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Tale of two fuel sources

Frequent readers of this blog will recall that we often bemoan the way consumers are left paying the price for a national energy policy...

Pain moves beyond the pump

We’re starting to see the other shoe drop. When oil prices first shoot up, there is a tendency – at least among those of...

Bringing Solar Power to the Sunshine State

Two years ago, this solar power group gave the sunny state of Florida a grade of “C” for its success – you might say...

Energy efficiency: The other side of the equation

Last month, when President Obama unveiled the Better Buildings Initiative to provide incentives for businesses to become more energy efficient, we were reminded how...

A tenuous situation becomes more so

Even those of us who have warned all along of the dangers of depending on foreign crude have been watching Libya with ...

Your backyard, and a world away

In most parts of the country, the latest spike in oil prices is hitting in the midst of a relentlessly cold winter, and...

What unrest in Egypt means for oil prices at home

Americans are all too familiar with the ways political instability in oil rich places like Iraq and Saudi Arabia impact the price they...

Mixed messages from President’s State of the Union address

In his January 25 State of the Union address, President Obama spoke of the need to “out-innovate” and “out-build” the rest of the world....

“No work and no revenue” and the Worst May Be Yet to Come

No work and no revenue. That’s how the owner of R & D Enterprises describes business in the wake of last year’s Deepwater Horizon...

Puzzling, Political, and Not Especially Productive

The National Oil Spill Commission’s long-awaited report on the Deepwater Horizon arrived this week, offering an odd assortment of findings and recommendations that reach...