Punch the Accelerator on Self-Driving Cars
Wall Street Journal, co-author Professor Don Howard, Notre Dame. In a few years "autonomous drive" could be as common and inexpensive for car buyers as "hybrid drive" is today.
America’s Shale Boom Is A Major Job Creator
Investors Business Daily Silicon Valley may get better press, but in this period of dismal employment growth it's the oft-maligned hydrocarbon sector that's creating more jobs faster.
The 10 Most Fascinating And Provocative If Not Alarming Technology Trends
Every year-end is a time for reflection and looking forward. And for generating lists of top tens — worst videos, greatest moments, best cars, biggest lies, etc. My favorite lists involve technology, and in particular thinking about associated social, economic, cultural and ethical implications. If you want to fire up your neurons here at year-end,…
Don’t Punish Energy Producers for Wall Street’s Misdeeds
e21: Economic Policies For The 21st Century, Spencer Abraham & Mark P. Mills Congressional passage of Dodd-Frank was intended to address the root causes of the 2008 financial collapse. Most people think that the legislation just applies to banks. But swept into Dodd-Frank are the financial tools used by major energy producers and consumers to…
Drilling for More Jobs in America’s Heartland
RealClearEnergy With America's economy stuck in a lethargic "recovery mode" and the all-Washington all-media focus on the Affordable Care Act, President Obama took to the road last month to give a speech in Ohio about jobs and manufacturing. Buried in that speech we find a brief nod to the benefits of increased American oil and…
U.S. Space Exploration, Once Championed By JFK, Faces Diminished Priority In Washington
“We choose to go to the moon” President Kennedy said on September 12, 1962 at Rice University. It was a simple, telegraphic phrase in one of the greatest speeches in Presidential history. Those seven words encompassed not just an idea or a program but an underlying philosophy. Those seven words are now locked into history for how…