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Thomas S. Mullikin

Thomas S. Mullikin is an environmental attorney, author, and professor of Marine Science at Coastal Carolina University. He has traveled to many of Earth’s most remote regions in his lifelong quest to better understand and help develop new energy solutions.

Most Recent Articles by Thomas S. Mullikin:


Life is a journey, not a destination

Sheer grit, dig-down-deep determination, and a fortitude not matched by most of the toughest men I’ve ever known, were the all-encompassing descriptions – perhaps the only adequate ones – I felt as I watched retired and disabled U.S. Army Green Berets ascending and descending the great Denali (Mt. McKinley), Alaska.
- Thursday, June 23, 2016

A Tale of Two Cities: Denton versus Stillwater – An issue too important to lose

The U.S. is in the midst of new revolution comparable in scale and impact to other historical shifts that have frankly changed the world. This 21st-century revolution – the shale energy revolution – has impacted global energy markets and balances-of-power much like the internal-combustion engine did during the industrial revolution of the 19th century and as fiber-optics did in the digital revolution of the late 20th century.
- Thursday, December 31, 2015

South Carolina's military culture and the October flood

Years ago, reading Pat Conroy’s best-selling novel, The Lords of Discipline, I was struck by the single line – “No Southern man is complete without a tenure under military rule.” Not all Southerners serve, have served, or will ever serve their country. And today it is only a very small percentage of Americans overall who have served or will ever serve in the armed forces.
- Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Energy Security: America Must Act

The U.S. is experiencing an energy revolution thanks to dogged persistence and innovative minds of modern energy pioneers like the late George P. Mitchell. "Few businesspeople have done as much to change the world as George [P.] Mitchell,” reported The Economist in 2013.
- Saturday, February 14, 2015

The vital nexus of energy, water, and national security

The U.S. currently maintains some 160,000 military personnel in approximately 150 countries worldwide with the majority serving in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. This number does not include the thousands of troops involved in singular contingency operations at any time around the globe. All total, more than 2.6 million Americans have served in the Global War on Terrorism since 9/11, with many of these men and women serving multiple deployments.
- Wednesday, February 4, 2015

A vital means of reversing foreign oil dependency

Energy – especially availability and most especially foreign oil dependency – is a huge national concern. In the aggregate, energy is perhaps the greatest of all concerns related to American national security. If we look at foreign oil dependency alone, we see that the U.S. spends hundreds of billions of dollars each year on energy imports, with much of this energy imported from Middle Eastern nations.
- Tuesday, January 27, 2015

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