Of all the verses in the "China-is-Awesome" hallelujah chorus, none is chanted louder than the fact that China is leaving everyone in the dust in "green" energy, especially wind and solar power. However, the real action is revealed when the absolute numbers are posted up.

A number of rationales for renewable electricity support usually are offered in support of those public policies; whatever their surface plausibility, they are deeply problematic both conceptually and in terms of the available data.

Despite widespread political support and large direct and indirect subsidies from both the federal and stategovernments, renewable electricity—wind and solar power, in particular—produces only 3.6 percent of USpower generation. This small market share suggests inherent limitations that can be overcome only at veryhigh cost.

Ethanol is a losing proposition, but fuels from algae may be the path to cutting our dependence on imported oil.

Expanding oil exploration and drilling on public lands and offshore is likely to create jobs and help offset the negative effects of oil price shocks.

Kenneth P. Green discusses the limits of renewable and alternative fuels for providing energy security, or energy independence.

In his State of the Union address, President Bush announced a policy that makes no sense whatsoever.

There has been a strong push to lower the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.