Energy Rant
Cut through the fluff with candid, expert takes on energy policy, programs, and industry trends. Written by our CEO, Jeff Ihnen, the Energy Rant is a blog that challenges assumptions, questions status quos, and delivers sharp insights with just the right dose of irreverence.

The Smoking Gleick
Last week I described a hypothetical, unethical scam to achieve a desired outcome, which leads up to this week’s ...

Paint by Numbers EE
True or false: It’s easier to teach Pablo Picasso how to paint a house than it is to make a house painter into a ...

Peer Review This, Please
This week I provide my own analysis of raw data to nail this Jell-O to the wall, and I’m done. It’s all good. ...

Machete to Sustainability
This Geography guy really needs to get out of the classroom and the city for that matter once in a while. Modern ...

Burnin Down the House
Some things in life you have to fully commit yourself to or they will end in colossal failure, or immeasurably ...

Biscuit Discipline
Like any respectable pets, our dogs Bailey and Atlas have us trained, very well. I roll out of bed on the ...

Pregnant Snake Armpits
Although I don’t appreciate talking about it, we have a black list of companies and organizations for which we ...

Carnies, Circus Folk – Smell Like Cabbage
Last week I attended the Association of Energy Services Professionals (AESP) national conference in Orlando at the ...

Response to Zeno’s Arrow Paradox
“The Arrow. Does the arrow move when the archer shoots it at the target? If there is a reality of space, the ...

Is Theodore Nugent Vegan?
The EPA since the beginning of time, when I was born maybe, has provided city and highway mileage ratings for ...

Of Car Dealers and Bathroom Tissue
Is there anything as mysterious as the price of a car, especially a new one? I’ve heard the various prices so ...

A Frivolous Novelty
For this week’s publication, I was trying to think of an expensive, short-lived, duplicative, inconvenient, ...
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