Tom Friedman knocked me out with his book The World is Flat. The hard edge of truth has a way of doing that when it hits you between the eyes. But much as I admire his work, Friedman is not right about everything. Take his love and promotion of “energy technology” as the next great…
Category: Energy
Nuclear Power, Waste, and Theft
William Tucker, author of the forthcoming book "Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Power Can Lead the Green Revolution and End America’s Long Energy Odyssey", says that nuclear power is both safe and required if we are to ensure that the electrical demands of Americans are met. I’ve written about this before, often enough to bore, frankly,…
Global Warming Science
Dr. David Evans, a pioneer in the modeling of climate change, now says that there’s no definitive evidence that man-made carbon emissions are contributing to global warming. Moreover, he seems to question whether the phenomenon of rising temperatures even exists. …since 1999 new evidence has seriously weakened the case that carbon emissions are the main…
Recessionary Whining
Phil Gramm says that Americans whine too much about the problems in their lives and that the recession that many economists and pundits say we’re in is largely a product of their bruised psyches. Gramm: "You’ve heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession…" "We may have a recession; we haven’t had one yet."…
Liberal Fantasy – Nationalizing Big Oil
It shouldn’t surprise anyone who’s been tracking the far left that nationalizing the oil industry is their latest brainstorm. Take a look at this video – it’s amazing to me that they’re so brazen about their desire to steal the investment made by stockholders of these companies. It’s quite staggering, really, that they can be…
Unpleasant Energy Truths
Tom Friedman has something to say about energy, hard truths that most people don’t want to hear. As he notes, these are the things that our presidential candidates ought to be telling us but have not. Will anyone step forward? The price of gasoline is never going back down. Therefore, if you buy a big…
Americans Driving Less
CNN says that with gas prices inching perilously close to $4 per gallon, Americans are driving less. Compared with March a year earlier, Americans drove an estimated 4.3 percent less — that’s 11 billion fewer miles, the DOT’s Federal Highway Administration said Monday, calling it "the sharpest yearly drop for any month in FHWA history."…
Bush’s Greatest Failure
When I was at the Houston Energy Summit earlier this year the theme that ran the length and breadth of every presentation made was that of energy security. While the supply and pricing problems I’ve written about recently have not gone unnoticed in Congress, no concrete action has emerged from that body. Worse, Tom Friedman…
Oil Supply Predictions
There are two divergent views about future oil supply in the market in the news, the doom and gloom and the relatively optimistic. Who to believe? Does it matter? Should the view to which we subscribe change our energy policy? International Energy Agency says that demand may outstrip supply: The Paris-based International Energy Agency is…
Democrats and Oil
America is way behind the 8-ball in terms of having a next-generation energy program. But instead of taking action, Congressional Democrats spent the day badgering oil executives about high gas prices and their personal compensation packages. Democrats like to talk about John McCain’s lack of economic know-how and not without some justification. But their own…