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Obama 2014 Budget Energy Proposals: Stuck in A Timewarp
The 2014 Obama budget's proposals for renewable energy and advanced technology vehicles seem largely divorced from our experience of the last several years.[read more]
Energy Price Volatility and the Energy Security Trust
All energy markets are volatile at times, sedate at others. If the Energy Security Trust is really about saving the American consumer from price swings, it will fail.[read more]
Energy Security Trust Fund an Important Policy Pilot for Supporting Innovation
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Tying next-generation transportation energy R&D to a dedicated revenue source is a welcome step towards consistently funding energy R&D overall. Federal energy research and development is severely underfunded.[read more]
How Serious Are President Obama and Congressional Republicans About an Energy Security Trust Fund?
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President Obama's Energy Security Trust would dedicate oil and gas revenues to fund energy R&D. It's a great idea. How serious is he about making it a reality?[read more]
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“"....and introduce real competition into a fuel market ...."What prevents someone from creating and selling a competitive fuel for less?Does someone need to grant permission to do so? Is not the ability to make a lot of money by creating such a fuel not adequate in itself?And are you serioulsy suggesting there are enough arable acres of ground in the US to grow all the fuel industry ...”
“It is a false argument to compare to the USA experience: their reductions are caused by the switch to gas thanks to the present abundance of shale gas.Regarding the ETS: Don't blame the hammer for being a bad screwdriver! The ETS is doing exactly what you can expect from a cap-and-trade program. It decreases carbon emission following exactly the planned trajectory, for the lowest costs possible ...”