Oil in the Time of Corona
CITY JOURNAL …… Last week, as the coronavirus pandemic intensified, Saudi Arabia demonstrated how much oil still matters and how much power it still wields.
Innovation and ‘New Energy’
NATIONAL REVIEW …….. To see the future of energy innovation, we need look no further than two iconic Silicon Valley inventions of our century: the Tesla and the iPhone.
Old Energy, New Boom
CITY JOURNAL ……. Once upon a time, tech companies were upstarts, striving to change the world order. Not anymore.
Digital Cathedrals: The Information Infrastructure Era
REAL CLEAR BOOKS ……… My plan today is to paint a picture of the technological landscape in the near future. Let me start with the past. In 1913—106 years ago—the world witnessed an architectural marvel here in New York City, at 233 Broadway: the completion of the Woolworth building, a 792-foot-tall skyscraper, then the world’s…
How To Trigger A Global Recession In One Easy Step: Ban Fracking
REAL CLEAR ENERGY ………. In a time long ago, seven years this month, President Obama and candidate Mitt Romney sparred in their second debate over the extent to which Obama deserved credit for increasing America’s oil and natural gas production. Three years later President Obama would, without fanfare, sign epic legislation reversing a 40-year-old petroleum export ban.
The Electric Car Fantasy
CITY JOURNAL …… New York Senator Chuck Schumer has promised that if Democrats win the Senate in 2020, they’ll pass a law requiring that every car in America be electric by 2040. Chinese policymakers must be celebrating, because China makes the majority of the world’s batteries and has the most new battery factories under construction. The Chinese will need…