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Stories by Jeremy Carl

Jeremy Carl is a Research Fellow at the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University. His research focuses on the intersection of energy and environmental issues in the U.S., China, and India.

Why Drill, Baby, Drill Wont Work

Jeremy Carl wrote on April 26th, 2009 at 8:30 pm

U.S. domestic oil production peaked in 1970 and even with the new Alaskan North Slope oil, technological improvements, and a host of other finds, it has marched downwards ever since. This decline did not reverse itself during the huge price run-up in recent years that had everyone with a drilling rig looking for every barrel   more

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Public Transit’s Real Enemies: Big Government, Big Unions

Jeremy Carl wrote on April 20th, 2009 at 8:38 pm

President Barack Obama’s call for $13 billion in initial payments on a new high-speed rail system in America is likely to turn into a massive and wasteful boondoggle without the fundamental reforms that Democrats almost surely will not deliver.
For example, until a recent expose in The New York Times, 95% of staff at the Long   more

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