I can't believe Investors Business Daily would do so little checking of an editorial on Tuesday slamming the critics of ExxonMobil.

The editorial, "Record Profits Mean Record Taxes," is based in large part on a blog post by Mark Perry, an economics professor at the Flint,...

Looking at the energy bill, I'd say Congress is settling for crumbs and trying to count them as loaves -- at least until 2009 and TEOB, "The End of Bush."

It's true that by Washington standards for the last decade, the bill was a "landmark," as supporters keep saying. Unlike...

I want a hybrid electric GT with a dark, glossy exterior wrap that's actually a cheap solar-electric film. It would boost battery power and range whenever the sun shines. The concept is far from reality, but a product that could ultimately fulfill the fantasy is finally going commercial.

A...

I was struck by the stock analysts' reaction in a New York Times story to Google's announcement that it would invest up to hundreds of millions of dollars to develop renewable energy that is "cheaper than coal." The analysts were bewildered: Would this detract Google from its main...

Chevron's $30 million settlement Thursday of charges involving illegal kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's government in 2001-2002 won't be much of a ding to its bottom line. It's more a reminder of the "dictator penalty" in Big Oil's dealings with the world's worst governments. There may also be criminal charges to...

Every time the price of oil goes up $3 or $5 a barrel, analysts point with alarm to Iraq, Iran, Venezuela or Nigeria. In today's case, no...

Chevron, BP, Exxon and friends talk a big game on renewable fuels, but it's like Silicon Valley vaporware: all buzz, nothing in production. That's the other half of the story on the sudden U.S. ethanol glut.

The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times...