Advice to Pres. Obama (#5): One Engineer's Advice for Energy Policy

For much too long, US energy legislation (I hesitate to call it policy, because it lacks the coherence to justify the label) has been aimed at short-term patches on problems which have only gotten worse. CAFE regulations have barely held fuel economy steady, while low fuel prices caused consumption to skyrocket. "Free trade" allowed cheap oil imports to kill movement toward efficiency and substitutes. The auto industry lobbied against fuel taxes to ... Full Story »