By now it should go without saying that President Trump’s actions should be viewed in business terms first. Tuesday’s executive orders to get the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines finished were not really about energy or environmental issues. It’s all about delivering on a promise to kick-start jobs in the heartland in the cheapest and fastest possible…
New York is apparently going to tilt full on at windmills. What else are we to think now that Governor Cuomo finally got his long hoped-for wish with last week’s announced shutdown of Indian Point? That nuke’s output equals nearly one-third of New York City’s demand. What will fill the gap so that buildings and…
The beginning, or end, of every year is marked by an eruption of Top 10 lists. Permit me to start with my top pick, the annual Notre Dame Reilly Center Top 10 List of Ethical Dilemmas and Policy Issues in Science and Technology.
What are we to make of the Obama Administration’s unprecedented move to permanently ban offshore oil and gas drilling in the Arctic and the Atlantic coast? …the move was doubtless greeted with quiet delight in Riyadh and Bejing, and most of all in Moscow.
So far it has cost Saudi Arabia something like $200 billion to undertake one of the most expensive experiments of all time. … What we’re witnessing is a two-part test.
It’s time for a break from the sturm und drang of the political season. Herein an exploration of a macro trend that bodes well for America – and for investors. Of course governments are capable of either facilitating or stifling tech revolutions. But progress is (nearly) inevitable when tech cycles are foundational.