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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
The editorial published in the January 2 edition of the Washington Post titled “Overcharged” made several arguments against electric vehicles that deserve rebuttal, both on the grounds of accuracy and their importance to our n...
Posted Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 at 3:40 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Demand, Gas Prices
Interesting piece in today's NYT by Sabrina Tavernise (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/us/towns-fighting-to-stand-ground-against-gas-drillers.html?_r=1&src=rechp) reports on concerns of residents living near new natural gas ...
Posted Thursday, December 15th, 2011 at 12:42 pm | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electrification, Natural Gas, Policy
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
The biggest news in politics this week is the collapse of the Supercommittee’s debt negotiations. The committee, composed equally of Democrats and Republicans from both chambers, has worked for months in pursuit of a bipartis...
Posted Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 at 3:30 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation, Oil Dependence
The weekend WSJ had a great piece by Liam Denning, "Fueling a Sneak Attack on Crude-Oil Prices." Denning contrasted the new Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a 15-ton bomb designed to blow up underground bunkers containing, hypotheti...
Posted Monday, November 21st, 2011 at 6:08 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Electrification, Oil Dependence
Talk about an unanticipated benefit! Today's WaPo reports that
People who invest in hybrid cars are significantly less likely to be injured in an accident because their heavy batteries make the vehicles safer than tradition...
Posted Thursday, November 17th, 2011 at 5:09 am | Filed in: Automotive, Economic Security, Electrification, National Security, Oil
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
New expectations of rapid growth in U.S. and Canadian oil production over the next decade are starting to percolate into the larger political consciousness, offering a counter-narrative to the several decades of declining U.S. pro...
Posted Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 at 10:27 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Energy Supply
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