Hydraulic fracturing also known as frac’ing or fracking is the most important energy issue this election year. Want to know why? Listen to this week’s Power Hour episode, “The Dangers of Not Fracking” with CIP Researcher and oil industry professional David Biederman. Media coverage of fracking has led many to believe that it is a health menace. On this episode …
North Dakota’s Economic Stimulus
In North Dakota, a state with a 3% unemployment rate, the labor shortage is so great that businesses are now employing international students who have obtained four-month work visas. While many states with two or three times North Dakota’s unemployment rates are eagerly looking for government bail-outs and government-funded “stimulus” packages, North Dakota has embraced the ultimate stimulus–a high degree …
Power Hour: Alex Epstein on How to Think About Energy Issues (Part 2)
This week’s Power Hour is Part 2 of “How to Think About Energy Issues.” In this episode I cover questions about nuclear power, a controversial new oil extraction technique, and even the connection between energy and ObamaCare! Download Episode 19 with Alex Epstein Subscribe to Power Hour on iTunes
Power Hour: Alex Epstein on How to Think About Energy Issues (Part 1)
I am out of town for this week and next–way out of town, all the way in Turkey–so I’m going solo for two episodes, answering listener questions (submit on my Facebook page) with a focus on how to think about energy issues. This week’s episode is about 45 minutes, and focuses on thinking about the relationship between government and energy. …
Power Hour: Marlo Lewis on The War on Coal
On this week’s Power Hour, Marlo Lewis of the Competitive Enterprise Institute breaks down the war against the world’s fastest growing source of energy: coal. Download Episode 17 with Marlo Lewis Subscribe to Power Hour on iTunes
Test: Does Hydraulic Fracturing Contaminate Water Aquifers?
Below are three graphs showing the distance between aquifers and induced hydraulic fractures. Two are scientifically derived field images from thousands of hydraulic fracture stimulations. One is a fictitious piece of propaganda put out by a media opportunist. Can you tell which is which?
Power Hour: Pierre Desrochers on The Locavore’s Dilemma
On the latest edition of Power Hour, author and geographer Pierre Desrochers discusses his (amazing) new book, The Locavore’s Dilemma. Dr. Desrochers tells fascinating story after fascinating story about how global, industrial agriculture is essential to life, and how the “local,” anti-industrial food movement is a threat to it. Make sure to share this episode with your friends and Like …
Obama is Restricting the Flow of Natural Gas
The shale gas revolution has delivered Americans inexpensive energy. As the chart below shows, the Henry Hub spot price for U.S. natural gas is many multiples lower than what Europe and Japan pay for this vital energy. ycharts.com
Power Hour: Robert Bradley on Our Energy Resources
Power Hour is now weekly, and we kick off our first weekly episode with energy guru Robert L. Bradley, Jr, CEO of the Institute for Energy Research, Editor of the MasterResource energy blog, and expert on the history, economics, and philosophy of energy resources. On this episode, Bradley and I discuss the apocalyptic predictions of “running out of resources” and …
Will we have the political will to leave North Dakota free?
North Dakota’s growing prosperity continues to be on full display for the world this month. As we wrote previously, the state’s freedom to drill for oil has made it the 2nd largest producer of oil in the U.S. Recently, a North Dakota oil official publicly predicted that the state could come close to doubling current oil production to 1 million barrels per day …