On Thursday, June 14th the bipartisan House Oil & National Security Caucus — co-chaired by Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) — and OurEnergyPolicy.org hosted a fantastic panel discussion called Gas Prices & National Security. The panelists included former Director of Central Intelligence R. James Woolsey, American Enterprise Institute scholar Kenneth P. Green, and Bloomberg Government energy analyst Rob Barnett.
What do you make of the panelists arguments? What is the relationship between gasoline prices and national security? Are national security concerns sufficient grounds to rewire America’s liquid fuels infrastructure?
[…] which is already facing cutbacks, to spend more of their money on expensive biofuels. In other presentations, I’ve pointed out that we don’t face realistic threats to supply, and… Read more »
I think some of the first panelist’s statistics ought to be more widely dispersed; it should be of no uncertainty how much impact the output of US domestic oil will… Read more »
First, thanks to OurEnergyPolicy.org for co-hosting this extraordinary discussion and then posting it here. In disregard of its length I listened to it twice, once yesterday and again today. Fantastic!… Read more »
I’m sympathetic to Joel’s comments. But I thought that Ken Green provided useful reality checks. Woolsey’s argument seems to be getting a bit anachronistic. The geopolitical equation has become significantly… Read more »
I certainly agree with Lewis’ statement that there is more present threat to U.S. security from the unraveling of the EU than the Middle East. We all hope that the… Read more »
I’m glad that Joel agree with me at least in part. I suggest that “our reliance” needs to be reinterpreted in light of NAFTA, which came well after 1974. Increased… Read more »
I’m in agreement with Woolsey’s key point, which is the need for competing alternatives to oil. But I was surprised and a bit disappointed that the discussion focused almost entirely… Read more »
Avery interesting, well researched paper. Do the authors have anything similar for coal-to-liquids?
Not per se. Doty’s real interest is in pure synthesis from CO2 and hydrogen. Off-peak electricity rates in areas of high wind penetration are frequently low enough to make that… Read more »