Blog Entries by Richard Stuebi
Thoughts on the American Dream
This week at the Democratic National Convention, a labor-based group called Change to Win has been loudly trumpeting the need to "restore the American Dream".
The catch-phrase "American Dream" was apparently coined in 1931 by James Truslow Adams, who wrote that "life should be better and richer...
When In a Hole, Stop Drilling
4 Comments | Posted August 18, 2008 | 08:17 PM (EST)
I never cease to be amazed by the frequency and vehemence of opinions expressed on energy and environmental matters by people who are spectacularly underinformed. So in this exposition about oil, let's first begin with a Top Ten List of clear-cut facts.
1. World oil production (which is essentially equal...
Death of a Dream, Giving Birth to Another
Posted August 4, 2008 | 08:26 AM (EST)
Recently, the Wall Street Journal ran a story that raised the heretical question: is the American dream of suburbanism being killed by high gas prices? Increasingly, the answer seems, yes.
Eastern philosophies teach us that our strengths are also our weaknesses. In the case of the U.S., our...
An Apollo Program for Alternative Energy Is Not the Answer
Posted July 21, 2008 | 09:16 AM (EST)
by Richard T. Stuebi
Last week, Al Gore (see video) challenged the U.S. to achieve a zero-carbon electricity supply within 10 years. Gore's talk generated a lot of press coverage, mostly positive. Going somewhat against the grain, my CleanTechBlog.com colleague Neal Dikeman wrote a very...
Green Jobs or Industrial Calamity? Dueling Economic Models in Carbon Politics
Posted July 7, 2008 | 02:00 PM (EST)
In early June, the U.S. Senate considered the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, which proposed the establishment of a cap-and-trade system for CO2 emissions, analogous to the cap-and-trade program in place in the U.S. for acid rain pollutants since the mid-1990's.
Predictably, the bill was defeated, before...
POKANE, Wash. - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attended five colleges in...
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Barack Obama made his first direct criticism of Republican vice...
A visibly upset Keith Olbermann apologized to viewers Thursday...
I thought McCain was the next Bush. I said so, like countless others, on this...
For all the hullabaloo about whether John McCain would...
7PM So it's the last night of this thing. I wonder if...
A John McCain campaign aide tells Jay Carney that she sees no reason why Sarah Palin should have to...
Barack Obama made his long-anticipated debut on Fox News'...
As Cindy McCain came under criticism for wearing an outfit that some estimate was...
NEW YORK — Inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore will release...
Sages going back to Socrates have offered advice on how to be happy, but only now are scientists beginning...
WASHINGTON — The government is expected to take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as...
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — Hurricane Ike slammed into the Turks and Caicos on Saturday as...
Posted August 27, 2008 | 09:29 AM (EST)