List of Energy Policy articles
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Flip the Switch
Nearly all the world's oil will soon be in the hands of unreliable autocrats. It's time we went electric.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Think Again: Oil
It protects wealthy autocrats, poisons the environment, and fuels international conflicts. Yet it won't be the false threat of scarcity or the rise of an Asian energy axis that convinces the world to finally kick the oil habit. An auto revolution courtesy of Silicon Valley and Shanghai may deliver an end to the defining addiction of our age.
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What America Must Do: Step on the Gas
The world believes that the only thing Americans care about is cheap oil. Prove them wrong.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Manage a Nuclear Iran
Obama's diplomacy is the first step. Here are steps 2 through 5.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Oil Shock
Peak oil proponent Kjell Alekett, energy expert Vaclav Smil, and energy and national security analyst Keith Smith take issue with Think Again: Oil author Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran's assertions.
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KHALED FAZAA/AFP/Getty Images Debunking the Dumping-the-Dollar Conspiracy
On Monday, the Independent reported that a number of countries are conspiring to dump the dollar as the primary oil trade currency, spelling disaster for the U.S. economy. But the United States wouldn't need to fear -- even if it were true.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Grand Theft Solar
After years of slow growth in solar use, a rash of solar panel theft on five continents suggests that the alternative power source may finally be catching on.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Think Again: The Green Economy
Going green has finally gone mainstream, and politicians from London to Seoul are spending billions on clean technologies they say will create jobs. But unless we are all willing to risk a little more pain, the green revolution could founder before it ever really starts.