One The Metals Price Collapse of the Early 1980s -- What are Prices? -- Specifying Price Determinants in an Equilibration Process -- Disequilibrium Price Behavior -- Two Explanatory Price Equations -- The Price Level Equation -- Demand Contraction -- Exchange Rates and Inventories -- Supply...

The US energy strategy that would change the outlook worldwide is that for replacing crude oil with other liquids fuels to run automotive engines. Other strategies wander off into exotics requiring subsidies to produce heat or electricity not diesel, heating oil or gasoline. There is no...

The strategic advantages for substituting synthetic fuels for crude oil based gasoline and heating oil have long been evident but the questions as to when and to what extent have not been addressed in total. Based on corporate and government research reports, we assess and summarize the case for...