Two headlines in this week’s press underscore the two worlds of solar power—one economical/commercial and the other uneconomical/government-dependent.
Solar Power Means Less Batteries and More Bullets for U.S. Marines (Wall Street Journal: May 9) describes how lightweight solar arrays can…
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A recent study found that each renewable job “created” in Scotland as the result of government support came at the expense of 3.7 jobs elsewhere in the economy. Sadly, even in the homeland of Adam Smith, the critics of the…
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Our friends at Reason.TV interview IER Senior Fellow Robert Micheals on renewables and renewable subsidies.
One small correction. The narrator states, “as a nation, we currently get less than three percent of our electricity from renewable sources.” This is incorrect….
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WASHINGTON – In response to news that the tax compromise package the Senate will vote on Monday afternoon includes an extension of the 1603 grant program for certain renewable energy sources which originated in the stimulus and an extension of…
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WASHINGTON – Institute for Energy Research President Thomas J. Pyle released the following statement in advance of the Obama Administration’s expected announcement that they will not include any areas for leasing offshore in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, or…
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Calzada on Follow the Money talking about Green Jo... September 22, 2011
IER's John Mavretich explains drilling moratorium ... July 27, 2011
Dr. Joseph Mason Explains the Folly of New Energy ... July 14, 2011
IER's John Mavretich talks Natural Gas June 29, 2011
IER's Tom Pyle Debates Ethanol Subsidies June 21, 2011
IER's John Mavretich debates coal on Fox Business June 14, 2011
IER's Dan Kish Talks Energy June 13, 2011