Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gas prices, state government on 17 July 2008 | 6 Comments »
-Hannah Mead, MCPP Intern, 2008
Gov. Jennifer Granholm is showing she’s earned the Pew Center’s recognition of Michigan as “well managed in the toughest of economic circumstances” by providing us ignorant residents with some driving tips to save us money:
- Keep your engine tuned, maintain tires at the correct pressure, change the air filter regularly, and [...]
Posted in economics, tagged economics, economy, gas prices on 11 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
<>< Josh Rule : : 2008 MCPP Intern
Other folks are writing about the airline’s open letter on oil speculation as well. More to be added as we come across it (and we think it is worth posting…).
Café Hayek: http://cafehayek.typepad.com/hayek/2008/07/oil-speculation.html
Money.CNN.Com: http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/09/news/companies/airlines_speculation_letter/index.htm?cnn=yes
Posted in economics, tagged airlines, economics, gas prices on 10 July 2008 | 3 Comments »
<>< Josh Rule : : 2008 MCPP Intern
This morning, my inbox contained an unexpected email from NWA airlines. It was an open letter signed by Northwest and 11 other airlines. Read it here. These airlines are asking for grassroots support for increased regulation on oil speculators, directing readers to stopoilspeculationnow.com. They claim that speculators’ “excessive” [...]
Posted in Environment, tagged capitalism, CO2, economy, emissions, gas prices, technology on 9 July 2008 | 2 Comments »
<>< Josh Rule : : 2008 MCPP Intern
ITM-Power, a UK-based enterprise dedicated to “provid[ing] all aspects of the technology necessary to make the “hydrogen economy” a commercial reality”, has recently announced a product that could place them one step closer to that goal. Today, they introduced a home refueling station that uses electrolysis to create [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gas prices, inspection on 1 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
-Hannah Mead, MCPP Intern, 2008
Coyote says it all: “Oh My God! 40% of Sick Days Taken on Monday or Friday!“
On that topic, our very own Gov. Jennifer Granholm here in Michigan hails the achievements of our own gas-meter-inspection folks:
In 2007, the Michigan Department of Agriculture inspected 30,262 gas and diesel fuel meters at more than [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged EU, gas prices on 27 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
-Hannah Mead, MCPP Intern, 2008
Warren Meyer (Coyote Blog) rips into a new EU proposal to staunch fuel prices. The whole post is marvelous and well worth reading. However, I found his debunking of a misreported fact to be crucial:
I was amazed at the statement that BP made net profits of 63.4%. It took me a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged antitrust, gas prices on 19 June 2008 | 3 Comments »
-Hannah Mead, MCPP 2008
You knew it was coming: Antitrust legislation that completely violates every notion of justice and economic sense: Granholm Announces Legislation to Help Protect Consumers at the Pump.
Here’s the appalling part:
The legislation would amend the Michigan Consumer Protection Act by granting the attorney general the ability to issue a civil investigative demand against [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged experimental economics, gas prices on 17 June 2008 | 1 Comment »
-Hannah Mead, MCPP intern, 2008
This past week a contingent of interns at free-market institutions met in D.C. for a conference hosted by our sponsor organization, the Institute for Humane Studies‘ Koch Summer Fellow Program. Fascinating and stimulating as all of the lectures were, I particularly enjoyed the change of pace provided by Prof. Bart Wilson’s [...]
