Imposing 70s-era restrictions to cut oil use
The rising price of gas and diesel, coupled with supply shocks owing to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has bureaucrats scrambling to find ways to ease the pain. Not to be…
Cutting off Putin’s cash
The West’s sanctions on the Putin regime are said to be the most restrictive ever imposed. That’s the marketing. The reality as Sen. Pat Toomey writes in the Wall Street…
California regulators embrace blackouts
The global transition from oil and gas power generation to renewables is progressing through fits, starts, and the occasional blackout. But in California, where government mandates are driving the transition,…
Getting over the nuclear bogeyman
Nuclear energy has long been hated, feared and, where possible, banned outright. But it is arguably among the cleanest, most reliable, renewable power sources in existence. Could it yet become…
The pain at the pump may be just getting started
The rush of Wall Street dollars into green energy investments is a trend worth watching. But even more important is another trend that, in the near and medium term, could…