Category: ‘ Economic Security ’

 

It’s not the Oil Imports, It’s Just the Oil!

The distinction between domestically produced and imported oil has been a subject of considerable debate and confusion.  From an energy security standpoint, a common argument goes that increased production of oil in the United St...

Myopic regulatory approach foisted on the Lone Star state

An unfortunate decision that should remind us all how the implementation of policy and regulations can imperil our energy security is reported this morning in the Energy Daily (http://www.theenergydaily.com/publications/ed/EPA-Rej...

The Rise of Gas OPEC?

Natural gas will assume an increasing share of the U.S. energy mix over the next several decades. That is one of the few certain trends in the energy field today, rightly identified by a recent MIT report on the future of natural ...

Hey, we’re not lagging everybody!

We hear a great deal these days about how the Chinese are eating our lunch with respect to both energy security and emerging clean energy technologies.  Yet, just as we finished ahead of the Brits in our group at the World Cup, a...

Virginia on the EV cutting edge?

If he's not careful, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is going to get a reputation as an energy policy visionary.  If you had told us last year that the Commonwealth would emerge to help lead the nation in deploying electric vehic...

Common Sense Oversight: Avoiding a Reactionary Response

With President Obama’s six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico just underway, interesting questions arise as to the future of U.S. offshore drilling, and more broadly about the difficulty of managing low...

What does the WSJ have against the future?

In a piece this morning entitled, "BMW Test Prompts Electric-Car Questions" (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703561604575282491734663452.html?), the normally reliable WSJ continues its odd attack on electrification....

Moving Ahead 2010

Today is the final day of an innovative conference at Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus, Ohio, “Moving Ahead 2010: Sustainable Transportation Solutions for the 21st Century.” The conference is focused on long-term sol...

What Next: Energy Legislation That Will Also Achieve Carbon Emission Reductions From Transportation

While we may learn more later today, it seem that the prospects of Congress passing climate change legislation, probably a long shot  to begin with, have become even dimmer.  With what appears to be Senator’s Graham’s withdr...

Competing for energy security

Today's E&E (http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/2010/03/11/7/) reports on a hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee that folks concerned about energy security would do well to get smart about. Th...
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