China Generates Most of Its Power from Coal
September 13, 2018Some people falsely surmise that because China’s capacity addition of wind and solar power is the largest in the world…
“Negative Emissions”: The Emperor’s New Clothes
September 6, 2018“The current annual cost to extract all of the annual emissions [of CO2] is of the order of $1,000 per…
Trump Undoes Obama’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards
August 31, 2018In 2012, the Obama administration issued rules ordering carmakers to improve the average miles per gallon of their car fleets…
In 2017, the U.S. Had the Largest Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the World
August 3, 2018The United States announced its intentions to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement last year, but still reduced its carbon…
China High in Renewable Capacity, But Not in Production Efficiency
July 30, 2018The growth of China’s economy and electricity demand have slowed in recent years. Yet, its construction program has continued for…
Why Krugman Botched His Oil Price Prediction
July 25, 2018Economist Paul Krugman has been running victory laps for years, claiming that fiscal conservatives made erroneous predictions about inflation and…
