Countdown to 100$ oil (17) - Does it matter politically? A naked appeal for your support

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Saturday December 10, 2005 · 6:15 AM PST

2005/12/10 · 06:15

Well, we're pretty damn close to 100$/bl again - except that it's not for oil per se, but for its cousin natural gas:

from wtrg.com. Click on picture for bigger version)

You need to multiply the price of natural gas in $/mbtu by 5.9 or 6 to get $/boe (barrel of oil equivalent). With prices above 15$ on Thursday and Friday, we were thus above 90$/boe.

Meanwhile, oil went back above 60$/bl this week, but is still lower than the post-Katrina highs, and pretty far from the 100$ mark:

I'll keep this diary short, for a simple reason. I am waiting anxiously to know who Markos has chosen on the front page, and am not able to concentrate on much in the meantime, frankly.

I haven't heard from him, which doesn't sound like a good sign that I'll be selected. I know that he says he has chosen already, but I'd like to try one last stunt:

If you think that energy and international stuff are important and need to feature on what is a domestic politics website, but also the main clearing ground today for ideas on the left - and if you think that I would be a good voice to write about these issues here - please recommend this diary and make your support known.

It can't get more naked an appeal than that. The floor is yours.

PS - note that in any case, I will continue the work on Energize America with devilstower, Meteor Blades and others. If you are not familiar with this, see these diaries, which we prepared together. Draft Four will come out due soon.

A proposal for a serious energy policy
Building together an effective Dem energy policy (I)
Reenergize America - A Democratic Blueprint (Second Draft)
Energize America--A Democratic Blueprint (Third Draft)

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