Promoters of bans on oil and gas development through hydraulic fracturing (fracking) often depict their opponent as a “fracking company” from the “dirty energy industry.” Demonizing men and women of the oil and gas industry who produce the fuel powering life throughout the state is bad enough, however, there is another group of victims who are not even mentioned: Colorado …
Colorado Has Been Fracking For 40 Years; Why All The Fuss?
By David Biederman, reprinted from Forbes.com: In the coming months, Coloradans will have the power to vote on the future role of fracking in the state. As a result, Colorado has become a focal point for environmental groups seeking moratoriums and bans on hydraulic fracturing, a.k.a. “fracking,” an oil and gas technology they claim is new, untested, unproven, and a …
Power Hour: Alex Epstein on How Frac’ing Improves Our Environment
This week, Power Hour is releasing a bonus episode. Tune in to hear Alex Epstein’s talk on “How Frac’ing Improves Our Environment” at Pittsburgh University. Download Episode 46 with Alex Epstein Subscribe to Power Hour on iTunes
The Freedom to Frac — and Its Enemies
This Washington Times article gives a helpful summary of today’s politics of frac’ing–which, unfortunately, are scary. Here we have a technology with an unbelievably good safety record and, more fundamentally, an unbelievably good record and future prospect of increasing our well-being across the board through the production of cheap, plentiful, reliable energy. And yet all this potential can be destroyed …
Gratitude
The creators of Thanksgiving recognized that they had a lot to be thankful for–and yet they were lucky if 2/3 of their children made it past the age of 15. If they were grateful for the fruits of their way of life, how grateful should we be for ours? Every year I spend studying industrial civilization, I become more grateful …
US Oil Production is at 15-Year Highs, But Who Built That?
As President Obama has made a point of this election season, during his term US oil production has increased from what was considered a terminal decline just a few short years ago. (See my previous article on the subject.) At the second presidential debate Mr. Obama stated: “We have increased oil production to the highest levels in 16 years. Natural …
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 …
Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon – Continuing the Attack on Fracking and Facts
Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon continue their campaign to mislead the public on the issue of fracking – and they have rallied more celebrities to their cause – see this Time Entertainment article. But in these recent posts about Mark Ruffalo and Ono and Lennon, Alex Epstein reveals the ignorance and hypocrisy of this movement.
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 …
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 …