"He's a snake in the grass, I tell ya guys; he may look dumb but that's just a disguise; he's a mastermind in the ways of espionage." Charlie Daniels, "Uneasy Rider" power - TT's Lost in Tokyo

Towards a productive libertarian approach on climate, energy and environmental issues by TokyoTom

 

 

 

 

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Public Service Announcement: Google, GE, NRDC and The Climate Group call for real-time information technologies to cut emissions by TokyoTom

 

 

 

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Beyond zero-sum games: liberal press is starting to realize how state grants of monopolies to public utilities are the chief obstacle to energy efficiency! by TokyoTom

 

 

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Beyond zero-sum games: Instead of mandating "green power" and greater efficiency, why not mandate MORE COMPETITION in power markets? by TokyoTom

 

 

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Google electrifies power consumers by pairing its free PowerMeter software with a power monitor provider; sideteps public utility monopolies by TokyoTom

 

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Statism & clear partisan blindness: Joe Romm, Steven Milloy and ethical certainty over problems stemming from lack of competition in power markets by TokyoTom

Joe Romm of Climate Progress has a new post up that lambasts a recent WaPo op-ed by "environmental ethicist" David Henderson . Romm provides useful information on the relative efficacy of government technology forcing efforts, but comes down...
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Steve Milloy criticizes GE’s "smart-meter profiteering" via green mandates, but ignores state grants of "public utility" monopolies by TokyoTom

 

 

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Why does everyone calling for or condemning government "green power" mandates ignore the frustrations resulting from public utility monopolies and regulatory Balkanization? by TokyoTom

The incessant calls for - and criticism of - government-funded/mandated "green/clean power" pork both ignore root causes and potential common ground. As a result, both sides of the debate are largely talking past each other, one talking about...
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In which I applaud another balanced, productive post by Dr. Reisman, and draw attention to a post by Lew Rockwell on the need for more power competition by TokyoTom

[Snark Factor: Ridiculously High ] In honor of Earth Day, yesterday Dr. George Reisman , Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pepperdine University and author of Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics , put up a fun little post that mocks the full-employment...
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Empowering power consumers: Google beta tests software to give consumers real-time info by TokyoTom

"If you cannot measure it; You cannot improve it." -- Lord Kelvin Consistent with its mission to "organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful," Google , whose climate change-related efforts...
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Paul Joskow: What electric power regulatory reforms are need? A Federal Power Act of 2009 by TokyoTom

Further to my previous posts , excerpted below are the recommendations that Paul Joskow (energy expert, MIT economist and current president of the Alfred P Sloan Foundationn) recently made in a speech at the National Press Club : What is to be done? We...
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MIT economist Paul Joskow describes our current electricity regulatory framework by TokyoTom

I believe that a key problem - and thus a key opportunity - that our country faces is over-regulation and misregulation of the electric power sector. Regulatory reform in this area is a middle ground, both for enviros and those whose principle concerns...
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Paul Joskow on needed changes to power regulation, particularly if climate legislation is passed by TokyoTom

A hodge-podge of state and federal regulations is keeping costs high and interfering with the development of competitive power markets. Paul L. Joskow , current President of the Alfred P Sloan Foundation and former Head of the MIT Department of Economics...
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MIT's "Technology Review" on the regulatory obstacles to a "smart grid" needed for open, competitive electricity markets by TokyoTom

David Talbot , chief correspondent for the MIT Technology Review , has an excellent, long piece in the January/February online issue that explores some the of intra- and inter-state regulatory hurdles that frustrate both the expansion of renewable power...
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