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The WaPo has another nice editorial that's positive -- and with the right perspective -- on the Keystone XL pipeline:
CONGRESS IS BATTLING over whether to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, proposed for the heart of the coun...
Posted Monday, May 14th, 2012 at 7:28 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
U.S. sales of plug-in electric vehicles were relatively strong for second straight month in April, reaching 3,891 units according to data from HybridCars.com and bringing the total number of PEVs sold in the U.S. to 28,865 since J...
Posted Friday, May 4th, 2012 at 6:46 am | Filed in: Automotive, Electrification
In a great piece published yesterday on Forbes, Bob Lutz—General Motors’ former “Car Czar” and the creative force behind the Chevy Volt—with Frederick W. Smith—Founder and CEO of FedEx—along with former Marine Comman...
Posted Monday, April 16th, 2012 at 2:24 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
Strange editorial in today's WaPo on natural gas and global warming. The Post poses the question: "Will natural gas hinder the fight against global warming?"
The clear answer is yes, unless leakage rates from natural gas ...
Posted Monday, April 16th, 2012 at 7:09 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, National Security, Natural Gas
Bloomberg's editorial writers display their characteristic common sense today, this time on the topic of energy security and the right-sizing of federal incentives, aka subsidies.
They wrote: "Few areas of American governance...
Posted Thursday, April 5th, 2012 at 11:04 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Oil Dependence, Policy, Transportation
Does cheap natural gas represent an unalloyed good for American energy security and economic health? Or is it an easy quick fix, lulling us into a false sense of security that will prove damaging down the road? Those are the q...
Posted Monday, March 26th, 2012 at 6:47 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, Natural Gas, Policy, Renewables
This week, there was some good news for reducing our national oil dependence and improving our energy security. President Barack Obama announced his plan for the United States to advance the mainstream adoption of electric vehicle...
Posted Friday, March 9th, 2012 at 12:12 pm | Filed in: Automotive, Electrification, Energy Security, Legislation, Oil Dependence
The so-called "smart grid" has been much the topic of conversation in energy policy circles for several years now. At its core, the idea is simple: better match electricity demand and supply by providing consumers more informa...
Posted Monday, February 27th, 2012 at 7:10 am | Filed in: Automotive, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Demand, Oil Dependence
In Tom Fowler's WSJ piece this morning, we hear again the lesson that short term fixes can't bring down oil and gasoline prices, "that the global economy and geopolitics, not the U.S. industry or economy, are driving" them. Th...
Posted Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 at 7:50 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electrification, Energy Supply, Gas Prices, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Policy
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