Archive for August, 2008

Offshore Oil Production Estimate Illustrates Flaws in Forecasting

Politicians have a knack for citing statistics that support their positions. Those who are opposed to increasing domestic supplies of energy are especially adept at citing statistics that make it seem as though it is “not worth it.” Government reports, while not all wrong, can be rife with such statistics.
Recently, for example, some [...]

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Letting OCS ban expire trumps Gang of Ten’s ‘New Era’ plan

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Institute for Energy Research (IER) today released an analysis of the New Era energy plan proposed by the self-titled “Gang of Ten” U.S. Senators.   Publicly-available details on the plan are [...]

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