For my Energy and Capital article this week, I find hope in the Pickens Plan and Better Place for a transportation revolution, but a paucity of leadership in Washington
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For my Energy and Capital article this week, I draw connections between Mexico’s violent drug cartels, the declining state of the Mexican economy and the outlook for Mexican oil and gas imports to the U.S.
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For my Energy and Capital article this week, I argue that oil prices in the $40s are creating a time bomb under the world economy which will explode around 2012 and send prices skyrocketing.
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In this week’s article for Energy and Capital, I survey an amazing week of cleantech news and conferences, and declare that there has never been a better time to invest in the sector.
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In this week’s article for Energy and Capital, I discuss smart metering and other smart grid technologies, and suggest six companies that are well positioned to profit from the grid’s transformation.
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In this week’s article for Energy and Capital, I survey the damage from recent extreme weather events around the world, consider the environmental consequences past and future, and argue that insufficient science on global warming is the very reason to take action, not an excuse for inaction.
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A guest editorial I wrote on declining oil exports has been published by The Futurist magazine (March/April 2009). You can download it here.

For my Energy and Capital post this week, I discuss Obama’s stark change in policy direction on CO2 emissions, energy efficiency and energy strategy.
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In this week’s Energy and Capital, I turn over a new leaf in honor of the new administration, and focus on the exciting opportunities for investing in the next generation of renewable energy and cleantech.

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For my Energy and Capital column this week, I take a 100-year view on energy and wonder if the Obama infrastructure plan will guide us down the right path, or down the road to ruin…
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