Ethical issue dogs ‘$8 per gallon’ gasoline study

Ethical issue dogs ‘$8 per gallon’ gasoline study

Academics have known for many years the potential for conflicts of interest when they conduct studies or write reports on products or companies for which they have consulted. That’s why they almost always disclose conflicts. There is also no doubt of the strong link between the Saudi Aramco oil company and California’s biggest oil refiner, Chevron, known as Standard Oil of California when it co-founded (with Texaco and two others) just plain Ara…