Reflections … and the Year Ahead

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 4, 2021 3 Comments

“Soon enough, citizens and voters will wise up to the false promises and cronyism of political energy. MasterResource will be an intellectual resource to help win the day for the master resource and the human ingenuity behind it.”

There is life outside of energy research and related public policy. I discovered some of it during the last ten days with limited responsibilities on the avocation/vocation front. But it is time to re-engage–and take time to look back and forward.

A Look Back

MasterResource, “a free market energy blog,” just turned twelve years old. In our inaugural post (December 26, 2008), I wrote:

We are just getting started here, but some of us veterans of the energy debate from a private property, free-market perspective have teamed together to offer our thoughts on late breaking energy items.

Happy Holidays from MasterResource

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 24, 2020 No Comments

The editors and bloggers at MasterResource wish our readers an energetic holiday season. We will resume January 4, 2021.

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‘Light Pollution,’ ‘Sky Pollution’ (International Dark-Sky Association fusses)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 23, 2020 2 Comments

Oh please. Of all the complaints about industrial society, one of the most peculiar is light pollution.

Just for a jingle of silliness before tomorrow’s (happy) Christmas Lights post, and a reminder that only a Malthusian can turn good news and happiness into bad and sorrow, check out this from the International Dark-Sky Association (IDSA). Their website states:

Less than 100 years ago, everyone could look up and see a spectacular starry night sky. Now, millions of children across the globe will never experience the Milky Way where they live. The increased and widespread use of artificial light at night is not only impairing our view of the universe, it is adversely affecting our environment, our safety, our energy consumption and our health.

Of course the IDSA does not mention that (wholly unnecessary) industrial wind turbines have a light issue of their own.…

North Face vs. Energy Reality, Business Civility

By Adam Anderson -- December 17, 2020 3 Comments

Editor Note: Adam Anderson, CEO of Innovex Downhole Solutions, wrote the letter below to Steve Rendle, CEO of North Face’s parent, VF Corporation, in response to the latter’s refusal to fulfill a shirt order for the oil and gas company. Mr. Rendle has not responded to date. The title above was chosen by the editors, not the author.

“I think this stance by [North Face to not fulfill our shirt order] is counterproductive virtue signaling…. We should be celebrating the benefits of what oil and gas do to enable the outdoors lifestyle your brands embrace. Without Oil and Gas there would be no market for nor ability to create the products your company sells.”

I am proud to be the CEO of Innovex Downhole Solutions. We are an industry leader providing tools and technologies to service oil and natural gas producers worldwide. …