Power Hour: Environmental Education with Alex Epstein

Arm yourself with vital knowledge on this week’s special edition of Power Hour. Guest host Chad Morris interviews Alex Epstein on how to think about environmental issues. Topics include: Environmental education Recycling Peak oil and natural resources Fracking Chemicals in nutrition and everyday human life Global warming And more… Alex also gives the inside scoop on one of CIP’s most …

Energy and the Modern Hospital

The modern hospital is a great industrial achievement. Medical technologies found in hospitals have greatly extended both the quantity and quality of our lives. It is advancements in these technologies that allow medical professionals to replace worn-out joints, to maintain breathing and circulation while a patient’s organs lay exposed during surgery, or to use controlled nuclear radiation to diagnose and …

Power Hour: Mark Mills on the Future of Energy

This week’s Power Hour features Mark Mills, co-author of the influential energy book, “The Bottomless Well”. Alex and Mark discuss his latest article on “Unleashing the North American Energy Colossus: Hydrocarbons Can Fuel Growth and Prosperity”. Topics include: Potential North American growth of coal, oil, and natural gas industries The attack on hydraulic fracturing The future of energy in America …

Energy in the 2012 Elections

With the 2012 federal elections looming, the two parties are vying for voters. In Colorado this week, President Obama was promising an extension of the George H.W. Bush Administration’s tax credit to corporations who participate in the generation of power from wind stating,  At a moment when home-grown energy, renewable energy, is creating new jobs in Colorado and Iowa, my …

U.S. Energy Companies: Forced to Show Their Cards

The United States is one of the rarest countries in the world where not only do private individuals own and profit from mineral rights, but the companies that produce and extract these minerals are privately owned and publicly traded. Throughout most of the world, the minerals beneath the earth’s surface are the property of the state, and the entities that …

Power Hour: Dr. Howard Hayden on The Role of Energy

On this week’s Power Hour, Alex interviews ener-genius Dr. Howard Hayden. Dr. Hayden is the editor-in-chief at the monthly newsletter, The Energy Advocate. Topics include: The role of energy Nuclear energy policy Oil & Natural gas energy policy The EPA Much more Download Episode 25 with Dr. Howard Hayden Subscribe to Power Hour on iTunes

Power Hour: Mukul Sharma on Frac’ing 101

This week on Power Hour, Alex interviews one of the world’s leading experts on frac’ing, Dr. Mukul Sharma. Dr. Sharma has written numerous publications and conference proceedings, including pieces like “Hydraulic Fracturing: Facts and Myths”. If you’ve ever been unsure about what frac’ing really is, you have got to check out this week’s Power Hour. Here are some of the questions …