LEVA’s Ed Benjamin enumerates the many reasons that plummeting oil prices will not only be short-lived, but that multiple other drivers will compel a shift to electric vehicles As I write this, the price of Brent Light Crude is $51.35 / bbl. That is down from about $110 / bbl. 7 months earlier. Filling a
The fall in the price of oil and gas provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fix bad energy policies MOST of the time, economic policymaking is about tinkering at the edges. Politicians argue furiously about modest changes to taxes or spending. Once in a while, however, momentous shifts are possible. From Deng Xiaoping’s market opening in
Islington Council votes for a £96 additional ‘diesel’ charge for resident parking permits Islington Council in north London is thought to have become the first local authority to put a surcharge on the ownership of diesel-powered vehicles. On 15 January, the 48 members of the council (47 Labour and 1 Green) voted to increase the cost
If you thought low gas prices could kill the electric vehicle revolution, the industry’s record sales in December will come as a big surprise. According to InsideEVs, 12,874 EVs were sold in the U.S. during December, more than any month in history. This comes as gas prices were plunging toward $2 per gallon. We shouldn’t
