What do Houston, Biofuels and Energy Security have in common?
Does it irritate you like it does me whenever newscasters and broadcasters tout “wind and solar” as renewable energy sources that will solve America’s energy security challenges? In one of my previous...
View Article“Sputnik Moment” or “Smoke and Mirrors”
I have been pondering the strategic implications of President Obama’s state of the Union when he said, “So tonight, I challenge you to join me in setting a new goal: By 2035, 80 percent of America’s...
View ArticleHouston: Largest Solar Rooftop Project in Texas Public Schools
Solar electricity generation has a lot of proponents on the “green side” and a lot of skeptics on the “economics side,” at least today. But today isn’t tomorrow. The cost of solar power has continued...
View ArticleHouston’s Environmental Sustainability Initiatives
Sustainable companies pursue a triple bottom line of economic, social and environmental performance. What about sustainable communities? According to sustainable communities online, “The...
View ArticleWashington DC versus Greater Houston Partnership
In Washington DC, federal energy policy only moves up the agenda as crude prices rise driving higher gasoline prices. Earlier this year, we saw the consumer reaction to $4 per gallon gasoline and the...
View ArticleWe Need an Energy Day!
This country’s debt crisis and high unemployment have taken over the sound bites from Congress, the Administration, media, and political hopefuls. Of course, with the US national debt approaching $15...
View ArticleShale technology seals Houston as Energy Capital coming decade
Energy is going to be as big a deal in this century as it was in the last. As such, being the Energy Capital means a lot for the country and city in which it resides. America was the economic...
View ArticleShale technology seals Houston as Energy Capital coming decade
Energy is going to be as big a deal in this century as it was in the last. As such, being the Energy Capital means a lot for the country and city in which it resides. America was the economic...
View ArticleThe Hard Question
If you are anything like me, you are totally disenchanted with TV broadcasters and programs that purport to discuss America’s energy challenges in a fair and balanced way. Everybody always seems to be...
View ArticleHouston’s first Energy Week
Did you know that October has been proclaimed National Energy Action Month by the President? Did you also know that Houston had its first Energy Day last year, and it’s coming again on October 20?...
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