Bus Service Is in Crisis, City Comptroller’s Report Says
Deteriorating service has led to plummeting ridership and disproportionately burdens low-income New Yorkers outside Manhattan, Scott Stringer said.
Biomass and waste fuels made up 2% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2016
(Mon, 27 Nov 2017) Biomass and waste fuels generated 71.4 billion kilowatthours of electricity in 2016, or 2% of total generation in the United States, according to EIAâs recently released annual electric power data. Biomass fuels are defined as all non-fossil, carbon-based (biogenic) energy sources. Waste fuels are defined as all other non-biogenic wastes.
U.S. average gasoline prices this Thanksgiving are higher than the previous two years
(Wed, 22 Nov 2017) Heading into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, U.S. retail regular-grade gasoline averaged $2.57 per gallon (gal), up 41 cents/gal from the same time last year. Although gasoline prices are higher than in both 2015 and 2016, the Thanksgiving 2017 gasoline price is still the third-lowest since 2008.
Natural gas inventories end October just below the previous five-year average
(Tue, 21 Nov 2017) Working natural gas in storage in the Lower 48 states as of October 31, 2017, totaled 3,784 billion cubic feet (Bcf), as interpolated from EIAâs <em>Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report</em> data. Natural gas storage levels typically increase from April through October, although net injections sometimes occur in November.
Brazil Country Analysis Brief
(Tue, 21 Nov 2017) Brazil is a significant energy producer. In 2016, Brazil produced 3.24 million barrels per day (b/d) of petroleum and other liquids, making it the world's ninth-largest producer and the third-largest in the Americas behind the United States and Canada. Increasing domestic oil production has been a long-term goal of the Brazilian government, and discoveries of large, offshore, pre-salt oil deposits have transformed Brazil into a top-10 liquid fuels producer.
Low and high economic growth cases for China and India
(Tue, 21 Nov 2017) This report, the second of four Issues in Focus articles from the International Energy Outlook 2017 (IEO2017), discusses the economic developments in India and China and compares results from separate runs of EIAâs World Energy Projection System Plus (WEPS+) model to the projections in the IEO2017. These results help quantify some of the uncertainty associated with the effects that differences in long-term economic growth in China and India may have on international energy markets.
More results from the 2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey
(Tue, 21 Nov 2017) This release covers 25 new tables, which include data on consumption and electricity use by establishment size; ratios of fuel consumption per dollar value of shipments, per dollar value added, and per employee; energy prices, expenditures and quantities purchased; and reasons that fuels were not switchable. EIA expects the 3rd and final set of MECS tables to be released at the end of December.
Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world
(Mon, 20 Nov 2017) Growth in economic activity (measured as gross domestic product) has tended historically to be coupled with increases in electricity use as populations grow and generate more goods and services. However, more recently this relationship has been decoupling in many countries.
Trump Wants More Big Infrastructure Projects. The Obstacles Can Be Big, Too.
The president is pushing for repairs to the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, and he has promised to streamline government approvals. It still might not be enough.
How Cutting Taxes Makes Life Worse for the Rich
Tax cuts that give rich people more money aren’t good for anyone, including the rich. Believing it will help them buy special things is a cognitive error.