Category: ‘ Energy Efficiency ’

 

Sorry, not very stimulating

We often blog in this space about the collision between environmental laws passed in the 1970s and the energy security requirements of the 21st century.  And advocates often point to energy efficiency as the "silver bullet" in bo...

What we absolutely, positively, need

So the WSJ runs a nice piece on EVs, complete with plaudits and pics of FedEx trucks.  Could we blog about anything else today? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405191875066292.html In a nice play on ...

Friday Political Roundup–A Big Week to Kick off Summer Driving Season

It has been a busy week on the energy front. Events in the Gulf continue to unfold, with BP moving through its ‘top kill’ procedure as President Obama took to the podium to, as the Washington Post put it, “quell doubts ab...

The “Patchwork Strategy” of Climate Security

This morning, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) held a panel entitled “Resurrecting the Patchwork Strategy:  Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach to Energy and Climate Policy?”  However slowly climate polic...

Getting Deployment of New Technology Right

Last week Phillips Corp. submitted an entry to the Department of Energy’s L Prize contest to develop a light bulb that emits the luminescence of a 60 watt incandescent light bulb while consuming only 10 watts of electricity.  T...

The Hidden Role of Oil in the U.S.-China Rubber Trade Spat

On Friday President Obama announced a new 35% tariff on Chinese tires. The International Trade Commission report that provided the legal basis for the tariff used a stipulation in the 1974 Trade Act permitting tariffs when rapidly...