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• Would Replacing Fossil Fuels with Biomass Reduce Co2 Emissions

  Published 21 September 2011 | viewed 12,362 times

  One of the reasons governments have been pushing biomass burning is the notion that it would displace fossil fuels and thereby reduce CO2 emissions. Biomass…

• Why America Needs to Accelerate Domestic Energy Production

  Published 19 September 2011 | viewed 5,961 times

  Hadrian, the third of the “five good emperors” of Rome, ruled from 117 to 138 in a time of consolidation of the Roman Empire.  Best…

• Sea Levels are Not Rapidly Rising - Nature Disagrees with IPCC

  Published 08 September 2011 | viewed 14,464 times

  “The short-term rate of global sea level rise has decreased by about 25% since the release of the AR4—and a new paper shows that some…

• The Real History of the Standard Oil Company - Part 2: The Beginning

  Published 31 August 2011 | viewed 22,586 times

  [Editor Note: This five-part series by Mr. Epstein revisits the Standard Oil Trust controversy in this the 100th anniversary of the breakup of the Trust.…

• Unchecked Economic Freedom and The Real History of the Standard Oil Company - Part 1

  Published 30 August 2011 | viewed 16,269 times

  [Author’s Note: This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that found Standard Oil guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. As…

• James Hansen: Renewable Energies are Grossly Inadequate for Our Energy Needs

  Published 25 August 2011 | viewed 11,838 times

  “Suggesting that renewables will let us phase rapidly off fossil fuels in the United States, China, India, or the world as a whole is almost…

• Obama’s Energy Obstructionism Driving Oil Rigs Away From the Gulf of Mexico

  Published 18 August 2011 | viewed 9,536 times

  “The Gulf Spill of 2010 may be remembered as much or more for the economic damage it did because of the Obama’s regulatory overreaction than…

• Solar Energy Facing Tough Love in Europe

  Published 18 August 2011 | viewed 7,540 times

  Across the European Union, solar energy is facing tough love conditions as its feed-in-tariffs (FiT) face déjà vu in another round of reduction. Like in…

• The Psychology of Fuel Prices

  Published 16 August 2011 | viewed 7,918 times

  Four-dollar diesel is an ugly thing–but not the ugliest of things. To grossly paraphrase John Stuart Mill, the state of moral feeling that thinks that…

• Are California’s Renewable Energy Goals Achievable?

  Published 15 August 2011 | viewed 10,392 times

  California is committed to a renewable energy portfolio to provide 33 percent of its electricity by 2020 from qualifying resources such as wind, solar, geothermal,…

• End of the Energy Subsidy Gravy Train

  Published 11 August 2011 | viewed 7,073 times

  The drama that raised the national debt ceiling without increasing taxes is sending warning shots across the bow for many industries.  The message for energy…

• Overestimating Wind Power Generation: From the UK to New York State

  Published 07 June 2011 | viewed 11,521 times

  Wind generation as an intermittent power source adds to the total variability of a regional grid system. A number of studies have been completed that…

• Correcting Obama's Anti-Energy Agenda: The American Energy Act

  Published 02 June 2011 | viewed 3,082 times

  The Obama Administration has been implementing an anti-energy agenda since coming to Washington. From day one, Obama and his “dream ‘green’ team” have worked to…

• Responding to the Latest Spin From the Wind Energy Association

  Published 01 June 2011 | viewed 6,020 times

  The recently released Annual Market Report, 2010 from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) can be summed up in one word — Spin! I’ve tracked…

• Green Panic and Growing Anti Shale Gas Propaganda

  Published 31 May 2011 | viewed 14,127 times

  Remember all this? America is running out of natural gas. Prices will soar, making imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) and T. Boone Pickens’ wind farm…

• Natural Gas Producers Looking to Capture a Growing Share of the Transportation Sector

  Published 27 May 2011 | viewed 5,851 times

  Four-dollar per gallon gasoline provides more margin for oil producers than four dollars per million British thermal units (MMBtu) provides for natural gas producers. Historically…

• Natural Gas: The Climate’s Favourite Fossil Fuel - But What About Fracking?

  Published 26 May 2011 | viewed 9,458 times

  When it comes to climate, are all fossil fuels equal? “No,” the answer has been until very recently. In terms of how much carbon dioxide…