Tri-Gen EE
My mother informed me during my annual July 4 visit to her house that I’m getting more gray hair. Thanks for that information, Mom. I can do things such as exercise and stretch to keep my body in a...
View ArticleButterfly Wings
A couple years ago I was attending an ACEEE conference and I was speaking with a gentleman who with his company was a program implementer. I remember him saying that program evaluators should always...
View ArticleNo Policy?
As administrations and congresses come and go, one thing remains the same: “there is no clear energy policy”, and “we need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil”. Neither one is ever addressed....
View ArticleThe Super Genius Grid
The barrier to having a decent energy policy is very similar to the barriers of solving illegal immigration. Both the left and the right have their own vested interests in not fixing the problem. I...
View ArticleBetting with Deregulation – A Risky Proposition
Energy is a commodity, and like all commodities, it is wise to hedge risk; not go the other way and place bets. Unless you are a certain presidential candidate with privileged information on cattle...
View ArticleTrump on Energy Policy – Yawn
The Donald has been in office long enough for an assessment of performance, if I may use that term, on energy policy. States Matter Most, but not all, of us are employed under a patchwork of state...
View ArticleRenewables Killed the Nuclear Star, And Other Price Oddities
In April of this year, I commented on the Center of the American Experiment’s report, Energy Policy in Minnesota: The High Cost of Failure. That post is here. As a wee lad, I liked Curious George, so...
View ArticleEnergy Policy – Stay in Your Lane, Bro
Ohio lawmakers are again at the beck and call of deregulated power producing titans as they pass a nuclear and coal plant bailout at the expense of energy efficiency. They also dumped mandates for...
View ArticleRegulation v Deregulation in True Color
Recent projects have led me to examine how deregulated electricity markets work. Since I am naturally curious, I wanted to investigate differences between electricity price performance of deregulated...
View ArticleButterfly Wings
A couple years ago I was attending an ACEEE conference and I was speaking with a gentleman who with his company was a program implementer. I remember him saying that program evaluators should always...
View ArticleNo Policy?
As administrations and congresses come and go, one thing remains the same: “there is no clear energy policy”, and “we need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil”. Neither one is ever addressed....
View ArticleThe Super Genius Grid
The barrier to having a decent energy policy is very similar to the barriers of solving illegal immigration. Both the left and the right have their own vested interests in not fixing the problem. I...
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Betting with Deregulation – A Risky Proposition
Energy is a commodity, and like all commodities, it is wise to hedge risk; not go the other way and place bets. Unless you are a certain presidential candidate with privileged information on cattle...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trump on Energy Policy – Yawn
The Donald has been in office long enough for an assessment of performance, if I may use that term, on energy policy. States Matter Most, but not all, of us are employed under a patchwork of state...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Renewables Killed the Nuclear Star, And Other Price Oddities
In April of this year, I commented on the Center of the American Experiment’s report, Energy Policy in Minnesota: The High Cost of Failure. That post is here. As a wee lad, I liked Curious George, so...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Energy Policy – Stay in Your Lane, Bro
Ohio lawmakers are again at the beck and call of deregulated power producing titans as they pass a nuclear and coal plant bailout at the expense of energy efficiency. They also dumped mandates for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Regulation v Deregulation in True Color
Recent projects have led me to examine how deregulated electricity markets work. Since I am naturally curious, I wanted to investigate differences between electricity price performance of deregulated...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Does Green Investing Work? Expert Says No
I’m just a mechanical systems[1] engineer but assume for a moment that I was a structural or civil engineer, and you asked me what it would take to build a bridge from Los Angeles to Honolulu. We can...
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100 Years and 50,000 Feet Over Ukraine
I’m breaking my word from last week’s natural gas shakedown in which I noted I would write about customer intolerance for high energy prices this week. Since then, a kerfuffle has broken out in the...
View ArticleOil Slick Musings
It’s been about a month since I prognosticated and reflected on the BP disaster in the golf. Let’s see how things have unfolded. My predictions: Political food fight Underestimated disaster Lack of...
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