David Kreutzer is a senior economist at the Institute for Energy Research.
View all authorsThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released its report on the impact of a carbon tax. (Disclaimer: I provided comments to the CBO on a… Read More
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released yet another green jobs report that has green advocates gushing in ways they couldn’t if they actually read… Read More
As the U.S. commemorates the 40th anniversary of passage of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline Authorization Act of 1973, it is worth remembering the challenges the project… Read More
Today the State Department released yet another positive environmental review for the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline project. The State Department approved the… Read More
A cloud of photochemical smog from China drifted into Japan this week. The story highlights the fact that air pollution in China is getting worse—despite… Read More
The “think globally” people become very parochial when the global warming story isn’t as scary sounding as the local one. Climate change activists took the… Read More
Today’s passing of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan is a sad milestone, but a good time to remember his impact on economics. Buchanan’s basic… Read More
An old cartoon showed a customer sampling from a jar whose label is emblazoned with the words “New and Improved.” The customer asks what has… Read More
The wind production tax credit (PTC) has created an industry that produces overpriced, intermittent power, and it will continue to produce overpriced, intermittent power so… Read More
It appears there will be an international dining section for hogs at the carbon-tax trough. Any new tax that promises hundreds of billions of dollars… Read More
Once the electorate was made to realize that cap-and-trade bills (Lieberman-Warner, Waxman-Markey, etc.) were actually taxes on fossil energy, cap and trade became political poison…. Read More
Disappointed with the lack of global warming discussion in the current presidential campaign, tabloid climatologists have latched onto Hurricane Sandy as their vehicle for relevance…. Read More
The Administration’s green jobs initiatives appear to be the Detroit Tigers of the policy world—they are 0-for-4 in the major reports on their success. In… Read More
Politicians too often confuse “free money” with “free markets”—that is, they consider themselves pro-business when they work deals that make some businesses happy, even though… Read More
A tweet from the Department of Energy (DOE) gives a link to a DOE webpage highlighting a graph from, and giving a link to, a… Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency’s world is chock full of external costs and external benefits that it must rectify with taxes, subsidies, and regulations. For instance,… Read More
The production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy is set to expire at the end of this year, but its supporters are arguing for an… Read More
Back in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released a study showing our economy had 3.1 million green jobs. Recently, it issued another green… Read More
How would you like to buy a nice compact car with a two-gallon gas tank? It costs only $36,000, and it takes seven hours to… Read More
Suppose you could produce $50 of electricity but it cost you $100 to do so. Would that make any sense? It would if you work… Read More
Though the military has an impressive record for developing technologies to meet its frequently unique requirements, adopting biofuels is unlikely to help meet any mission… Read More
From canceling oil leases in his second week in office to denying the XL Pipeline this year President Obama and his administration have offered up… Read More
Do bank robbers stimulate economic growth? If you employ the logic used by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to assess the impact of the… Read More
As is frequently the case, petroleum futures markets are anxious about political instability in the Middle East. Of particular concern is the possibility that efforts… Read More
Adding to a long list of energy-efficiency legislation, two Members of Congress—David B. McKinley (R–WV) and Peter Welch (D–VT)—recently proposed a federal energy-efficiency bill that… Read More
What happened to gasoline prices the last time Obama invoked a coordinated release of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Before Obama announces the SPR release, the… Read More
Senate Democrats and Republicans are negotiating a number of amendments to attach to the highway transportation bill, including a possible vote on the NATGAS Act…. Read More
When are we going to be honest about the impact of “clean energy” standards, renewable energy standards, cap and trade, and all the other policies… Read More
It appears the President studied economics with his textbook upside down. He proposes to raise taxes on oil companies in order to combat high gasoline… Read More
In sharp contrast to wind turbines, the wind lobby is spinning at 100 percent capacity—in order to keep the industry in the taxpayers’ pockets. Their… Read More
