Experts
Robert Bryce
Author, Gusher of Lies
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What will a $120 barrel of oil mean for the U.S. economy?
Is there a limit to how much the American consumer will tolerate? Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Business & Economics
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What will it take to trigger an oil crisis?
A major disruption in the oil supply would do it, says Bryce. Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Environment
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The Best Alternative Energy Proposition
Bryce talks about the holy grail: super batteries. Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Environment
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How can the market solve the oil dilemma?
Can the market do it? Can the government play a productive role? Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Business & Economics
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Which candidate is best equipped to deal with the energy sector?
None of the above, Bryce says. Read More
March 31, 2008
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Could we go to war with Iran for its oil?
If we thought Iraq was bad, Bryce said, invading Iran would lead to an even worse disaster. Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Politics & Policy
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Who’s fueling the American military in Iraq?
Most of that fuel, Bryce says, is imported. Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Politics & Policy, World
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We would have never invaded Iraq if their chief export was dates or cabbage, Bryce says. Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Politics & Policy, World
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Why is energy independence a dangerous delusion?
The market is hopelessly interconnected, Bryce says, and the conflation of oil and terrorism is a false one. Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Environment
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Bryce discusses the fallacy of fuel taxes. Read More
March 31, 2008 | In World
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India and China’s Energy Policies
An underserved and hungry couple billion. Read More
March 31, 2008 | In World
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Why are we aiming for the impossible? Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Politics & Policy
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Is it ever in a country’s interest to tap into its oil reserves? Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Environment
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Does oil obey the laws of supply and demand?
What impact do cartels have on oil? Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Environment
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We have a limited supply of oil, says Bryce, but we also have a limited supply of Rolex watches. Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Environment
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Will power shift from big oil producers to smaller ones?
Bryce talks about the gradual opening of Libya’s resources. Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Business & Economics
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Where are the new oil booms in the world?
Brazil has been a pioneer of drilling in deep waters. Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Environment
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Are we going to see more coercive moves from Russia and Venezuela?
There’s a difference between coercion and trying to get a fair price, Bryce says. Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Politics & Policy
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The Resource Race in Central Asia
How will Russia handle its former republics? Read More
March 31, 2008 | In World
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Robert Bryce on the Coming Resource Wars
Robert Bryce on resource interdependence. Read More
March 31, 2008 | In Environment
Robert Bryce is a Texas-based freelance journalist and the current managing editor of Energy Tribune. His most recent book,Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence (2008) has been heralded as "visionary, even revolutionary" by The New York Times. In 2004, he published Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron, which told the story of how the energy's corporations unraveling. His work has been published in numerous magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times, Slate, and The Atlantic Monthly. He resides in Austin, Texas.
