Haven’t we suffered enough of this uncivil, dangerous and often illegal behavior in Madison? Isn’t at least part of the problem the fact that we are tolerating it and therefore get more and more of it? The stalking and attack on Rep. Vos is just the latest in an ongoing pattern. I encourage all of…
Paul Driessen
Our least sustainable energy option
From a land use, economic, environmental or raw materials perspective, wind is unsustainable By Paul Driessen President Obama and a chorus of environmentalists, politicians, corporate executives and bureaucrats are perennially bullish on wind power as the bellwether of our “clean energy economy of the future.” In reality, wind energy may well be the least sustainable…
Science and Environmental Policy Project
The Week That Was October 8, 2011
Quote of the Week “Oil and gas will be important for the next few years. But we need to go on to green and alternative energy. [Energy] Secretary [Steven] Chu has assured me that within five years, we can have a battery developed that will make a car with the equivalent of 130 miles per…
Thomas Tanton
DOE Promotes Small Nuclear Reactors
By Thomas Tanton Department of Energy officials are promoting small modular reactors (SMR) as a way to reinvigorate U.S. nuclear technology. The federal government is likely to be the first domestic buyer of such technology, reducing the typical financing risk associated with anything nuclear. DOE and other agencies can then use the new reactors to…
Bonner R. Cohen, Heartland Institute
Activists Move to Prevent Canada from Supplying U.S. with Oil
By Bonner R. Cohen Canada is eager to provide the United States with valuable oil from a friendly nation, but environmental activists are urging the Obama administration to block construction of an oil pipeline that would deliver the oil from western Canada to refineries in Texas. Obama Administration Undecided At issue is a long-delayed, $7…
Gary Wickert
Why Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme
Texas Gov. Rick Perry called Social Security a “Ponzi scheme” in his 2010 book, “Fed Up.” In September, he doubled down on these controversial comments, repeating the claim at a Republican debate and adding for good measure that the program is a “monstrous lie.” He has been crucified for his remarks ever since. The stifling…