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Podcast: Energy Gang
Episode: Will Low Oil Prices Hurt Clean Energy?
Description: 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 cha...