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How the Government Failed in Energy Policy in 2011
Tweet Share on Facebook December 30, 2011 CommentTom Pyle is the president of the Institute for Energy Research.
Last week I wrote about how 2011 wasn't a great year for energy consumers. Electricity prices continue to climb and gasoline prices stayed high. But 2011 was also ignominious because of government failures in energy policy.
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Drivers Paying for Obama's Keystone XL Delay With High Gas Prices
Tweet Share on Facebook December 23, 2011 Comment (8)Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's White House visit this month broached subjects ranging from geopolitics to energy security. Interestingly, the scope of concerns stemmed from a single issue: debate over a proposed pipeline to connect Canadian oil sands to U.S. refineries.
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Energy Prices Soared in 2011
Tweet Share on Facebook December 22, 2011 Comment (2)Tom Pyle is the president of the Institute for Energy Research.
The year of 2011 had few fond memories for energy consumers. Drivers paid the highest portion of their income in gasoline since 1981, and electricity bills have climbed $300 over the past 5 years. Here are some other lowlights of the past year.
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Are Rising Oil Exports Good for America?
Tweet Share on Facebook December 21, 2011 Comment (9)Gregg Laskoski is a senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com.
Earlier this month the Department of Energy reported that the United States has become a net exporter of petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, etc.) for the first time since 1949.
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The Benefits and Drawbacks of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Tweet Share on Facebook December 16, 2011 Comment (37)Patrick DeHaan is a senior analyst at gasbuddy.com.
Americans are confused, baffled, and don't know much about the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. In talking with the general public, I've become aware of the wide array of varying opinions surrounding development and implementation of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. It's not hard to see why—claims from various sources flying in every direction like airplanes over O'Hare. Coupled with the political battle that is ongoing there's clearly opportunity for Americans to digest misinformation.
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Approving the Keystone XL Pipeline a Matter of National Security
Tweet Share on Facebook December 15, 2011 Comment (8)Daniel Kish is the senior vice president for policy at the Institute for Energy Research.
American energy security is at the forefront of the national conversation, as well it should be. Whether detecting and preventing terrorist attempts to compromise our electricity grid, or maintaining the strictest standards of safety for our nuclear facilities, the American people must have the confidence that government policy is designed to protect the national interest, both economically and environmentally.
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Debunking the Myth That America Is Running Out of Energy
Tweet Share on Facebook December 8, 2011 Comment (5)Daniel Kish is the senior vice president for policy at the Institute for Energy Research.
One pervasive myth about domestic energy production is that America is running out of energy. We are told that we must use wildly expensive and unreliable sources of energy such as wind, solar, and biofuel because someday we could run out of coal, oil, or natural gas. The reality is that the United States has incredibly vast coal, oil, and natural gas resources as is documented in our recently released report.
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Nebraska Moves With Urgency on Keystone XL--Why Can't the Feds?
Tweet Share on Facebook December 7, 2011 Comment (4)Gregg Laskoski is a senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com.
Late last month Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman signed a bill that reroutes the Keystone XL pipeline away from the ecologically sensitive Sandhills region. The bill is the result of a directive to TransCanada, Keystone's builder, from the U.S. State Department that moves the pipeline away from the Ogallala aquifer. Environmentalists strongly opposed the location due to concerns over potential spills and carbon emissions from the production of crude from Canadian oil sands.
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Fracking Key to the Energy Revolution, If EPA Gets Out of the Way
Tweet Share on Facebook December 1, 2011 Comment (3)Thomas Pyle is the president of the Institute for Energy Research
Hydraulic fracturing has revolutionized energy production in America. From 1995 to 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey's estimates the amount of recoverable oil in the Bakken formation in North Dakota grew 25 fold. What has made all the difference during this period is the application of hydraulic fracturing and directional drilling to the tight underground shale formations that were previously inaccessible.
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