THE US Shale Industry Survived Oil Prices Collapse High cost producers managed to increase productivity
WASHINGTON – When oil prices suddenly collapsed, going from $ 100 per barrel to $ 50 or less, the almost...
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Hyper Regulated US Solar Energy In the US, lawyers, not engineers, are the best renewable energy consultants
WASHINGTON – Recently I read a very good piece on the future of solar power in the United States....
Chris Christie’s Economic Agenda Is Just Common Sense How can a plain pro-growth recipe be controversial?
WASHINGTON – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a likely Republican White House contender, laid out his fiscal and economic reforms...
Tesla’s New Battery Is Not A Breakthrough Not that useful for US users, way too expensive for emerging markets
WASHINGTON – A fancy press release and a well-advertised CEO press conference are not good substitutes for introducing real...
Zero Interest Rates Do Not Help Growth The longest period of monetary stimulus in US history produced no results. Virtually zero growth in the first quarter
WASHINGTON – After a mediocre 4th quarter of 2014, the US economy came to a virtual stop in the first...
Tsipras Goes To Moscow The Greek Prime Minister wants us to know that he looks at Vladimir Putin as a good friend
WASHINGTON – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thought that it was a good idea to pay a visit to...
Oil Is King, For Now Renewable energy is not yet economically viable. But its day will come
WASHINGTON – In an interview with FORTUNE magazine, Chevron CEO John Watson argued that, whatever the oil prices wild...
Kissinger And Shultz Issue Strong Warning About Iran Nuclear Deal The agreement will leave Iran's facilities intact. Difficult to verify compliance. What will Saudi Arabia do?
WASHINGTON – If you want a detailed but highly readable critique of Obama’s Iran’s nuclear deal, I strongly encourage...
Iran: Diplomacy Could Succeed Only If Backed By The Threat Of An Attack Without any threat to coerce via military means, negotiations with a hostile power are doomed to fail
WASHINGTON – Optimistic commentators talking about the upcoming nuclear deal with Iran stress the importance of allowing “diplomacy” to deliver its...
Cheap Fossil Fuels Killed Renewable Energy Wind and solar had a brief moment of glory because of political mandates. But now there is just too much cheap oil and gas
WASHINGTON – Renewable energy had its great moment when we had the convergence between Global Warming predictions (or prophesies?)...