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Center for Energy Studies | Publication No Easy Way Out: Are We Really Addicted to Oil? February 4, 2006 | Joe Barnes, Ronald Soligo toggle sidebar Toggle Sidebar Table of Contents Author(s) Joe Barnes Bonner Means Baker Fellow Ronald Soligo Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar | Professor Emeritus of Economics Share this Publication Facebook Twitter Email Linkedin Download PDF Print This Publication If the president's analogy is correct, he didn't offer any real ways to curb it. Reprint from the Feb. 4, 2006, Houston Chronicle. Joe Barnes, Bonner Means Baker FellowRonald Soligo, Baker Institute Rice Scholar Print This Publication Share Facebook Twitter Email Linkedin Related Research Center for Energy Studies | Commentary What if Carbon Border Taxes Applied to all Carbon — Fossil Fuels, Too? Read More Center for Energy Studies | Issue Brief Cyber and Information Warfare in Ukraine: What Do We Know Seven Months In? Read More Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper Expanding Carbon Capture in Texas: Working Paper from Stakeholder Discussions on “Collaborative Action to Reduce CO2 Emissions in Texas” Read More Back to top
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