Obama’s Final Carbon Rule Combines Fake Carrots and a Big Stick
August 4, 2015On Monday, the Obama administration released the final version of its so-called “Clean Power Plan” regulating carbon dioxide from existing…
UK Getting Wise to Renewable Subsidies
July 20, 2015Many people have been led to believe that renewable forms of energy such as wind and solar must be very…
Is Natural Gas the Answer for Electric Utilities?
July 16, 2015Electric utilities have turned to natural gas for electricity generation because of its low prices and because of onerous regulations…
Coal Was King In The U.S. And Is Still King Worldwide
July 10, 2015Ten years ago, U.S. utility industry experts would not have expected coal to rank second to natural gas in electricity…
Nordhaus Unwittingly Shows Flaws in Case for Carbon Tax
June 23, 2015With the Paris UN climate negotiations in December and Senator Whitehouse’s reintroduction of a carbon tax bill, it seems every…
Global Consumption of Fossil Fuels Continues to Increase
June 18, 2015BP recently released its Statistical Review of World Energy 2015[i] and found that consumption of fossil fuels in 2014 continued…
