Finally, an energy book in layman’s language: Energy Made Easy

Energy is multifaceted, and the just published “Energy Made Easy – Helping Citizens Become Energy-Literate” by Ronald Stein and Todd Royal available on Amazon allows the reader to grasp enough knowledge quickly so they can participate in discussions with family, friends, co-workers, or while watching news reports. The main purpose of the book is to […]

New Solar Mandate Will Dramatically Raise Energy Prices in California

Renewable energy (RE) doesn’t work and it exacerbates climate change by locking in fossil fuels as a backup fuel over RE’s inherent unreliability and intermittent qualities that makes electricity prices more expensive than fossil fuels (oil, natural gas and coal) and nuclear energy. Countries like Denmark and Germany that have embraced renewable energy wholeheartedly now find segments of their population suffering energy […]

California Energy Plans Must Consider Geopolitics

The political actions of energy producing states such as Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran, and the United States (US) impact energy prices. And no state seems to affect the nation, and it could be argued the world, more than California. California and its landmark global warming law affect how energy is consumed, produced and the impact […]

Pepperdine Grad Students’ Head-On Collision With Local Govt. Officials

Why does it take 54 days, more than 30 emails, 25 phone calls, 3 faxes, and 2 trips to the city of West Covina to obtain records available to the public? The short answer is that some local government officials don’t believe they have to make the public records available to the public. A group […]

“Who Are Those Guys” and Other Offbeat Notes on the Election

Remember when the super posse relentlessly chased Butch and the Kid through towns, across plains and up mountains in the movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? The pair repeatedly asked aloud: “Who are those guys?” Political junkies were asking the same question election night when two unknowns – David Evans and Ronald Gold – […]

Off the Rails: How the Party of Lincoln Became the Party of Plutocrats

For a century now, Republicans have confused being the party of plutocrats with being the party of prosperity. Thus Mitt Romney. To win back the so-called 47 percent—an insulting description Romney doubled down after the election when he blamed his loss on Obama’s “gifts” —Republican might look farther back, past Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover to […]