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The Term 'Big Oil' Unfairly Generalizes the Energy Industry
Tweet Share on Facebook June 7, 2012 CommentMichael Lynch is the president and director of global petroleum service at Strategic Energy & Economic Research.
Recent references to "Big Oil" reminded me of a talk show where someone mentioned the theory that "the Jews" were behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the comedian Susie Essman joked that she must have missed that meeting. Sadly, our political discourse is often misinformed by such sweeping generalizations, less these days about ethnic or religious groups than organizations or professions.
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EU Energy Tax Would Hike U.S. Airfares Even Higher
Tweet Share on Facebook June 6, 2012 CommentPete Sepp is executive vice president of the National Taxpayers Union.
Despite an early push from the Obama administration on behalf of a "cap-and-trade" carbon energy control scheme, Americans have so far been spared from the heavy burdens that this de facto national energy tax would impose on our economy. But as a Congressional hearing held today demonstrates in stark detail, a cap-and-trade regime from abroad now threatens to boost prices and deflate job prospects here at home.
