As I have been traveling around New Zealand, I have had a lot of discussions about various renewable energy companies. Inevitably, there is some discussion as to why certain approaches have failed. Occasionally, companies failed […]
The Recession is Dead! Long Live the Recession!
I don’t really know if we are emerging from the recession, but hiring does seem to be up. Most of the people I know who are looking for jobs are starting to get a lot […]
Energy Security Populism: Oil Prices, American Leaders, and Media
The following guest essay is by Kevin Kane. Kevin is an energy market strategist, Asia political affairs analyst, and Korean language linguist living in Seoul, South Korea. Kevin previously published American Freedom from Oil: A […]
My Position Statement on a Variety of Energy Issues
Welcome to the new R-Squared! Our goals here are to provide a place to engage in respectful and thoughtful debate about the very important issue of energy. I thought it might be a good idea […]
Redirect on Thursday
Editor’s note: This post is now obsolete. Only leaving it here because there are comments on the post. Plans are to set up the redirect to the new site for R-Squared on Thursday the 18th. […]
Changes Coming to R-Squared
Editor’s note: This post is now obsolete. Only leaving it here because there are comments on the post. At the end of the week, I have to go to New Zealand for 10 days. As […]
Strategizing for the Ethanol Industry
A reader recently sent me a link to the following story: D.C. Discussions Advance Corn Issues Extension of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) – This blender’s tax credit provides $.45 for each gallon […]
Book Review: Big Coal
One of the triumphs of modern life is our ability to distance ourselves from the simple facts of our own existence. – Jeff Goodell Big Coal by Jeff Goodell is a book I have had […]
Why Summer Gasoline Means Higher Prices
Spring is approaching, and gasoline prices are once again climbing. But you may not know that this ritual of climbing prices happens almost every year about this time. If you check the history of gasoline […]
Electrifying the USPS
I usually scan the energy headlines each morning, but had somehow missed the stories on the recently introduced bills to electrify the U.S. Postal Service fleet: U.S. Postal Service to test a repurposed electric vehicle […]