Cheap Gasoline
Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University; Former Special Advisor to President Obama, National Security Council Staff
Bill Reilly, Former Board Member, ConocoPhillips; Senior Advisor, TPG Capital
Kate Gordon, Senior VP and Director, Energy & Climate Program, Next Generation
The plunge in gasoline prices is expected to boost economic growth this year and put money in the pockets of American drivers. But it also is causing increased sales of gas-guzzlers and undercutting efforts to move away from fossil fuels to reduce the risk of more severe weather.
Gasoline selling for $2 a gallon also reshapes the national energy outlook as well as international petropolitics. The Saudis are inflicting pain on Houston and Moscow.
A conversation about the economics and politics of a world with oil for sale at $40 a barrel.