A picture is worth a thousand words, maybe more, maybe less, in terms of public policy initiatives. I believe that the infamous picture of Sheriff Bull Connor hosing and using police dogs to attack civil rights marchers in the mid-1960s… Continue Reading →
“Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity — not a threat.” — Steve Jobs
Are we running out of oil? Are fuel alternatives overrated? Can fossil fuels become irrelevant? The recent surge in so-called “energy” discussions is… Continue Reading →
Last week, the World Bank released a new report that further confirms what most of us have known for a long time — that rising crude oil prices are the biggest contributor to rising food prices. This may come as… Continue Reading →
How many of you remember Billie Holiday, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, early Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee? No, this is not a test for Medicare. Your answers will not be screened by the IRS nor will your thoughts be recorded… Continue Reading →
We all know that when the price of oil goes up Americans are negatively affected. High oil prices increase our gasoline expenditures, constricting household budgets, and cause the price of everything that is transported or produced using oil (which is basically… Continue Reading →
Take a look at all the “junk” you have lying around in your garage, basement, attic, closet, etc. Are you doing anything with it? Are you trying to sell it? Have you ever had a yard sale and realized that… Continue Reading →
Free traders of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but the garbage that binds you. Oslo, Norway has pointed the way to a sustained profitable garbage trade. The city converts household trash, industrial waste (even toxic and dangerous… Continue Reading →
By now, who hasn’t heard about the oil boom in the United States? Higher oil prices and new extraction techniques are largely credited for creating a rash of new oil fields, resulting in domestic production soaring to levels that haven’t… Continue Reading →
Recent announcements by Ford and GM show that the giants of American auto manufacturing are investing in various approaches to meet the federal government’s stringent new fuel economy standards. However, GM’s focus on plug-in electric vehicles may show that the… Continue Reading →
Fuel Freedom Foundation has announced the addition of Douglas Foy, president of Serrafix Corporation and former Secretary of the Massachusetts Office for Commonwealth Development under Mitt Romney to its policy team. Foy’s role as senior legal advisor will be instrumental… Continue Reading →
