Do you remember this time last year? As spring turned to summer, energy prices were moving upward. By mid-July 2008, oil prices peaked at $147 per barrel. But as with Gen. Pickett and his famous charge at Gettysburg, that lofty level of $147 was the high-water mark for oil prices. By ...read more

Byron King discusses energy prices, the "Peak Oil" theory of Marion King Hubbert, and how Oil Depletion is not only inevitable, but already here. "Energy demand worldwide is falling. So says the International Energy Agency. "If only The Wall Street Journal would produce a 'Weekly Reader' version, we might be reading ...read more