Yesterday I participated in a blogger conference call with the American Petroleum Institute. The topic was Industry Earnings and Recent Oil Prices, and the audio and transcript may be found here. My question was a […]
Tag: energy policy
The Debate Over Energy Policy
From last night’s presidential debate transcript, both of the candidates sound off on energy policy. Comments from me are inserted into the text as [RR: comment]. Schieffer: Let’s go to — let’s go to a […]
Why Energy Independence Eludes the U.S.
The following is an essay I wrote by request for another website. Regular readers won’t see anything they haven’t seen before, but I figured I would go ahead and post here as well. It is […]
The Solar Stage is Set
I have been pretty disgusted by this whole $700 billion bailout. I felt like we let a lot of people get away with some very bad behavior; behavior that enriched some at the expense of […]
Revisiting Palin
On Sarah Palin as McCain’s choice for VP, I came out immediately and said that it was a mistake. I wrote in part: Count me among those stunned by McCain’s pick for his VP candidate. […]
David O’Reilly Speech on Energy Policy
Still traveling until middle of next week (in London right now, back to Amsterdam tonight, California tomorrow), so limited communications from me until then. Lots going on in the world of energy. Oil has cracked […]
Come Again?
It seems that the Democrats have crafted a plan to “make America energy-independent of foreign oil within a decade:” Democrats are working on drilling bill WASHINGTON — Oil and natural gas producers might soon be […]
Extend Renewable Energy Tax Credits
A big pet peeve of mine is the way we have gone about handling tax credits for renewable electricity. I believe renewable alternatives warrant tax credits, because we simply do not pay the “true cost” […]
The Press on Obama’s Energy Plans
No time right now for editorial comment from me, just a sampling of the press on Obama’s energy plans following his speech tonight: History echoes during Obama’s big speech “For the sake of our economy, […]
A Reader Critiques My Energy Plan
While I have done a lot of critiquing on my blog, reader Evan Mitchell turned the tables on me and provided a thorough critique of the energy plan I recently proposed in An Open Letter […]