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John Holdren in Retrospect (Part VIII on Obama’s New Science Advisor)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- February 2, 2009

Two quotations circa 1971 are germane to a final stocktaking of failed alarmist John Holdren. Both come from the introduction to Holdren and Paul Ehrlich, eds., Global Ecology (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971):…

W. S. Jevons (1865) on Energy Efficiency (Memo to Obama, Part IV)

By Robert Bradley Jr. --

The insights of William Stanley Jevons, though set down long ago, make a profound contribution to the current debate over energy efficiency and energy-conservation policy, and not just to the debate over the role of renewable energy in modern society. …

Grist Wants CAP-and-trade, Not a “Poison Pill” Carbon Tax

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 31, 2009

A contributor to Grist, which advertises itself as “a blogful of leafy green goodness,”  is saying NO to a carbon tax and YES to a take-no-prisoners cap-and-trade program.  A comment on the post succintly lays out the blueprint of a stringent cap-and-trade program:…

W. S. Jevons (1865) on Coal (Memo to Obama, Part III)

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W. S. Jevons (1865) on Waterpower, Biomass, and Geothermal (Memo to Obama, Part II)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 30, 2009

W. S. Jevons (1865) on Windpower (Memo to Obama, Part I)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 28, 2009

At World Economic Forum: “New Model” Sought

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 26, 2009

Why Do the Alarmists Feel Bad About Debates–and Debating?

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 25, 2009

Global Warming Realism over Alarmism: Is the Public Leading?

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 23, 2009

John Holdren and “The Argument from Authority” (Part VII in a Series on Obama’s New Science Advisor)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 22, 2009