In a recent article in U.S. News & World Report, Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar and UT Engineering Professor Michael Webber comments on the difficulties inherent in making predictions about the energy market. In the article, “Wasted Energy,” author Alan Neuhauser examines the reliability of energy forecasts and questions their utility as a basis for energy policy decision-making.
The article focuses on the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the organization responsible for producing the U.S. Annual Energy Outlook. Webber says the EIA has the “most difficult job in the world” as they are essentially doomed to be wrong given their strict instructions to remain policy neutral.
Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Joshua Busby recently co-authored a piece in The National Interest titled “No Easy Solutions to Europe’s Geopolitical Trilemma.” Busy examines the mounting strategic pressures facing the European Union as it seeks defense, economic, and energy autonomy amid growing uncertainty from Russia, China, and the United States. “Thankfully for Europe, it is wealthy enough to continue restricting...
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Dr. Joshua Busby, the former Senior Advisor for Climate at the U.S. Department of Defense and a Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center, recently spoke on The India Energy Hour Podcast, addressing questions regarding India’s energy security while phasing down inefficient coal power plants. “If the international community truly prioritizes a clean energy transition in the Global South, including but not limited to India,...