by Jeff Ihnen | Feb 11, 2025 | Energy Rant
Last week, I described elements of Trump’s Unleashing American Energy executive order. It: Expands oil and gas exploration on federal lands Promotes mining and recovery of rare and exotic earth minerals for manufacturing leadership Targets federal spending on...
by Jeff Ihnen | Feb 4, 2025 | Energy Rant
President Trump’s top priorities include closing the border and restoring “energy dominance.” Readers know he ran on “drill baby, drill” and ending wind generation and electric vehicle subsidies, but what are some of the finer points? His...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 27, 2025 | Energy Rant
I was triggered a couple of weeks ago by this article in The Wall Street Journal: 2024 Was the Hottest Year. Here Are Climate Trends to Watch in 2025. I’m not debating that 2024 was the hottest year on record. My micro observation is that our winters in the Midwest...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 21, 2025 | Energy Rant
I bet you didn’t see or hear on your favorite news platform, whether it’s NPR, MSNBC, CNN, FNC, Axios, Facebook ????, the big three networks, or some dying newspaper platforms, that one of the largest lithium-ion electricity storage plants in the world caught fire and...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 13, 2025 | Energy Rant
Eight and a half years ago in Betting with Deregulation – A Risky Proposition, I wrote the following in this blog, “Companies who want deregulation of anything must be prepared for eventual pain – just ask the major airlines and a bunch of telecom companies, many of...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 7, 2025 | Energy Rant
These are quite the times in which we live, energy and otherwise. It makes predictions tricky, especially when business titans Vivek Ramaswami and Elon Musk hone their meat axes for the federal government. The administrative branch doesn’t pass budgets and write tax...
