Manhattan Institute For Policy Research, May 2013 The world has changed since the passage of the 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act, a law that set the tone for energy policy for nearly a half-century. Technology and demographics have eviscerated old ideas of limits and import dependency. Given the new abundance, the United States now…
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, October 2012 Which States Will Benefit?
Manhattan Institute Policy Paper The United States is the largest single supplier of grains, accounting for about 40 percent of global exports. We enjoy the associated trade, jobs, and revenue benefits that come from being the world’s breadbasket. Technology is now doing for the American energy and fuel sectors what it previously did for the…
Manhattan Institute POLICY WHITE PAPER, July 9, 2012 The United States, Canada, and Mexico are awash in hydrocarbon resources: oil, natural gas, and coal. The total North American hydrocarbon resource base is more than four times greater than all the resources extant in the Middle East. And the United States alone is now the fastest-growing producer…