Win-Win Globalization Was a Dream
By Paolo von Schirach — WASHINGTON — On February 24, at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine,...
Tag: natural gas
End Of The Green Illusion? Not Yet
By Paolo von Schirach — WASHINGTON— Now it is fairly clear. Getting to a green, decarbonized economy in order...
Russia Is Still Europe’s Main Energy Supplier Despite the sanctions and capital flight, Russia keeps its influence over Europe
WASHINGTON – Despite the economic sanctions caused by its military intervention in Ukraine and the horrible impact of collapsed oil...
New Technologies Will Make Carbon-Based Energy Obsolete Regulations and mandates will not work. Governments should invest much more in new R&D
WASHINGTON – The NYT recently had a front page (scary) story on global warming, accompanied by a frightening map...
Solar Panels On Every American Roof? The WSJ reports that home builder Lennar is now offering new homes with installed solar panels
WASHINGTON – Solar panels producing photovoltaic electricity are finally going mainstream, according to an interesting WSJ story, (Home Builders...
No More News From Ukraine – Putin Won, Poroshenko Lost The tacit understanding is that Eastern Ukraine is lost. Moscow-funded rebels will not be dislodged
WASHINGTON – We hear nothing about Ukraine these days. And for a very simple reason. The war is over....
Flex Fuel Engines Allow Trucks To Use Natural Gas – No Downside Engines that operate with both diesel and LNG/CNG allow an easier transition to natural gas as transportation fuel
WASHINGTON – While American energy firms have made major progress in exploiting new “unconventional” (mostly shale) oil, this way...
Germany’s Green Energy Revolution Based On Belief, Not Economics The government is mandating the use of renewable energy, even though it is more expensive than fossil fuels. Will this bet pay off?
WASHINGTON – An interesting WSJ story, (Germany’s Expensive Energy Gamble, August 27, 2014), provides a good illustration of top-down...
US Should Use Abundant Domestic Natural Gas As Transportation Fuel Huge savings for the economy and for the American balance of payments
WASHINGTON – In an otherwise thoughtful review of Obama’s energy policies, (WSJ, Obama’s Second-Term Energy Policy is Working, August 19, 2014),...
American Exports Cannot Replace Russian Gas To Europe Increasing US production makes sense. But Europe needs plenty of energy now, and we do not have enough to meet demand
WASHINGTON – America’s ability to exploit and use abundant domestic energy –shale oil and gas– has to be celebrated....