price Archive

  • frog

    Drinkin’ yourself to death - by frog



    Alcohol is a pretty cheap commodity in New Zealand. This video shows some of the best ways you can try and drink yourself to death and offers a remedy This of course brings up the question: Why is John Key’s Government not even considering raising the tax on alcohol? Their own advice admits it is [...] read more
    November 9, 2010 3:54 pm - 14 Comments
  • frog

    Genesis telling porkies about Rodney - by frog



    Genesis Energy claims in a New Zealand Herald article last Friday that their 480 MW gas-fired Rodney power station won’t get in the way of renewable generation. Please cue the Tui advert – Yeah, Right! Such a massive plant will stop renewable development in its tracks. Who would build more capacity with that jugernaut sitting [...] read more
    September 29, 2008 11:38 am - 6 Comments
  • frog

    Oil drops again, to $118.77 - by frog



    Oil fell through another $10 level yesterday, bringing much needed relief to all and sundry. So dependent are we on the black stuff that virtually no one and no human process can claim to be immune to the changes in price. Some are speculating that Tropical Storm Edouard, having missed the big oil producing areas [...] read more
    August 6, 2008 9:41 am - 14 Comments
  • frog

    Oil breaks new records. Again. Is it a demand bubble? - by frog



    Oil touched a new high over night, but that wasn’t very exciting. What is interesting is the cacophony of voices trying to explain it. So, what will be the price of oil ten years from now? Any takers? A Bloomberg article a couple of weeks ago was full of explanations for the rise, from the [...] read more
    June 27, 2008 9:10 am - 58 Comments
  • Jeanette Fitzsimons

    Make the ETS fair and more urgent - by Jeanette Fitzsimons



    Some of the readers here may have heard my interview on RadioNZ’s Nine to Noon programme last week, outlining the changes the Greens need to see in order to support the ETS legislation. I notice that there has been some robust debate here about the need for action on climate change. For most people, including [...] read more
    June 7, 2008 3:38 pm - 70 Comments
  • frog

    Oil touches US$122 per barrel - by frog



    Not only did it break the $122 barrier, it threatened the $123 barrier as well. While my long term projections, updated to last night’s closing still show $100/bbl oil arriving permanently in July, that date has stopped swinging between July and August with price fluctuations. We are still well above the long term trend and [...] read more
    May 7, 2008 10:24 am - 36 Comments
  • frog

    With oil forecasts, green is still better than red - by frog



    Well here it is, as promised, the updated version of my chart from last November. I’ve said so much about all of this in other posts, so I’ll just recycle many of the excellent links that were put up by readers last November. Simon Tegg’s excellent in-depth look at MED’s assumptions. Plus MED’s original workshop [...] read more
    April 21, 2008 1:30 pm - 10 Comments
  • frog

    Oil price reaches new all-time high - by frog



    It’s not that significant that oil is bouncing around the US$100 mark, as oil prices fluctuate madly as a matter of course. What is interesting about today’s high is that in inflation adjusted terms, it is the highest price ever. We have broken through that 1980 price ceiling. I remember that 1980 oil-fired recession and [...] read more
    March 4, 2008 9:39 am - 28 Comments