Story Archives of 'gas prices'

The Bush administration is pressuring Congress to lift a moratorium on offshore oil drilling as a way to allay concerns over fuel costs. Opponents say more drilling would destroy our coastlines and pollute ecosystems, and wouldn't pay off for more than a decade. We'll explore the drilling debate.

Guests

• Sara Banaszak, Senior Economist for the American Petroleum Institute
• Masood Samii, Professor and Chair of the International Business Department at Southern New Hampshire University and Former Chief Economist for OPEC from 1978-1987
• Jim Presswood, Energy Advocate for the Natural Resources Defense Council

At one time you could get a gallon of diesel for almost half the price of regular gas. Now diesel prices can be a dollar more per gallon. Truckers and farmers have been hardest hit; many truck fleets have been grounded or scaled back, while increased costs to run farm equipment have affected grocery prices. We’ll look at what’s behind the rising costs of diesel, how it’s affecting Granite Staters and what’s being done about it.

Guests

• Massood Samii, Chairman of the International Business Department and Director of Institute for International Business, at Southern New Hampshire University. He also served at the OPEC Secretariat in Vienna Austria as a senior economist and the head of the finance section
• Jim Collura, Vice President, Public Policy and Communications at the New England Fuel Institute

We'll also hear from

• Doug Currier, owner of Currier Trucking Corp. in Gorham
• Robbie Munce, owner of Muncie Superior, Inc., the parent company of Gorham Oil Inc.
• Phil Ferdinando, who runs J & F Farms, Inc. in Derry

High prices at the gas pumps have many people grumbling about whether they will ever see cheap fuel again. We’ll look at what’s driving gas prices, how events in the Middle East are affecting the market, and if we can expect relief anytime soon. Jon Greenberg hosts. His guests are John Halstead, Professor of Economics and Chair of the Department of Resource Economics and Development at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics and Massood Samii, Professor of International Business and Strategies, Chair of the International Business Department at Southern New Hampshire University and former Chief Economist for OPEC in Vienna, Austria. We'll also hear from Russ Roberts, Spokesperson for ExxonMobil and Cary Funk, Senior Project Director at the Pew Research Center, which recently did a study entitled Americans and Their Cars: Is the Romance on the Skids?

The company behind America's leading search-engine says it won't turn over user information to the US government. We'll find out just what kind of information Google has about us, and how Americans balance their privacy rights against the convenience of the internet.

We'll also speak with a University of New Hampshire professor of economics about why he thinks New England states should raise their gas taxes significantly.

Record prices at the pump are hitting Granite Staters? pocketbooks in more ways than one. We?ll look at why the cost has spiked and how New Hampshire?s rising gas prices may impact our economy and lifestyle. Laura's guests are Robert Kaufmann, Associate Professor of Geography at Boston University's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy. Stephen Dodge, Associate Director of the New England Petroleum Council. Laura Richardson, President of the New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association. Joseph Broyles, Energy Program Manager in the New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning and Nicholas Wallner, Spokesperson for Northern New England AAA in Concord, NH