Greengate: Enron Yesterday, Solyndra Today
September 19, 2011Ten years ago, Enron, one of the largest energy companies in the world, imploded and filed for bankruptcy. Enron’s dissolution…
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
September 8, 2011In real estate, the old saying is “location, location, location,” and that mantra can be adapted to the needs of…
5 Reasons Why The Federal Government Should Get Out of the Finance Business: Solyndra Edition
September 8, 2011ABC News yesterday reported a few interesting facts about the Obama administration’s half billion-dollar loan to now defunct solar manufacture…
Parsing Obama’s Remarks on Fuel Standards
August 3, 2011Last week, President Obama announced yet another federal intervention into the economy: increased fuel-efficiency mandates for vehicles. Although his speech…
Power Plant Efficiencies: It’s Only Getting Better
July 29, 2011Improvements in wind and solar technologies? Read all about it in the New York Times and on the websites of…
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…
