Solar Power Generation: Boon or Boondoggle
Polls consistently show that Americans think well of obtaining electrical power from the sun. It’s free, and there’s so much of it. All...
Energy
Obama’s Boring Plan: Throw a Wrench in Offshore Drilling
President Obama is opening limited areas on the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, Florida,...
U.S. Wasted NASA and Opportunity for Energy Independence
I was there. I ought to know. I served as editor-in-chief of NASA’s newspaper...
Klamath Uses Geo-Thermal Energy — With Tax Money
Klamath Falls, Oregon, uses geothermal power to meet many of the needs of the...
Nanotech Energy Source Discovered
Could you imagine a laptop battery that lasted for 500 hours? How about an...
Obama Pledges Nuclear Power Loan Guarantees
President Obama has promised up to $8.33 billion in loan guarantees for construction of...
“Smart Grids” & Monitoring Your Power Use
As Americans continue to wonder what happened to the $787 billion in stimulus money...
Energy Dept. Funds Speculative Science
Have you been watching the nation’s economy continue to unravel and wondering where all...
Let’s Welcome Another Fan of Nuclear Power!
A few weeks ago, Energy Secretary Steven Chu surprised a National Public Radio interviewer...
Oil Industry Gushes With New Finds
If oil industry discoveries continue at this year’s current pace, 2009 will see the...
Danish Wind Power Overblown
Two Danish experts in the field of wind energy will be in Washington for...
Solar Panel Companies Face Financial Troubles
With the ink barely dry on the resignation letter of self-proclaimed one-time communist Van...
Taxing Energy in the Name of Climate Change
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on June 25: “The climate-change legislation likely to win...
Estimate of Natural-gas Reserves Jumps 35 Percent
The Potential Gas Committee, a group of academics and industry specialists supported by the...
U.S. Nuclear Site List Leaked
Steven Aftergood, a security expert with the Federation of American Scientists, reported on June...
Wind vs. Nuclear Power: Which Is Safer?
Nuclear power is portrayed by the major media and by environmental activists as dangerous...
The Problem With Electric Cars
William Morrison of Des Moines is credited with building the first electric car in...
Making Renewable Energy Practical
Can we reliably, efficiently, and economically store energy to make solar and wind power...
House Passes Non-drilling Bill
ITEM: On September 16, the House passed the Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer...
Algae May Be an Energy Answer
A modern society such as that in the United States requires personal transportation —...