• FDA Delays Emergency Vaccine Approval Until They Finish Evaluating New Bagged Salad Kit (The Onion, Nov. 20, 2020) • Energy Future will be a lot like energy past… • Schools (and Children) Need...
Energy is big business, and so is food for human energy. Students can gain insights into energy policy and politics by looking at the competing supply ecosystems of the food industry. Ranchers, pig farmers,...
An earlier post on fossil fuel and renewable energy subsidies (End Ethanol/Biofuel and Fossil Fuel Subsidies) noted not taxing CO2 emissions from fossil fuel energy has been called a multi-trillion dollar fossil fuel subsidy....
Maybe it sounds crazy for families to generate their own electricity. Why not just rely on the local electric utility monopoly for power? Well, for one thing, monopolies (single providers) tend to have higher...
Here is new Facebook page for sharing energy notes and links: Economic Thinking Energy.
Market economies coordinate thousands of people and firms who cooperate and compete in the design and fabrication of energy production products and services. Usually company research and development advances quality, reliability, and efficiency across...
The NCFCA policy debate topic turns on energy markets and energy governance: Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reform its energy policy. Just as we have local, regional, state, and federal governments,...
For students with the energy topic, hydrocarbon vs. green or renewable energy claims swirl through federal policy debates. In climate change/fossil fuel debates everyone seems entitled to their own facts and theories, as well...
Searching through the U.S. Constitution, it’s not clear where power is delegated for today’s various and complex federal energy policies. Defense of the Realm seems plausible, since the U.S. military relies on oil to...
For NCFCA debaters looking for summer deep-dive reading on the energy topic, Bill Gates in numerous posts recommends the research and books of Czech-Canadian scientist Vaclav Smil. A December, 2017 GatesNotes post, How energy makes life possible explains:...
