by Jeff Ihnen | Sep 30, 2025 | Energy Rant
I learned some interesting new things as I prepared and updated content for my presentation to the Wisconsin Public Utilities Institute’s Energy Utility Basics in a couple of weeks. Online registration is still open, so get in while you can. First, EVs are...
by Jeff Ihnen | Aug 11, 2025 | Energy Rant
Last week, The Wall Street Journal quietly mentioned that the transition to electric vehicles died months ago. “After the highly anticipated EV boom in the U.S. fizzled out, President Trump and Congress set out to eliminate state and federal regulations they...
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 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...
by Jeff Ihnen | Dec 2, 2024 | Energy Rant
This week, we capitalize on last week’s basics of tire rolling resistance, how it translates to passenger vehicle fuel economy, and non-Newtonian and non-linear nuances. Tires by the Numbers Figure 1 shows the nameplate for one of my tires. Left to right: M+S...
