Attack of the 80 square foot house! [NYTimes]

From the article:Although last year, like most Americans, she saw a sharp rise in her monthly energy bill, the increase - from $4 to $8 - didn’t exactly bankrupt her, she said.

Discuss!

Saudis see the need for an oil change

What confuses me is: they're having trouble finding a buyer for the extra oil they'd like to put into the market.

Clearly I'm not understanding some portion of the relationship between demand and price.

So why is oil actually so expensive? Someone's getting the money. Are there too many middle-men?

Senate Republicans defeat oil windfall-profits tax [Bloomberg ( Read more... )

As humans, it's likely that many of the things we do make little sense. Others make sense only viewed through the beer goggles of social philosophy. Even the most "sensible" perspective is burdened by the necessity of eating/drinking, sleeping, and sex*.

Yet we always strive for better (mostly). The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin touches upon ( Read more... )