Germany

Lessons from Europe—Recipe for a High Cost Energy System

May 26, 2015 Steve Goreham 0
While President Obama promotes renewable energy and members of Congress argue about energy policy, a renewable energy disaster is unfolding in Europe. Driven by a desire to halt climate change, Europe has created a high-cost energy system where everyone loses. U.S. policy leaders should learn from the debacle occurring overseas. European energy policy today is… Read more

Climate Policies Lock Chains on Developing Nations

September 30, 2013 Steve Goreham 0
As part of his climate change initiative announced in June, President Obama declared, “Today I’m calling for an end of public financing for new coal plants overseas unless they deploy carbon capture technologies, or there’s no other viable way for the poorest countries to generate electricity.” Restrictions on financing will reduce the supply and increase… Read more

Wind Turbines Clutter the North German Countryside

August 28, 2013 Steve Goreham 0
Earlier this month, my wife and I toured the scenic German countryside of Schleswig-Holstein. We drove northwest from Hamburg, the largest city in the North German Plain, to St. Peter-Ording, a small resort town on the North Sea. We traversed fields of sheep and cattle, vegetables, corn, and grain, and passed historic towns of quaint… Read more