Frequent commenter MarcoPolo takes exception to my claim the oil companies have a corrupting influence on the U.S. law-making process. I respond: Either you’re not paying attention or you’re willfully ignoring the evidence.
I’m part of a large email group that promotes the concept of “advanced nuclear.” Most of these people are extremely well-informed, intelligent, and kind people. Some, however, have a bizarre hatred for renewables, like the guy who started this conversation: …
When it comes to PR in the energy business, I must confess that I have a suspicious mind. For example, when I see a billboard like this one pictured here, I somehow believe that it must be some sort of …
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In this piece I just wrote on economic incentives for wind, I suppose I should have pointed out this obvious fact: most of the people calling for an end to the subsidies for wind are, in one form or another, …
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The fellow who publishes the blog No More Naked Roofs and I have been sending back and forth mutually complimentary emails. As I told him (I infer it’s a guy from the writing style, though there is no name connected …
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2GreenEnergy co-founder George Alger and I are in the process of making a five-minute video on “Ethics and Energy” to be entered in a contest later in the year. As we currently contemplate the project, the video will feature me …
Shell Oil is sponsoring an educational video project called Rational Middle. I invite you to check it out; it’s very good. As the title suggests, the point is that both the far left wing (advocating for an immediate abandonment of …
Imagine it’s January 1, 2015, and you’re given $65 million with the proviso that you must spend every nickel of it by the end of the year, solely to communicate a certain specific message to the world. What would that …