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Authored Essays

  • "Why Texans Are Cold And In The Dark" The Washington Post, February 18, 2021


  • "The Oil Industry Jumps On The Low Carbon Bandwagon" Forbes, February 8, 2021


  • "U.S. Hydrocarbon Imperialism: The Lack Of Global Vision In Biden's Climate Policy, And What He Should Do About It" Forbes, January 29, 2021


  • "Climate, Energy, And Essential Infrastructure in Texas" Forbes, December 23, 2020


  • "Here's How The Biden Presidency Will Impact Markets, Climate and Energy" Forbes, December 11, 2020


  • "What will OPEC Choose For 2021?" Forbes, October 24, 2020


  • "Energy Industries Consider The Choice: Biden Or Trump?" Forbes, September 8, 2020


  • "California's Faustian Bargain: You Get The Electricity You Pay For" Forbes, August 18, 2020


  • "Feds Propose New Sites For Nuke Waste Storage (Not Disposal)" Forbes, August 8, 2020


  • "SEC's New Rules For Proxy Advisors Will Help Investors Carry Out Voting Responsibilities" Forbes, August 7, 2020


  • "Scandals Shouldn't Cloud The Benefits of Nuclear Power" Forbes, August 6, 2020


  • "BP's Strategic Shift To Renewables" Forbes, August 5, 2020


  • "Revised Regulations Expand The Market For Renewables" Forbes, August 4, 2020


  • "Court Ruling Clears Way For Energy Storage On The Grid. Who Benefits?" Forbes, August 2, 2020


  • "Proxy Advisory Firms Have No Stake In The Consequences Of Their Work" Forbes, July 21, 2020


  • "What Will An American Carbon Tax Cost You?" Forbes, July 21, 2020


  • "Spending $500B On Electric Trucks Could Make Economic Sense, But Only With A Carbon Tax" Forbes, July 16, 2020


  • "Labor Department's ESG Proposal Could Limit BlackRock's ESG Strategy" Forbes, July 9, 2020


  • "Coal Wins! Atlantic Coast Pipeline Canceled" Forbes, July 6, 2020


  • "Ambiente ed Energia nella corsa alla Presidenza USA" Revista Energia, June 29, 2020

 

  • "Investing In Oil And Gas: Precarious Times" Forbes, June 25, 2020


  • "Have Some In The Shale Patch Taken Cues From The Enron Playbook?" Forbes, June 11, 2020


  • "Climate Activists Are Suddenly Preaching Against The Choir" Forbes, May 26, 2020


  • "North Dakota Oil: Wasted or Just Cheap?" Williston Herald, April 27, 2020


  • "Negative Oil Prices: When The Tail Wags The Dog" Forbes, April 21, 2020


  • "Will Texas Force Production Cuts?" Forbes, April 17, 2020


  • "No, the Railroad Commission should not cut production" The Houston Chronicle, April 6, 2020


  • "Oil Price War: Texas V. Saudi Arabia?" Forbes, March 24, 2020


  • “The Arithmetic of Fracking” Forbes, February 21, 2020


  • “Oil & Gas For 2020—Follow The Money” Forbes, January 15, 2020


  • “The PG&E Blackouts: California’s Regulated Crisis” Forbes, October 9, 2019


  • “Pay Now Or Pay Later: The Certain Costs Of Climate Change” Forbes, September 23, 2019


  • “The Future Of Electric Vehicles: Will US Manufacturers Lead?” Forbes, September 20, 2019


  • “How to fix Texas’ Soviet-style electricity market” The Houston Chronicle, (Sunday, August 18, 2019)


  • “China Is Betting Big On Increasing Oil Production” Forbes, June 6, 2019


  • “Oil And Gas For 2019—Playing The Right Cards To Win” Forbes, January 23, 2019


  • “Houston 2020: Natural gas still dominates the energy conversation” The Houston Chronicle, December 30, 2018


  • “End blood for oil with a tariff on OPEC imports” The Houston Chronicle, November 28, 2018. 


  • “How Oil Producers Can Go Broke When The Price Of Oil Soars” Forbes, August 8, 2018


  • “Oil At $200-Plus Per Barrel? Iran Can Make It Happen” Forbes, July 25, 2018


  • “America’s Power Grids Are Not Ready For Summer Heatwaves” Forbes  July 19, 2018


  • “What Happened To The IPO Market For Oil And Gas Independents?” Forbes, UH Energy Fellows Blog, June 12, 2018


  • “Hirs: Don’t like trade deficits? Then say hello to economic recession!”, The Houston Chronicle, March 7, 2018


  • “Hirs: GOP tax reform deal doesn’t add up”, The Houston Chronicle, December 1, 2017 


  • “OPEC’s Continued Failure—A Note On The Price Of Oil,” Forbes, UH Energy Fellows Blog, August 3, 2017


  • “Trump Trickle Down Tax Plan Would Be A Disaster for Texas” The Houston Chronicle, May 22, 2017


  • “Oil Market is Full of Myths” The Houston Chronicle, November 11, 2016, (November 13, 2016 print edition)


  • “Trump Vs. Clinton: No Energy (Policy)” Forbes, UH Energy Fellows Blog, August 9, 2016


  • “Impending Electric Shock? Consumers And Investors Should Brace Themselves” Forbes, UH Energy Fellows Blog, July 15, 2016


  • “Delta CEO Admits To $4 Billion Lost in Hedging Fuel Costs” Forbes, UH Energy Fellows Blog, June 2, 2016


  • “Oil Bust Blowback: Why Are The Boards of Directors Still Here?” Forbes, UH Energy Fellows Blog, May 12, 2016


  • “Oil Markets: Don't Mistake Short-Term Changes In Futures And Options Prices For Long-Term Changes” Forbes, UH Energy Fellows Blog, May 6, 2016


  •  “How the Presidential Candidates Stack Up on Energy Issues” Forbes, UH Energy Fellows Blog, March 31, 2016


  • “Hirs: What Houston needs: An energy president” The Houston Chronicle, February 25, 2016


  • “Taxing Oil Production? No Thanks. We’ve Been There Before.” Forbes, UH Energy Fellows Blog, February 10. 2016


  • “Prepare To Pay More For Electricity In Texas” Forbes, UH Energy Fellows Blog, December 9, 2015


  • “U.S. Crude Oil Policy—The Case For An Export Ban And An Import Quota” Forbes, UH Energy Fellows Blog, November 25, 2015


  • “Hirs: Keep oil export ban, but U.S. also should add an import quota” The Houston Chronicle, August 13, 2015 


  • “Limit Imports, Abandon Exports.” March 1, 2015


  • “Hirs: Make Gas Energy More Attractive,” December 5, 2008


  • “Expand Pipeline Capacity,” November 16, 2008, The Houston Chronicle


Co-Authored Essays

  • “Texas Power Generation: Did Coal Get Blown Away By Wind” with Ramanan


  • “Institutional Investors Were Too Late To The Shale Game: Will They Ever Learn?” with David Pearlman April 14, 2016, Forbes


  • “Texas Suffers from Soviet-style Electricity Distribution System” February 22, 2013, with Paul W. MacAvoy


  • “Disconnect U. S. from World Crude Market” February 27, 2011, with Robert Ames, Anthony Corridore and Paul W. MacAvoy


  • “Before the Fall of Enron, A Flawed Financial Strategy” The Houston Chronicle, August 22, 2003, with Paul W. MacAvoy


Co-Authored Papers

  • “Crude Oil Imports and National Security” with Robert Ames, Anthony Corridore and Paul W. MacAvoy


  • “The Replacement of Coal by Fracgas in the Production of Electric Power” with Robert Ames, Anthony Corridore and Paul W. MacAvoy


  • “Synfuels to Replace Crude Oil Soon” with Robert Ames, Anthony Corridore and Paul W. MacAvoy


  • “The Arithmetic of Shale Gas” with Robert Ames, Anthony Corridore, Joel N. Ephross, Paul W. MacAvoy and Richard Tavelli


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Recommended Read

  •   Hidden Risks, by Toni Mack, Forbes May 24, 1993

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