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America’s energy bonanza: U.S. crude oil production reaches 17-year high in...
U.S. field production of crude oil surged to the highest level in more than 17 years during the first week of October, when almost 6.6 million barrels per day were produced domestically according to...
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Energy credits fall prey to fraud, again
As a recent article in the New York Times points out, the invention of clean energy standards, which involve trading in “renewable energy credits,” are falling prey to fraud, and not in a small way: A...
View ArticleAnother ‘green-tech’ company goes belly up
In a move that will come as a surprise to pretty much no one, “Advanced” battery maker A123 (which has posted losses for 14 consecutive quarters) has filed for bankruptcy. The company, which received a...
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Two charts illustrate America’s energy boom
A new report by the research firm IHS documents America’s ongoing energy renaissance: These two figures from the report show how quickly things are changing.
View ArticleBury the power lines?
Last night, I was on the NewsHour discussing how cities can increase their resilience to extreme weather events such as Hurricane Sandy. One thing we didn’t get to discuss is the question of whether or...
View ArticleObama’s victory speech: Reading the tea leaves on energy policy
While we can’t know what will happen over the next four years, there are a few (very few) clues in President Obama’s victory speech that suggest a continuation of the energy policies we’ve seen in his...
View ArticleThe ethanol madness continues
Last month, my co-author Elizabeth DeMeo and I asked, “Is it Time to Stop Putting Food in Our Cars?” We pointed out that the fuel-ethanol mandate is stunningly bad policy that: Raises the cost of food;...
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Strange economic thinking at Princeton
Princeton University has a press release out trumpeting a new series of studies that demonstrate, they claim: The United States could eliminate the need for crude oil by using a combination of coal,...
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Sunday energy links
The renewable energy bubble has burst1. Washington Times — “Is green energy a fad that has run its course? The investment community seems to think so. RENIXX World, the Renewable Energy Industrial...
View ArticleGuns don’t kill people; Plastic bag bans kill people…
The country is debating whether or not banning certain kinds of guns might save lives. In the spirit of public safety, it’s worth looking at a different ban we’re learning is actually costing lives:...
View ArticleHere’s what Germany got for its 100 billion euro subsidy of solar power
I have high hopes for solar energy as an important part of tomorrow’s energy portfolio. As Quartz whimsically puts it, “2012 was a very good year for sunshine.” US solar installations jumped 76% to...
View ArticleUsing a carbon tax to implement energy deregulation
The Financial Times calls the carbon tax the “least worst” tax for its economically efficient ability to raise tax revenue while curtailing an unwanted externality, greenhouse gases. Plain-old...
View ArticleBad news for pessimists: Malthus was wrong
Blake Clayton writes on the Council on Foreign Relations blog that “It’s Bad News for Pessimists Everywhere: Malthus Was Wrong,” here’s the opening: There is a tempting intuition to the idea that the...
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Year in review: America’s amazing energy revolution
The Department of Energy released its Monthly Energy Review today for March, with almost all important energy statistics now updated through the end of 2012. Based on today’s updates, here are some...
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More on the dramatic drop in coal CO2 emissions in 2012
Earlier in the week, I posted about the fall in CO2 emissions from coal to a 26-low in 2012 (see chart above). John Hanger provides some additional commentary today on his blog about the dramatic...
View ArticleAmerica’s natural gas: Should exports be restricted?
America is now the world’s biggest producer of natural gas, thanks to hydraulic fracking and drilling advances. Mark Perry has written that the US has enough gas in reserves to last the next 110 years....
View ArticleMatt Ridley: ‘The strong possibility that climate change will be slow and...
Matt “The Rational Optimist” Ridley highlights an interesting new study by Oxford climate scientists on climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide emissions: It uses the most robust method, of analysing the...
View ArticleTime for the GOP to take the lead on climate change?
It’s tempting for center-right policymakers to declare political and policy victory on the issue of climate change. Many rank-and-file Republicans view the issue as a leftist hoax meant to, at best,...
View ArticleMarch was a very good month for US oil production as America’s energy sector...
State March Daily Output (bblS) % Annual Increase Highest Since Texas 2,369,000 30.5% February 1986 N. Dakota 783,000 35.7% Highest ever Oklahoma 289,000 27.3% April 1992 New Mexico 268,000 23.5%...
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