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By Guest commentary / Friday, January 9th, 2015 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Don’t fall for the scary headlines about falling oil prices
If oil were to disappear completely from our economy, it would just about offset our estimated one percent increase in GDP benefit of lower oil prices.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, December 19th, 2014 / Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: With drought worries shelved, falling oil prices give region a break
On a drive throughout much of the Highway 101 corridor dodging rainstorms on Dec. 15, I learned a lot about how much the psychology of a return to normal weather is having on the region.
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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, December 12th, 2014 / Columns, Latest news, Law, Top Stories / Comments Off on Lands Commission hears Venoco’s plan for Ellwood facility
Denver-based oil and gas producer Venoco, which has significant operations on the South Coast, is pushing to have its revised environmental impact report approved for the recommissioning of an old well at Haskell’s Beach.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 12th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Putting oil on the road to nowhere
Oil as a transportation fuel will be around for a few more decades. But oil as a hazardous monopoly fuel is now merely one of multiple options.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 5th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Cheap oil won’t help Detroit sell more cars — but discounts will
By Edward Niedermeyer U.S. auto sales boomed on Black Friday as huge discounts pushed volumes to more than 17 million units on an annualized basis, the highest level in 11 years. But even with big price cuts pumping up deliveries of new cars — likely at the expense of fourth-quarter profit margins — the biggest discounts of Read More →
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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 5th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: The Gold Bug’s bull narrative keeps on failing investors
Rather than accepting certain unpleasant realities, gold bugs have contorted themselves into a painful waiting game.
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