Author Archives: Steve Maley

The city of Boulder, CO is superlative in many ways: It is one of the most educated, most affluent, most liberal and most environmentally conscious cities around. According to an article in a recent Wall Street Journal, though, Boulder is … Continue reading →

“Bill Nye, the Science Guy” made some outrageously offensive and ill-informed statements Wednesday night on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show, going so far as to apply the word “unpatriotic” to those who don’t share his faith in the Church of Climate … Continue reading →

If you invent a new currency, don’t be surprised when the scammers and counterfeiters show up. Especially when your currency is itself a scam. Hackers Steal Millions in Carbon Credits The hackers launched a targeted phishing attack against employees of … Continue reading →

On February 1, Janet Napolitano’s Department of Homeland Security released a 108-page report to Congress, the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Report. Subtitled “A Strategic Framework for a Secure Homeland”, a quick glance at the report left me questioning whether the … Continue reading →

The President’s proposed 2011 Budget has tax-raising bulls-eye squarely on every demagogue’s favorite target, “BIG OIL”. Nobody likes Big Oil, right? They’re the Shells, the Exxons and the BPs who keep jacking up gasoline prices, right? WRONG. Regardless of what … Continue reading →

Wednesday’s State of the Union address was as much about the subjects the President avoided as about the issues or policies he proposed. The word “wind” occurs not once in the speech. References to solar energy have to do with … Continue reading →

Australian blogger Jo Nova provides a quick recap to help the casual reader keep track of the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scandals. The Four ‘Gates’ of the IPCC Let’s see. There’s Climate Gate, showing that the peer … Continue reading →

We have to import oil in boats because 1) many Americans are averse to exploring for it at home, and 2) our appetite for oil is unabated. If we explored more in the U.S., we could move the oil in … Continue reading →

This week, several news stories converged on an odd topic: hydraulic fracturing. Fracking Schematic. Note: Vertical scale grossly underrepresents the depth of the producing formation. Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, has been used since the 1950s to stimulate oil and gas … Continue reading →

Here’s the Executive Summary of Vladimir’s conclusions, based in large part on a highly developed olfactory system, especially sensitive to the aroma of bovine feces: The U.S. economy uses enormous quantities of energy. Even small changes in the fuel mix … Continue reading →