Eliminating Energy Subsidies And Taxes

Governments know their economies need energy, so they subsidize and give tax breaks to fossil fuel and renewable energy companies. Continue reading →

Point Of No Return For Climate

Various measures are proposed as targets to avoid climate change, though that is a misnomer. The climate is changing. It Continue reading →

US Lessons From The Romans

No country has proven itself to be eternal. Democracies and republics are not invulnerable. They are filled with great potential, Continue reading →

Vancouver Power From Poop

There’s power in that poop. As any composter knows, waste is a resource. There’s also heat in waste water. Vancouver Continue reading →

Ocean Motion Energy

Wave and tidal power don’t receive as much attention as solar and wind, but the price for ocean energy is Continue reading →

Social Progress Index

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a handy term for measuring a country’s economy, but it is poor at measuring quality Continue reading →

Argentina Fights Federal Debt

Argentina has found itself the target of predatory lenders. The concern was that a sovereign nation would find itself at Continue reading →

Unsustainable Federal Debt

Ten years ago the US federal debt was considered something to worry about. The Great Recession hit, and the expedient Continue reading →