Cheap energy has created enormous wealth on this planet; in fact, this is the underlying reason for the boom in affluence experienced in the developed world over the last century.
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Cheap Energy Means Economic Growth, But It’s a Bit More Complicated
I had an encounter at dinner with my wife and friends the other night that I found funny. Someone asked me if I was aware that it was cheap energy that caused the improvement in the British economy in the …
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Provocative Questions on Energy from the U.K.
Yesterday morning I did an interview for a young man in England, James Alcock, who writes for a consumer-oriented website called TheGreenAge.com. In a period of about half an hour, I answered various questions ranging from electric transportation to fossil …
Energy Policy: Dealing with the Facts As They Really Are
I just read the Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac and noted that it’s the birthday of May Swenson, an author of the 20th Century who once wrote to a friend, “Not to need illusion—to dare to see and say how things really …
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Edison Predicted Cheap Energy
132 years ago today, Thomas Edison first demonstrated his incandescent lightbulb and told spectators: “We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.” Not a bad prediction, when you think about it. Few people grouse about …
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