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...
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...
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...
Tesla Motors Stock Is Incredibly Overvalued The company makes only 33,000 cars per year. And yet it is worth more than Chrysler that produced 1.8 million vehicles last year WASHINGTON – I have written before that Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla Motors, is a real pioneer. With...
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...
Lockheed Claims Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough If this is true, we are on the verge of an energy revolution WASHINGTON – I have observed in previous pieces that our long season of economic stagnation here in America (and...
Man Made Global Warming? Not So Sure Anymore US engaged in a major energy policy shift to combat a problem that may not be what we are told WASHINGTON – Until a few years ago there was a semi-universal consensus on “global warming”. It was settled that...
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...
Instead Of Funding Green Political Candidates, Billionaire Tom Steyer Should Use His Millions To Support More Research In Renewable Energy Forcing the adoption of immature renewable energy technologies will cost a fortune, without improving the environment WASHINGTON – TIME magazine has a lengthy portrait of Tom Steyer, (Green Giant, June 2, 2014), a California billionaire who decided...
The 30 Year Russia-China Gas Deal Tells Us That Carbon Energy Is Here To Stay We were told by President Obama that China is leading in solar and other renewables. Well, they still need carbon, it seems WASHINGTON – We have been told time and again by President Obama that America has to invest in renewable...