National Academy of Sciences: Renewable Fuel Standard Goals Unlikely To Be Met
October 17, 2011The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recently released a new report on the feasibility of meeting the Renewable Fuel Standard…
Solving the Debt Crisis Through Energy Freedom
July 29, 2011As of this writing, the debt ceiling crisis is still up in the air. Both parties are telling the voters…
Second Thoughts on Electric Vehicles
July 22, 2011One of the problems with making purchases based on “the greater good”—as opposed to the direct benefits and costs—is that…
Shale Oil May Mirror the Shale Gas Boom
June 30, 2011First, hydraulic fracturing gave the United States a boom in shale gas that lowered natural gas prices by 54 percent…
Energy Policy: Atlas Can Shrug
April 22, 2011With the movie Atlas Shrugged, Part I playing in several hundred theaters across the nation, attention has turned to a…
Hearing on The American Energy Initiative
April 18, 2011Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee on Energy and commerce The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is a…
