
…litical industry where petty rumors and shameless self-promotion are seen as tools of productivity. Many in DC think they live in a House of Cards-like world where deception, dishonesty, and backstabbing are promoted. To these people I say, “You don’t get bonus points for being stupid.”
Slighting the role of natural gas creates a skewed picture of our energy reality and helps to create public misconceptions about the value of various policy proposals. This is not to pick on DOE — they have a broad portfolio to cover — but we get enough of this chest-thumping from renewable enthusiasts, and often the media, without a government agency providing more distortion.
… and legal obstacles that so often hamper hydropower and other energy development here at home. But a myopic, renewables only, view of our global energy system does not serve a world in need of energy AND environmental improvement. So next time, IEA, let’s not forget natural gas; the Chinese certainly haven’t.