http://www.rff.org/research/publications/us-energy-policy-interdependent-world
Article by Phil Sharp
May 30th, 2016Free Course: Energy Within Environmental Constraints
May 24th, 2016I once taught a similar course, but I’m pretty rusty. I signed up for it.
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https://www.edx.org/course/energy-within-environmental-constraints-harvardx-engsci137x
Coal Jobs in WV
May 6th, 2016Even if coal came back, it wouldn’t employ many miners. It hasn’t for years. It’s not the 1950s. Put the miners to work building wind and solar energy projects, and manufacturing more chemicals and plastics from fracked NGLs… or if we find a way to make such things out of hay (well, biomass), they can do that. But forget coal.
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Global Energy and Shale Event
March 21st, 2016More Saudi Woes
March 9th, 2016A Few Op-Eds on the Low Price of Hydrocarbons.
January 20th, 2016Read them, comment on them, add your own analysis, or add more op-eds. There should be plenty around.
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Polling Problems
January 16th, 2016Do I like polling issues? Why yes, I do. Here’s another good read. Go to the link to the original report to see it all.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/likely-voter/423456/
Costs and Benefits of EPA Regulations Interview
January 15th, 2016From Resources for the Future. Worth a read.
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Oil Prices and the Canadian Economy
January 10th, 2016This is a good article other than, “Barring some geopolitical catastrophe, the new prices are here to stay.” Hydrocarbon prices are cyclical, as are pretty much all commodity prices. Portfolio theory applies to economies as well as individual investment strategies, i.e., leaning on oil and the loonie isn’t a good idea, as the article says. Even with promoting and growing other sectors, there will be ups and downs, but they will usually be tempered, because it’s rare that all industries go up or down at the same time.
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Low Oil Prices and Foreign Policy
December 24th, 2015“There’s no way to quantify whether cheap oil is good for us, because the bad guys lose and good guys win. It doesn’t work that way. There are winners and losers all across the board.”
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