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    What Chu Should Do on Nuclear

    So it looks like President-elect Obama is going to name his energy and environment team next week. Among the purported choices is Nobel-winning physicist Steven Chu to lead the Department of Energy. One of the questions on our minds is how will he handle nuclear energy policy. It is impossible … More

    Scientists Make Anti-Global Warming Case

    Al Gore is a politician who somehow managed to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Ivar Giaever is a Nobel Laureate in Physics. When it comes to global warming one has said, “If we allow this to happen, it would be deeply and unforgivably immoral. It would condemn coming generations to a … More

    The Auto Bailout: So Wrong in So Many Ways

    There’s been a lot of good discussion on the auto bailout over the past day or so. And by good discussion, I mean pointing out how utterly ridiculous an auto bailout is. Our own James Gattuso lays out Congress’s plan in his latest paper: “Eligibility for the program is limited … More

    When Government Gets in the Way…

    When nuclear experts discuss nuclear energy, they generally talk about three different parts: the front end of the fuel cycle, business and operations, and the back end of the fuel cycle. The front end includes all of the activities necessary to produce nuclear fuel. This means mining, enrichment, fuel fabrication, … More

    Global Warming Treaty Idea Never Heats up in Poland

    The old saying no news is good news certainly holds true in this case. With talks of an auto bailout and a certain Illinois governor entertaining bids for President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat usurping the headlines, there has been little talk of the global climate change conference in Poznan, Poland. … More

    The Auto Bailout: A Lesson from the Russians?

    Not only can we learn from the Russians, the Russians can learn from themselves. This comes from Marginal Revolution: One headline reads: Detroit Bailout is to Bring on U.S. Oversight The other reads: In Hard Times, Russia Moves to Reclaim Private Industries The Russian automobile sector, however, appears to be … More

    ‘Global’ Global Warming Treaty is a Bad Idea

    As countries from all over the world reconvene in frigid Posnan, Poland for the second week of United Nations climate change discussions, the potential for a global pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions appears to be fading, much like global warming hysteria itself. Reuters reports, A year ago, 190 nations … More

    The Big Three’s Plans for Change

    A few weeks ago, CEOs from Detroit’s Big Three flew to Washington in their private planes asking for $25 billion. They were ridiculed for flying private jets and Congress sent them home, demanding they needed a comprehensive plan to even consider loaning this kind of money to the automakers. They … More

    Saving Detroit

    June 4, 2008, must seem like light years ago for Detroit. On that Wednesday night, the Detroit Red Wings hoisted Lord Stanley’s Cup in Hockeytown, U.S.A. Since then, it’s been nothing but the doldrums. The Detroit Lions have managed to lose every single football game in the 2008 season and … More