Road to Fuel Efficiency Is Lined With Orange Cones - washingtonpost.com

With fuel prices declining, government mandates that automakers build highly fuel-efficient cars will be no more effective than combating obesity by forcing clothing manufacturers to make only small sizes, Lutz said.

"It put us in the industry in the position where we are at war with the customer," Lutz said. "Because the customer, given the gas prices, is going to want one thing. And we're going to be forced by regulation to produce something entirely different."

Vladimir Putin: Chevron’s Man of the Year? | OpenMarket.org

So what does Chevron think of Vladimir Putin’s recent cut-off of Russian gas to the Ukraine and beyond? It seems to me that Chevron should applaud him. Putin may have monetary and military reasons for his action, but he’s also reducing energy use and encouraging conservation.