Trouble Ahead For America The Stock Market did not crash, but America is not on solid foundations WASHINGTON – May be we should not try to read too much into the Dow Jones 1,000 points plunge...
A Very Weak American Economy While the US economy remains very fragile, the presidential campaign is about "anchor babies" WASHINGTON – The slow but steady decline of the US economy should be the main theme of this unfolding...
UK Cannot Exploit Its Shale Gas Reserves Political opposition and bad laws prevent exploitation of vast resources WASHINGTON – The US is enjoying the immense economic benefits of the hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) revolution that made it...
Lift The US Oil Export Ban It makes no sense to keep an energy trade restriction created at the time of the OPEC oil embargo WASHINGTON – At the time of the first OPEC oil embargo (1973-74), in an attempt to protect shrinking domestic...
In A Speech At The American University Obama Defended Iran Deal Weak analogy with a 1963 Kennedy speech. Address aimed at avoiding political embarrassment. No matter what, Iran deal will stay WASHINGTON – On August 5, US President Barack Obama delivered a speech aimed at promoting his Iran nuclear deal...
Obama’s Anti-Carbon Policies Will Have No Impact On Global Warming This is all about ideology. Most environmentalists are Democrats WASHINGTON – President Obama is trying to transform the US energy industry via federal regulations. He just announced a...
End Of China Boom Caused Commodity Prices Collapse China's bubble was created by a Government-willed gigantic stimulus that fueled demand for commodities. Now it is all over WASHINGTON – Global mining giant Anglo American just announced that it will downsize –in a dramatic way. It will cut...
The Iranians Will Do Their Best To Circumvent Any Nuclear Deal The US Government tells us that this will be a tough, verifiable agreement. This is a fantasy WASHINGTON – The Obama administration would like all of us to believe that they went over time in their...
Vertical Urban Farming Is About To Happen From Singapore to Japan, the USA and Europe entrepreneurs are growing crops in cities WASHINGTON – Over the years farming has become much more efficient. It has been heavily mechanized. Therefore it is far less labor...
Bill Gates: Fund High Risk Energy Ventures We need a breakthrough, real game changers that will perform better than carbon based systems WASHINGTON – Here is what Bill Gates, (IT technology visionary, Microsoft founder, net worth about $ 80 billion), said talking...