Obama Administration Proposes $53 Billion for High-Speed Rail
On February 8 Vice President Joe Biden unveiled an Obama administration plan to spend $53 billion over the next six years to develop...
Energy
Subsidizing Ethanol Is Bad Policy
The federal policy of trying to reduce energy dependence through the use of ethanol runs counter to free-market economics. Increasing the use of...
Read more“Green” Companies Assign Priority “Hybrid-Only” Parking
In yet another effort to “go green," a number of businesses in Orlando, Florida, have assigned priority parking — similar to handicapped parking...
Read moreGas Prices Predicted to Soar
Two summers ago, Americans were reeling over the exorbitant gas prices that averaged $4.50 per gallon. As gas prices are once again beginning...
Read moreTurtle Hurdles, and Other Solar Obstacles
BrightSource Energy, headquartered in Oakland, California, is developing the $2 billion Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) in the Mojave Desert — the...
Read moreWind Power II: The Wind-farm Eruption
Those of us who drive in the Midwest or Southwest are often startled to see a plethora of wind turbines sprouting like overnight...
Read moreWind Power: An Ill Wind Blowing
According to the 2009 Energy Information Agency Report on Electricity Generation, wind power provided 70.8 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) out of the U.S....
Read moreCoal Miners Upset With EPA
As America struggles with expensive energy provided by foreign nations without our best interests at heart, West Virginians must wonder why. America is...
Read moreCap-and-trade Con
Last month, Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) unveiled their “American Power Act,” custom-tailored to President Obama’s plans to set up...
Read moreClean Energy: The Nuclear Solution
Interview of Art Crino by Rebecca Terrell Controversy over rising demands for “clean energy” and costs associated with it has made...
Read moreProblems Continue in Louisiana Oil Blast
At the site of the worst oil rig disaster in almost a decade, oil continued leaking nearly a mile underwater as of April...
Read moreSolar Power Generation: Boon or Boondoggle
Polls consistently show that Americans think well of obtaining electrical power from the sun. It’s free, and there’s so much of it. All...
Read moreObama’s Boring Plan: Throw a Wrench in Offshore Drilling
President Obama is opening limited areas on the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, and Alaska to offshore drilling in a supposed effort...
Read moreU.S. Wasted NASA and Opportunity for Energy Independence
I was there. I ought to know. I served as editor-in-chief of NASA’s newspaper at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas,...
Read moreKlamath Uses Geo-Thermal Energy — With Tax Money
Klamath Falls, Oregon, uses geothermal power to meet many of the needs of the town. Hot rocks and geysers keep the sidewalks warm...
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