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We're betting that five years from now, the 2011-12 rough patch GM hit with the Volt with be viewed as just that, a rough patch and nothing more. It'd be surprising if a game-changing new product introduction went off without a ...
Posted Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 7:23 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electrification
Two articles in the Sunday NYT bookended the concept of intervening in energy markets to advance public policy goals or correct market failures. One, entitled "Lobbyist Helps a Project He Financed in Congress," will be more Soly...
Posted Monday, January 23rd, 2012 at 7:02 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Energy Demand, Legislation, Natural Gas, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Policy, Renewables
The WaPo really misses the mark today in an unfortunate front-pager. In "Obama's green-car push struggles to pass 'go,'" the Post quotes "analysts" as believing that "the risk is rising that taxpayers in many cases will not se...
Posted Thursday, December 8th, 2011 at 10:53 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Automotive, Electrification
If you missed Saturday's WSJ, you missed a lot of energy news:
1. Ana Campoy and Stephanie Simon reported on a dispute in Oklahoma over a wind farm that may interfere with oil production. The Osage Nation owns the mineral r...
Posted Monday, November 28th, 2011 at 7:03 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Automotive, Electric Utilities, Electrification, Energy Security, National Security, Natural Gas, Oil, Oil Dependence
Solyndra continues to dominate the news. Saturday's WaPo front pager by Joe Stephens and Carol Leonnig:
On Friday, the release of a new round of White House documents added more details, whosing concerns among senior advisers...
Posted Monday, November 14th, 2011 at 7:23 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Economic Security, Electrification, Energy Security, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Policy
The drip-drip "scandal" of Solyndra makes another appearance today, with the "revelation" that the major funder of the project, Obama donor and Tulsa billionaire George Kaiser, exchanged emails with his own staff about conversatio...
Posted Thursday, November 10th, 2011 at 4:08 am | Filed in: Alternatives, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Policy
AP reports (says Saturday's WSJ) that China will phase out incandescent light bulbs -- banning imports and sales of 100-watt and higher bulbs in October 2012, followed by bans on 60-watt and 15-watt in 2014 and 2016, respectively....
Posted Sunday, November 6th, 2011 at 5:21 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Energy Security, Environment, Oil, Oil Dependence, Policy
In Iowa yesterday, some of the GOP presidential hopefuls laid down their energy strategies. Voters can go cross-eyed trying to spot differences between the candidates on this issue—they are almost universally aligned on cuttin...
Posted Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 at 12:42 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Economic Security, Policy
There's a very nice piece in this morning's WaPo by Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, entitled, "Private secctor hesitates in financing clean-tech firms":
"As federal stimulus dollars for investment in renewable energy begin t...
Posted Thursday, October 27th, 2011 at 5:12 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Energy Demand, Natural Gas, Oil Dependence, Policy
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