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Infrastructure – the next big deal?

…generation, transmission and distribution) and R&M of power stations, (ii) Non-Conventional Energy (including wind energy and solar energy), (iii) Water supply and sanitation (including solid waste management, drainage and sewerage…

Windfall taxes and Mr. Obama

…that increases consumption of crude oil and gasoline delays grappling with the energy crisis. As a matter of economic principle, I agree with Cassandra. It’s a slippery slope, and what…

Canada, Canada

…behind only Saudi Arabia. It’s little wonder then that the U.S. Energy Policy Development Group has described the tar sands as “a pillar of sustained North American energy and economic…

The Fed Goes to Five

…effects of increases in interest rates and energy prices. As yet, the run-up in the prices of energy and other commodities appears to have had only a modest effect on…

Inflation Report

Yesterday’s CPI release showed that inflation continues to gallop ahead at a rather high rate, though once again, most of the rise was attributable to higher energy prices. Marketwatch offers…

Lying… Just Not Under Oath

…companies met with Vice President Cheney’s energy task force in 2001 — something long suspected by environmentalists but denied as recently as last week by industry officials testifying before Congress….

Declining Fuel Efficiency

…my free market views. On the politics of the energy bill, my first inclination was to “just say no” to the pork-filled legislation. But note how Hakim opened his article:…

Falling Inflation?

…out to exactly zero. Energy prices fell in June, ofsetting slightly higher average prices in non-energy goods. The 12-month inflation rate in core (i.e. excluding food and energy – see…