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Fossil Fuels Improve the Planet 27 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
[Editor's Note: For the next several days, Master Resource will publish a series of posts with excerpts from Alex Epstein's book, Fossil Fuels Improve the Planet.] “Humans have the untapped potential...
AWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: August 26, 2013 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy & environmental policies. Our basic po...
The Ratepayer’s Prayer (Brother Clarkson, petitioner and parishioner) 23 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
The familiar complaint of market failure by critics of decentralized (nongovernmental) decision-making must be coupled with realistic discussion about any government “solution.” This is why market fai...
Reasons to Sell Enron Wind (October 1998 memo to Ken Lay) 22 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
“Wind is almost a pure subsidy play, which means that Enron will be at odds with the market and must continually intervene into the political processes to extend subsides and/or create new ones. This ...
Energy Strategy: Begin with Density 21 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
“In this century the bulk of humanity will live in large densely populated cities. If the citizens of of these cities are to attain a high quality of life they will require large centralised energy ge...
19th Century Frac Job: Oil Well Torpedoing (and a ‘grievous’ government monopoly) 20 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Today’s hydraulic fractionation (fracing) is considered injurious to the environment by its opponents who prefer a state-of-nature and less energy to industrialization and more energy in free market s...
Fracing, Freedom to Trade, and Global Prosperity (George Mitchell’s Ultimate Contribution) 19 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
The recent death of George P. Mitchell has revived the discussion of shale gas and brought the extraordinary life of Mitchell into the limelight. Son of poor Greek immigrants, he embodied the prototy...
Citizens versus Lobbyists: How to Win the Big Wind War (Part II) 16 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
(See part 1.) To identify optimum tactics, we need to start with a clear idea of who the opposition is–and what are their strengths and weaknesses. A careful assessment of this situation will reveal ...
Citizens vs Lobbyists: The Big Wind War (Part I) 15 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
“I used to believe that understanding the basics, being passionate, working hard, and being on the factually correct side of an issue was enough. These ingredients are necessary, but are not sufficien...
Windaction News Issue: August 14, 2013 14 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Windaction.org’s periodic newsletter keeps readers updated on the latest news in the wind energy industry! facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy’s real impacts (To receive this newsletter by ema...
