refinery shutdowns loom
Beware, oil bulls: Just as U.S. oil production sinks low enough to drain supplies, demand is about to fall off a cliff.
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Entries by Landon Hall
How long can you cycle before the harm from pollution exceeds the benefits of exercise?
Air pollution kills more than 5 million people every year, yet there has been no analysis of the costs versus benefits of city cycling. Until now.
Shell to cut 25 percent of deep-water Gulf jobs
Royal Dutch Shell says it’s cutting one-quarter of its deep-water Gulf of Mexico workers, the oil company’s latest bid to reign in costs amid anemic crude prices.
Ethanol survivors bid on failed rival as demand expands
Some survivors of the American ethanol-industry downturn are looking to acquire assets from a failed competitor just as market conditions show signs of a rebound.
Tesla races to finish ‘Gigafactory’ in time for model 3 rollout
Tesla Motors Inc. is scrambling to finish building its massive $5 billion battery factory here years ahead of schedule to meet demand for its coming cheaper sedan and provide power for new types of vehicles Chief Executive Elon Musk says are under development.
A hard truth revealed: Government can’t predict consumer preferences
The shortfall came as a shock to many analysts and observers who had long operated under the assumption that U.S. vehicle efficiency targets were effectively written in stone.
China cleaning up its air with natural gas vehicles
With the balancing forces of natural gas infrastructure development in China and an insipidus drop in NGV sales last year, the air in the building was of cautious optimism that NGVs will soon come to have a second spring.
VW diesels may still pollute more, even when fixed
Even if the Volkswagen Group gets regulatory approval to fix some 475,000 four-cylinder diesel cars in its ongoing diesel-emissions scandal, the repaired systems could still pollute more than they originally certified under.
Oil lobby paid Washington Post and Atlantic to host climate-change deniers at RNC
Lewis Finkel, a top lobbyist for the American Petroleum Institute gave the opening remarks. “We are pushing forward for a robust energy discussion during this election cycle,” he said.
Why VW killed its TDI diesels in the U.S.: future emission standards
Hell hath no fury like a well-meaning government regulator who’s been sneered at and condescended to by executives of one of the world’s largest auto companies—only to learn the company has systematically lied to her and deliberately violated the laws she’s charged with enforcing.
