Articles by Kenneth P. Green
- Depending on Energy, Not Energy Independent Monday, December 17, 2012
- When considering energy independence, one has to strive for clear thinking and consider all of the potential tradeoffs and potential unintended consequences ...
- The Impossibility of Rapid Energy Transitions Thursday, December 6, 2012
- Understanding energy system inertia and momentum is key to judging whether a rapid transition toward any type of energy is feasible.
- Why Growth Is the Environment’s Best Friend Wednesday, November 7, 2012
- The single best thing we could do to minimize energy’s impact on the environment is to not only maximize our own economic growth but also to help developing ...
- Energy Is Everywhere Wednesday, October 24, 2012
- Nearly half of what people pay for energy comes ‘embodied’ in the various goods and services that they use, and about half of that comes down to two things: ...
- Homo Sapiens or Homo Igniferens? Wednesday, September 19, 2012
- We are not simply beings that use energy; we are beings that exist only because we harnessed energy, and our use of energy has shaped our bodies and culture ...
- Subsidy-Powered Vehicles Monday, August 13, 2012
- Even with modern technology, electric cars are not capable of satisfying consumer desires. Policymakers should end their wasteful counter-market pursuit of ...
- Dissecting the Carbon Tax Friday, July 13, 2012
- Even in flush economic times, carbon taxes would be bad policy. When economies are already laboring under too much spending and are at diminishing-return ...
- Energy Abundance vs. the Poverty of Energy Literacy Tuesday, June 12, 2012
- Energy is all around us and we consume copious quantities of it. We only question it when it’s expensive or not there. Therein lies a challenge for politics ...
- Why Are Gasoline Prices High (And What Can Be Done About It)? Sunday, March 11, 2012
- Policymakers often blame high gasoline prices on oil company profits, collusion, or speculators, but knowing what really goes into the cost of gasoline is key ...
- Government Is a Lousy Venture Capitalist Friday, February 24, 2012
- While government has a legitimate and valuable role in basic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics research, it is a lousy venture capitalist and ...
- Not Free to Choose: The Reality behind Clean Energy Standards Tuesday, August 23, 2011
- The new stealth approach to energy policy being pushed under the guise of a Clean Energy Standard is frankly dishonest.
- Rotten Wind in the State of Denmark Monday, July 18, 2011
- Denmark is yet another country that has made wind power a hallmark of its energy policy. But are the lofty claims about Danish wind true? No.
- With Climate Change, Life Imitates Art Monday, June 20, 2011
- Some people dispute that science fiction predicts reality. I would refer those people to the recent changes in the debate over climate change.
- On Green Energy: Italy and the Eco-Mafia Thursday, May 26, 2011
- The Mafia like ‘green jobs,’ but Italians shouldn’t.
- On Green Energy: Plainly Not Helping Spain Tuesday, May 3, 2011
- For Spaniards, renewable energy has gotten old.
- Green Energy: Don’t Envy Germany Saturday, April 23, 2011
- Germany’s promotion of renewable energies is commonly portrayed as setting a standard for the rest of the world. It is instead a cautionary tale.
- On Green Energy: Renewable Energy Fails to Green the U.K. Economy Friday, April 15, 2011
- Pursuing a new green energy economy in the United Kingdom has led to lost jobs and higher energy prices.
- On Green Energy: A Dutch (Re)Treat Sunday, April 10, 2011
- The Dutch have been enamored of wind power for hundreds of years. But even they may have finally had enough tilting at windmills.
- Obama’s Energy Blueprint: Same Silliness, Different Day Thursday, March 31, 2011
- The president offers a list of ideas that fly in the face of fundamental realities.
- A Punching Bag No More Saturday, March 26, 2011
- The traditional, thin plastic bag, though increasingly demonized and taxed, has better environmental performance and is likely to be considerably safer for ...
- Cap-and-Trade by Any Other Name … Tuesday, January 4, 2011
- Renewing the threat: those in Congress smart enough to reject cap-and-trade should be smart enough to reject it again, even if it is couched in different ...
- Moderate Republicans and the Ratchet Effect Friday, September 24, 2010
- While the Left claims to want bipartisanship and compromise, the incremental clicks of the ratchet only go in one direction: toward European-style social ...
- The National Academy of Blacklists Thursday, July 8, 2010
- The National Academy of Sciences creates virtual blacklists of scientists who dare to disagree with ‘the consensus.’
- Creating a Problem for Climate Skeptics Monday, March 22, 2010
- By conflating creationism with climate skepticism, creationists can only harm their fellow man by greasing the skids for draconian climate policies.
- The Meaning of Motley CRU Thursday, December 3, 2009
- It’s time for climate science to clean house. Whatever investigations come of Climategate, they should not stop with the United Kingdom.
- Who Should ‘Go First’ on Greenhouse Gas Control? Friday, April 17, 2009
- The argument that the developed world should be the first to cut greenhouse gas emissions is illogical when viewing climate change as the long-term challenge ...
- That First Step Is a Doozy Sunday, March 22, 2009
- The Obama administration is finding that greenhouse gas control is hard in practice, especially the very first step.
- The Worst Option on Greenhouse Gases Wednesday, February 25, 2009
- Eighty-five percent of everything Americans do with energy might soon be regulated by the EPA.
- Obama’s Green Team Friday, January 16, 2009
- We can expect a proliferation of new regulations that will reach into every area of American life and commerce.
- Stop the Green Carjacking Thursday, November 20, 2008
- Will environmentalists be permitted to transform the Detroit bailout? If so, automakers and taxpayers will suffer.