Access to abundant, affordable energy is a key factor in economic growth, whether supplying the manufacturing plants of the 20th century or the server farms of the 21st century. Unfortunately, the federal government has placed unreasonable restrictions on domestic exploration and development, and foreign sources are sometimes actually hostile to our own interests.
New discoveries and innovative technologies have made possible the extraction of enormous new energy resources within the United States. The U.S. possesses not only enormous natural energy resources but also the technology to extract those resources in a responsible manner.
IPI believes that the United States should become as energy self-sufficient as possible, drawing upon a diverse energy base comprised of all possible energy resources. We believe that free people operating within a free economy using voluntary risk capital will out-innovate government-directed central planning funded by taxpayer dollars. The key to energy innovation is abundant capital, a tax system that rewards rather than punishes success, an intellectual property system that allows innovators to own the fruits of their research, and a regulatory environment that balances the needs of our economy with the protection of the environment.
SoCalGas Helps Put More Ultra-Low Emission NGV Trucks on Road
In more recent years federal environmental authorities have worked to keep the proportion of ethanol to gasoline in U.S. supplies at 10%. Generally, the auto and boating industries alike have resisted the use of ethanol, but the Trump administration may be poised to reverse that, according to a commentary on the Institute for Policy Innovation blog by Merrill Mathews, who equates the administration's interest to providing pork barrel offsets to Iowa farmers.
Trump Pushes the Ethanol Blend Wall
Increasing the blend wall to E15 means more demand for corn, which means higher prices and more money in farmers’ pockets — or maybe it just offsets some of their tariff-related losses.
Trump Accomplished American Energy Dominance - Then Gambled It On A Trade War
If the U.S. and China don’t defuse this conflict, China’s retaliatory tariffs could hammer America’s booming energy industry, wiping out thousands of current or future oil and gas jobs.
Where Steel Tariffs Will Hit Hard: Your Gas Tank
Imposing steel tariffs will force consumers to pay more for electricity and to fill their tanks.
Reducing Global Energy Turmoil with Fracking
The recent U.S. gas and oil boom will help fill any impending gaps in the global energy supply.
'Fake News' Also Happens When the Media Ignore Important Findings
A recent study found no indication that fracking contaminates groundwater? Didn't hear about it? That's the problem.
A Modest Proposal for Reducing U.S.-China Trade Tensions
U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are meeting to resolve trade tensions. One way to do that is for China to import more U.S. oil and natural gas.
Russian Trolls Are Pitting Americans Against Energy Industry
Russian internet trolls didn’t limit their mischief to the last presidential election.
Arctic Sea Ice Has Been Declining, But Maybe Not Why Critics Think
There are multiple non-human-caused factors that affect Arctic sea ice: Here two of them.
Gasoline - Not Corn Alcohol - Belongs In Our Fuel Tanks
The RFS is the latest phase in Congress's decades-long support for the ethanol industry. The problem is that support has outlived its usefulness.
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