Topic: Energy

Politicians Talk; Entrepreneurs and Scientists Do

“The worse the inability to get universal political agreement becomes, the better and more cost-efficient become the small-scale, positive-externality, science-based attempts at just doing the work.” ~Joakim Book

A Short Guide to ESG: Advocates

“I have categorized organizations by their function and highlighted a few organizations worth knowing in each category, from high-level, broad advocacy to nitty-gritty implementation.” ~Paul Mueller

Transition This, Transition That

“As a civilization, we don’t replace prior energy sources; we add to them with better ones. Clarification: Better means cheaper or denser energy sources that therefore packs more punch.” ~Joakim Book

The Embargo at 50: Regulatory Causality vs. Anti-Oil Narrative

“What was obvious then should be more obvious today: Energy crises are governmental. Market challenges and solutions are entirely different from full-blown emergencies.” ~Robert L. Bradley

The New (Old) Threat of “Runaway Bureaucracy”

“The notion of ‘independent’ agencies was a holdover conceit of the Progressive era—the FTC was founded in 1914—based on the idea that citizens were faced with large, concentrated forces they had no hope of dealing with, but which could be managed with the seraphic wisdom of benevolent experts.” ~ Michael Munger

Sailing the Blue Sea? We’d Rather Propel Through…

“Like many other witty machinations, environmentalist intentions to ‘overhaul’ transportation in international trade will not succeed, because it does not reduce costs or increase speed. ” ~ Luis Carlos Araujo Quintero

The Spurious Efficiency of Dishwashers 

“To economists, labor is a resource that is to be used efficiently, just like any other resource.” ~ James Hanley

The Gas-Powered Banning Bandwagon: Why Politicians Should Leave Leaf Blowers Alone

“Given that there is already a severe shortage of labor in the landscape sector, the concern won’t be over what equipment is being used, but rather who will even opt to use it.” ~ Kimberlee Josephson

An All-Electric-Vehicle Industry? Really?

“Our future with electric vehicles will have some unexpected bumps in the road, too. We see some already — problems getting critical materials, attracting consumers, building a national charging network. But at least we know the federal government will be with us.” ~ Jane Shaw Stroup

Green vs. Green: The Political, Legal, and Administrative Pitfalls Facing Green Energy Production

Through the Eyes of Greed

“Politicians don’t care whether oil companies are greedy, or altruistic, or neither. Politicians care about using oil companies as a smokescreen to hide from the voters’ wrath.” ~ Antony Davies

The “New Study Finds” Approach to Overregulation

“The distinction between correlation and causation is not important to those who want to expand governmental power. An aggressive bureaucracy needs only an affectation of justification for a regulation or ban already in the works.” ~ Jon Sanders