California Could Be the Next Shale Boom State
The Wall Street Journal Thanks to the Golden State's dire fiscal situation, don't be surprised if the governor were to proclaim: 'There will be oil.'
The Wall Street Journal Thanks to the Golden State's dire fiscal situation, don't be surprised if the governor were to proclaim: 'There will be oil.'
Now comes the Energy Information Administration’s latest forecast, featured last week in the Wall Street Journal, predicting a 0.7% per year growth in America’s use of kilowatt-hours (kWh) for the next two decades. Does that portend a future of low economic growth?
“From 2005 to 2020, the digital universe will grow by a factor of 300 … the digital universe will about double every two years.” “In just four years … the number of … mobile app downloads grew from essentially zero to 60 billion.” Behind it all, generally unnoticed? The infrastructure that gives apps their smarts?…
For those who want to see the “future that has already happened” (to paraphrase my favorite Peter Drucker aphorism), I recommend reading three illuminating reports. Soft Power: Zero to 60 Billion in Four Years, from Entropy Economics Industrial Internet: Pushing the Boundaries of Minds and Machines, from GE. Analytics: The real-world use of big data,…
Apparently exportingsomething America has in abundance creates economic value — in this case, natural gas, not wheat (but that would be obvious). And the more of it you export, the more money you can make. And apparently in Washington D.C. this is “breaking news.”
Nature happens. So you plan for it. New York’s Governor Cuomo agrees and laid out the case in an OpEd, We Will Lead on Climate Change, in the New York Daily News.