Forest Service Research Helping Grasslands, Shrublands Endure Changing Climate

Forest Service researchers point to recent climatic studies in predicting that by the end of the century, 55 percent of future landscapes in the West will likely have climates that are in­compatible with the vegetation types that now occur on those landscapes.

Electric cars lose their spark

Thomas Edison built an electric car exactly 100 years ago (above) but it hit the same rock that bedevils electric cars to this day: The low power-to-weight ratio of storage batteries. An excellent example of the adage: "Those who will not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it"

Electric Car Verdict: Another Government-Subsidized Bust — MasterResource

When government tries to pick losers and winners, it picks losers. Why? Because in a free market, consumers pick winners to leave the losers for government.

The U.S. energy market is rich with examples. In the 1970s, there were synthetic fuel projects that went bust, along with the termined Synthetics Fuel Corporation. In the same period, the California Energy Commission decided (see p.24) that methanol-powered (M-85) vehicles were the transportation future in their state. But advances in reformulated gasoline and onboard vehicle technology removed the benefits of converting natural gas, wood products, and coal into this transportation fuel. The methanol quietly went away.

500,000 New US Jobs By 2025 Thanks To Affordable Shale Gas – US Gas 75% Cheaper Than In Europe

What follows is what sensible energy policy looks like.