No Limits: Energy and Technology

Peter W. Huber & Mark P. Mills The materials and quantum phenomena that brought us digital information are now ushering in a new age of digital power. They extract, process, and use energy in altogether new ways. They pack far more power, into far less space. They control high-power streams of electrons and photons at…

Deregulation Will Survive Enron

Mark Mills and Peter Huber Wall Street Journal Messrs. Mills and Huber are co-authors of the Digital Power Report. Mr. Huber is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Enron got one thing right. New technology is dramatically changing the energy business, especially electricity. Unfortunately for its investors, the new technology isn't the one Enron…

How Cities Green the Planet

Peter W. Huber & Mark P. Mills City Journal Think of the skyscraper as America's great green gift to the planet. It packs more people onto less land, which leaves more wilderness undisturbed in other places, where the people aren't. The city gets Wall Street, Saks, the Met, and the Times Square crowds, which leaves…

Got a Computer? More Power to You

Peter Huber and Mark Mills WSJ.com It takes electrons to move bits. The digital economy, which most everyone loves, is completely dependent on the big central power plant, which most everyone hates. This is, or ought to be, an inconvenient fact for many politicians. Especially for those who would take credit for our digital prosperity,…

Forget Oil: It’s The Century of the Electron

Mark Mills Wall Street Journal With oil prices nearing $30 a barrel, is the "new economy" in trouble thanks to old-economy troubles? Will oil prices fuel inflation, undermine consumer and business confidence and put a drain on capital? Will oil markets drag down the fortunes of high-tech companies?