Eat Local, Save Fuel! (True or False?)

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  November 2nd at 09:30 PM  | 

We often fall into the trap of acting on emotions, not facts. It certainly makes us feel good to feel like we’re doing something positive. But being a grownup requires discipline, common sense and thinking instead of feeling. Nowhere is this more apparent than in our approach to energy and environmental policy. One example: the “eat local” movement seems to be getting some traction among | Read More »

Mr. Obama’s Fundamental Misunderstanding of the American Economy

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  July 18th at 02:39 PM  | 

In a column on the Daily Beast, writer Michael Lind provides an interesting analysis of the flawed assumptions behind Barack Obama’s “Green Economy” prescription for the U.S. Just as Candidate Obama envisioned an Iowa planted wall-to-wall in Whole Foods arugula, President Obama dreams of an America full of solar panel technicians, wind turbine mechanics, and CFC bulb-breakage cleanup specialists.