The following guest essay is by Kevin Kane. Kevin is a market analyst, economist, Asia political affairs strategist, and Korean language linguist living in Seoul, South Korea.American Freedom from Oil: A Bipartisan PipedreamBy Kevin KaneDuring election campaigns, presidential candidates, policy ...

A plan, that in simplest terms would INCREASE our carbon pollution, reduce our energy security, and do nothing to help re-power the American economy.

That is, as long as it doesn't increase gasoline costs by $0.40/gallon. That is one of a number of findings from Public Agenda in a new report called The Energy Learning Curve™ (PDF):What should we do about the energy issues we face? Public Agenda, in ...

Feasible? Yes. Realistic? No.Do I believe the U.S. can be energy independent? Yes, I believe that with certain draconian measures, the U.S. could achieve energy independence within 10 years. But emphasis must be placed on 'draconian.' So yes, I think Barack Obama could make good on ...

The following is an essay I wrote by request for another website. Regular readers won't see anything they haven't seen before, but I figured I would go ahead and post here as well. It is a condensed version of some of the topics I have hit here several times....

Update: I was on the call, asked the first question (about the disconnect in the EIA projections for ethanol usage of less than 10% in 2030 versus the mandate of 36 billion gallons by 2022) and then I had a phone problem. I e-mailed in the rest of my questions, ...

I have been a fan of Robert Bryce’s writing for a long time. His style is witty and entertaining, and he ...

A couple of weeks ago, I said that I would be working on several posts. One of them, a book review for Robert Bryce's new book, Gusher of Lies, is finished but I won't post it until the book is officially released on March 10th. Beyond that, I ...