Oil Woes Simplified by: Sandy Linczer, July 16, 2008 On July 15, Brian Kennedy and Dr. Bill Koetzle from the Institute for Energy Research (IER) spoke at the Heritage Foundation on America’s energy crisis. They boiled down complicated oil issues into simple fundamental issues of economics that the government seems to be ignoring. The IER opened a D.C branch a few weeks ago and is a “free market organization that believes that government needs to get out of the way when it comes to energy,” Kennedy said. A large problem with today’s energy policy is the misdirection of blame, he...