A Free-Market Energy Blog

Category Archives: Conservationism

Update: ‘Is DOE Leading Us Astray?’ (A 1999 analysis revisited)

Malthusianism circa 1948 (running out of oil, etc.)

Federal Energy Efficiency Mandates: DOE’s End Run vs. the Public Interest (Part II)

Federal Energy Efficiency Mandates: DOE’s End Run vs. the Public Interest (Part I)

“Market Conservation vs. Government Conservationism: Understanding the Limits to Energy Efficiency and ‘New-Economy’ ESCOs” (2009 post questions intellectual foundations of efficiency mandates today)

Direct-Use Natural Gas Needs a Free Market Too (‘deep decarbonization’ easy target for elimination in new policy era)

LEED: From Market Efficiency to Political Conservationism

‘Home Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards’ Hearing: Some Reflections (Part II)

‘Home Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards’ Hearing: Some Reflections (Part I)

“Grid-Enabled” Water Heating: “Deep Decarbonization” as Crony Environmentalism (Part II)