05/01/01 - Backgrounder #33 - Oil and Gas Energy Issues in Florida's Future

by Thomas Herbert and Linda Lampl
May 1, 2001

Introduction

From the gas pump to the light switch, Florida residents and visitors alike depend on energy. Gasoline, natural gas, coal, oil, nuclear fuel rods, water, and the sun provide power for transportation and for daily life. Alternative fuels such as hydrogen derived from natural gas may also become a part of our energy inventory.

Oil prices skyrocketed through 2000, nearly doubling to $40 a barrel by year's end. As a result of OPEC cutbacks, former President Bill Clinton released token amounts of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Within the first two weeks of his term, President George W. Bush announced plans to initiate drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Reserves of heating oil and natural gas are low and prices remain high. California's electric generation crisis has been blamed in part on high natural gas prices. At the start of the 21st century, energy issues are an action item on the public agenda.

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Backgrounders

• 2008 March - Backgrounder - Lost Opportunity: An Empirical Analysis of How Vouchers Affected Florida Public Schools
• 2008 February - Backgrounder No. 55 - Restoring Florida's Insurance Market
• 2007 December--Backgrounder No. 54--The Case for Florida to Enact a Taxpayer Protection Amendment
• 2007 October--Backgrounder No.53--Statewide Growth Management and Housing Affordability in Florida
• 2007 August--Backgrounder No.52--Florida's Medicaid Reforms: A Progress Report
• 2007 February--Backgrounder No. 51--Expanding Opportunities for Health Insurance Coverage in Florida
• 2006 December - Backgrounder #50--Florida's Fiscal Constitution: Opportunities for Reform
• 2006 September - Backgrounder #49 - Elements of an Energy Policy to Benefit Florida and the Nation
• 2006 March - Backgrounder #48 - A Paycheck Protection Primer for Florida
• 11/01/05 - Backgrounder #47 - Empowering Florida's Taxpayers
• 09/01/05 - Backgrounder #46 - Property Rights At Risk?
• 08/01/05 - Backgrounder #45 - Public Employee Collective Bargaining: The Florida Experience
• 04/01/05 - Backgrounder #44 - Making Florida's Government Competitive
• 02/01/05 - Backgrounder #43 - Reforming Florida's Medicaid Program With Consumer Choice and Competition
• 12/01/04 - Backgrounder #42 - Is Florida's Tax Structure Ready for the 21st Century?
• 02/01/04 - Great Rail Disasters - The Impact of Rail Transit on Urban Livability
• 07/01/03 - Backgrounder #41 - Raise Excise Taxes? Not In Florida
• 06/01/03 - Backgrounder #40 - Florida's Intangibles Tax: The Case for Repeal
• 05/01/03 - Backgrounder #39 - Florida's Constitutional Ballot Initiatives: Is This Any Way To Run Government?
• 03/01/03 - Backgrounder #38 - The Living Wage Movement and Its Implications for Florida
• 03/01/03 - Higher Education in Florida: The Special Role of the Independent Colleges and
• 03/01/02 - Backgrounder #37 - Playing Doctor in Tallahassee: How Lawmakers' Efforts to Save Money May Threaten Quality Care for Mentally Ill Medicaid Patients
• 02/01/02 - Backgrounder #36 - Local System: Statewide Obligation The 2002 Florida High Speed Rail Authority Report
• 01/01/02 - Backgrounder #35 - Water Management Policy in Florida: Regional Politics and Market Development
• 06/01/01 - Backgrounder #34 - 'Just Say No' to State Building on Workforce Development: Reinvigorating Labor Markets and Preserving the Federal Principle in Florida
• 05/01/01 - Backgrounder #33 - Oil and Gas Energy Issues in Florida's Future
• 04/01/01 - Backgrounder #31 - The Case against Public Subsidies for a New Florida Marlins Stadium
• 03/01/01 - Backgrounder #30 - Education Performance in Florida - A Need for Change
• 10/01/00 - Backgrounder #27 - Florida's Tax Structure: An Overview and Evaluation
• 06/01/00 - Backgrounder #26 - Deciding the Future of the Past: The Miami Circle and Archaeological Preservation
• 02/01/99 - Backgrounder #25 - Unfunded Mandates: The Florida Experience
• 07/01/98 - Backgrounder #23 - Florida's State Sovereignty Land Claims
• 11/10/97 - Backgrounder #21 Addendum
• 06/01/97 - Backgrounder #22 - Comparing Spending and Performances in Florida's Public Schools and Colleges
• 04/01/97 - Backgrounder #21 - Evaluation of the FDOT-FOX Miami-Orlando-Tampa High-Speed Rail Proposal
• 03/01/97 - Backgrounder #20 - Florida's Intangibles Tax: A Large Burden for a Small Return
• 08/01/96 - Backgrounder #19 - Public Subsidies to Private Corporations: Stop Violating the Florida Constitution!
• 09/01/95 - Backgrounder #17 - Florida's Growth Management Experiment: An Analysis
• 08/01/95 - Backgrounder #11 - Florida's Spending Cap: Will It Work?
• 04/01/95 - Backgrounder #16 - The Private Sector Health Care Revolution
• 01/01/94 - Backgrounder #12 - Eleven Steps to a Safer Florida
• 11/01/93 - Backgrounder #09 - The Welfare State, Poverty, and Economic Opportunity
• 10/01/93 - Backgrounder #10 - Issues in Health Care Reform and Solutions That Work

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