It’s the best of all possible worlds — natural gas, renewables
President Obama’s speech on climate change is getting predictable reviews from the right and left. From the right, his proposed initiatives will sacrifice the economy and jobs for a myopic set of...
View ArticleWhat happens now with ethanol?
This week the Environmental Protection Agency agreed to lower the mandate for ethanol consumption in our gas tanks for the rest of the year and 2014. The whole thing has become a hot political issue....
View ArticleVolkswagen goes all-in for electric hybrids
Things are changing fast in the world of hybrids. Only two years after dismissing the whole thing as a fad, Volkswagen has vowed to bring out 14 new electric-and-gas models by next year and may...
View ArticleAuthor: Dieting is a terrible metaphor for reducing emissions
Ahead of the U.N. climate conference in Paris later this year, there will be a lot of talk about how nations should apportion the burden of reducing carbon emissions. The richer, more industrialized...
View ArticleDoes the man doth protest too much? The impact of attacks on coal by oil and gas
Did you read about Andrew Mackenzie, CEO of BHP Billiton, and his plea to his colleagues in the oil and gas industry? He asked them to stop publicly asserting that natural gas and oil produce fewer...
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