Global Warming-Energy-Environment
A Gas Tax Hike Is the Wrong Way to Fund Highways
By Institute for Energy Research | February 20, 2018
Using the federal gas tax to fund highways and other infrastructure is at best a very blunt instrument, and at worst an invitation to wasteful spending
Smart, Switch, Sweat, Shiver
Climate alarmism is still bizarre, dogmatic, intolerant
By Paul Driessen | February 18, 2018
Claims defy parody, as alarmists become more tyrannical and their policies wreak havoc
Tuvalu is Rising, Not Shrinking
By Jack Dini | February 16, 2018
Doomsayer Al Gore predicted that residents would have to evacuate their homes because of rising seas.
"I cannot reasonably object."
It’s weather, not climate change, Governor Brown
By Guest Column -- Robert W. Endlich | February 14, 2018
Weather, not human-caused CO2-fueled global warming, is responsible for California wildfires
Coffee threatened by climate change, disease, pests
By American Chemical Society | February 14, 2018
Without a fix, climate change and disease are poised to kill off the most prized variety
Clean Oil That Only Costs $20
By Oilprice.com -- James Stafford | February 14, 2018
Now, thanks to technological advances from Petroteq and other companies, oil sands could be as profitable and as cheap as shale
Health Aspects of Alcohol
By Jack Dini | February 14, 2018
Wine, Whiskey, Resveratrol
Lease the OCS—to benefit all Americans
By Paul Driessen | February 9, 2018
An informed decision-making process will safely produce energy that belongs to all Americans
Oil and Energy Security: Another Fallen “Market Failure”
By Institute for Energy Research | February 8, 2018
The key elements of such a framework are economic liberty, respect for property, and fair and sensible rules of the market that are enforced equally for all
Oil Prices Ravaged By Financial Turmoil
By Oilprice.com -- Nick Cunningham | February 7, 2018
Supply growth from the Permian looms large over oil prices
Can Israel help solve Cape Town’s water crisis?
By ISRAEL21c | February 7, 2018
As ‘Day Zero’ approaches, experts weigh in on how Israel may be able to help Cape Town and other water-scarce locations avoid future disasters
Cypress closing in on billion-ton resource in Nevada’s Clayton Valley
By Rick Mills | February 4, 2018
As lithium juniors go, the package of land that Cypress had identified and begun exploring is one of the best, if not the best, going in the market right now
Paul Krugman Should Love President Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
By Institute for Energy Research | February 3, 2018
Why Krugman Ought to Applaud Trump’s Plan
Can The Shale Boom Avoid These Bottlenecks?
By Oilprice.com -- Nick Cunningham | February 2, 2018
EIA reported on Wednesday that the U.S. produced a staggering 10.038 mb/d in November, a massive jump of 384,000 bpd from a month earlier
A Mid-Winter Special—Groundhog Musings
By Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser | February 1, 2018
internet-connectivity seems to be what really counts, even for dishwashers. Indeed, our new machine flashed a light in excitement about finding a signal from our router. It must have been really happy!
The Ever-Expanding Wind PTC
By Institute for Energy Research | February 1, 2018
The cumulative effect of the IRS guidance is that despite the “phase out” in 2019, the federal government will still be paying PTC subsidies and distorting markets at least into the 2030’s.
Why Is The Shale Industry Still Not Profitable?
By Oilprice.com -- Nick Cunningham | January 31, 2018
The average return on asset for U.S. shale companies "is still a measly 0.8 percent,"
A New, Unanticipated Oil World
By Institute for Energy Research | January 31, 2018
Predictions from 1999, in retrospect, were far too pessimistic about the global oil market and the U.S. in particular. The last decade has been among the most prolific in the history of the petroleum industry-
Smart Grid Edge Technologies—all the Rave in Davos
By Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser | January 27, 2018
Welcome to the new world of smart grid edge technologies
The Trump Redirect Comes Not a Moment Too Soon
Resurgent US oil industry priming the economic pump
By Rick Mills | January 27, 2018
Flood of US shale oil has had a major effect on the global supply: OPEC, which used to hold the balance of oil power, now fears the US oil machine will continue to grind on, knocking the price down, putting pressure on their oil-dependent economies
The Never-ending Battles of the Coral Sea
By Viv Forbes | January 26, 2018
Humans should copy the corals – “forget the computer climate models but watch real data like actual sea levels and . . . move when you have to.”
Energy independence for the U.S. alone is still years away—and may never arrive if we rely solely on renewables. But thanks to free trade, energy independence for North America is within our grasp
What Could Push Oil To $100?
By Oilprice.com | January 26, 2018
With a correction in stock markets and a slowdown in the economy of the world’s largest consumer, what are the chances of Brent hitting $100 a barrel? Slim
Thoughts on the Solar Tariffs
By Institute for Energy Research | January 25, 2018
Tariffs a Blunt and Inefficient Instrument
An Entirely Predictable Bankruptcy
By Institute for Energy Research | January 24, 2018
Philadelphia Energy Solutions
Bond Market Bear Creating Gold Bull
By Rick Mills | January 22, 2018
I have bond market trends on my radar screen, and due diligence, which I freely share, on exceptional quality gold exploration juniors on my to do list. Do you?
Regulations Hurt Economics of Nuclear Power
By Institute for Energy Research | January 21, 2018
U.S. nuclear industry is struggling, as the federal government has imposed increasingly onerous burdens on the industry, which supplies around 60 percent of the carbon-free electricity in the United States