We Obsessively Cover the Green Scene. Climate Progress. The Cost of Energy. At breakfast this morning, my wife reminded me that we picked up our Nissan Leaf exactly one year ago.
Since I was looking for time to write a summary of our first year in EV-land, this looks like as good an excuse as any. The ultra-short answer: We love the car and we’re very happy with the overall price/performance. Environmental Capital. Crude may be taking a breather Tuesday, down about $1 a barrel, but some OPEC countries appear to be giving oil traders a-wink-and-a-nod for pushing crude prices higher.
Earlier Tuesday, Kuwait’s Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah told reporters that $82 oil was “fantastic” and said the Gulf state doesn’t think OPEC needs to change production in March at its next policy meeting based on current prices. An official in Kuwait’s Supreme Petroleum Council then told Zawya-Dow Jones that OPEC “will not consider it an alarming event even if oil hits $100…” Last week, Libya’s top oil official, Shokri Ghanem, said, “As long as (oil prices) are under $100 there is no need for (OPEC) action.”