Will Low Oil Prices Hurt Clean Energy?

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🗓️ 7 January 2015

⏱️ 44 minutes

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With oil prices dropping to five-year lows, pundits are pushing conspiracy theories about OPEC, public investors are acting irrationally, oil companies are going deeper into debt and political leaders are considering previously untouchable ideas like a gas tax. Meanwhile, many people are asking if an extended period of $50-per-barrel oil will compromise the economics of renewables. In this week’s episode, we’ll address the spectrum of economic and political consequences from oil’s strong price slide. Michael Levi, a senior fellow for energy and environment at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins us at the top of the show to chat about OPEC, the resiliency of America’s unconventional oil & gas sector, the impact of low prices on consumers, and which renewable energy sectors will be affected first. Later in the show, we’ll talk about the renewed push for increasing the gas tax in Congress. We’ll also provide an update on the U.S.-China trade case that may bring good news for installers worried about the cost of tariffs on Chinese products. The Energy Gang is produced by Greentechmedia.com. The show features weekly discussion between energy futurist Jigar Shah, energy policy expert Katherine Hamilton and Greentech Media Editor Stephen Lacey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	For the week of January 7th, 2015, this is the Energy Gang from Green Tech Media. media. with Green Tech Media and Washington DC and I'm shaking off a cold here that so many
0:26.0	around me have fallen victim to in recent weeks and speaking of falling this week
0:30.6	we are talking falling oil prices we have an expert here who is going to
0:35.3	do his best to help us understand why oil prices are at five-year lows we'll
0:39.8	address what many out there are likely worrying about, will it negatively impact the
0:44.1	investment climate for certain types of renewables? Then later in the show we'll talk
0:48.4	about the viability of a gas tax in the US, look at a surprising turn of events in the US-China Trade case and tell our
0:55.0	listeners something they do not know.
0:57.7	As always, I'm joined by my co-host, Catherine Hamilton and Jigger Shaw, hopefully in
1:02.2	better health than I.
1:03.6	Catherine's in Washington, D.C. as well,
1:05.4	and you know her as a partner at the Clean Tech
1:07.7	Public Policy Firm, 38 North Solutions.
1:10.0	Catherine, how are you?
1:11.5	Doing great.
1:12.0	It's hard to get the heart rate up to full speed after a nice couple of weeks off with all the kids
1:17.7	And Jigger is a clean tech investor and entrepreneur he's in New York City no, he's in his recording studio in a Starbucks in San Francisco. How are you, sir? Happy New Year. Happy New Year doing well.
1:30.0	Let's meet our guest this week.
1:33.0	Michael Levy is a Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Council on Foreign Relations.
1:38.0	He is also author of the book Power Surge, Energy, Opportunity, and the battle for America's future.
1:44.0	Michael Lovey, welcome to the energy gang.
1:46.0	Great to be with you guys.
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