Thiswas the first study to track the flow of energy-related dollars through an urban economy and the impact on this flow from an aggressive energy...
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Today, cellulosic ethanol can no longer be ignored. Even as the quantity of ethanol from corn increases, the age of corn ethanol is drawing to...
This speech by David Morris was originally presented at the International Forum on Globalization in Washington, D.C., in May 1996.… Read More
Inthe beginning, before there were giant utilities and high voltage transmission lines, and state and federal regulatory agencies and rolling blackouts, companies didn’t sell electricity....
(The following article appeared in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Sunday January 30, 2000.) "Perfection of means and confusion of ends seems to characterize our age." Thatinsight...
Most environmental leaders and Democratic Party officials argue that we should support the Waxman-Markey carbon cap and trade bill (American Clean Energy Security Act) no...
Wedo need new energy supplies, although aggressive efficiency improvements could reduce the amount needed by half or more. What we don’t need is the kind...
Themedia simply report on California’s shortfall of thousands of megawatts and limit the discussion to President Bush’s energy plan and Gov. Gray Davis’ plea for...
Cap-and-trade puts our carbon mitigation hopes in the hands of financial speculators. Could we do worse? Not by much.… Read More
We all agree that a 100% renewable energy system is preferable. But we don’t need a new, high-voltage transmission network now to reach that goal,...
Despite growing public support, local businesses are likely to remain on the economic margins without fundamental changes in public policy. In this lecture, delivered at...
In the beginning, there was the post office. Before the Internet, before cable, before TV, before radio, mail delivery was our major means of mass...
The seeds of the current Canadian health system were sown in rural Saskatchewan in the early 20th century when small cities with no doctorsbegan to...
People hate their telecommunications companies. The poster child for poor customer service in the public sector may be the Department of Motor Vehicle Bureau, but...