Archive for the ‘The National Interest Platform’ Category
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Government Spending: What to Cut
Government spending has to be restrained before the looming collapse of sovereign borrowing results in economic and social collapse. Fortunately the larger components of today’s budgets are also the more wasteful, so that their reduction, if properly managed, will have a positive impact.
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Government Spending: The Hard Reality
We are now in the second phase of the global financial crisis: the looming collapse of government credit. Simply put, states are running out of money to borrow, and there is only one way out: reduce spending.
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Energy Priorities: Transportation Efficiency
The most expensive and least costly way to reduce fuel consumption is to maximize fuel efficiency through incorporation of all relevant technologies into automotive design. This should be accelerated through government industry cooperation aimed at design and production of a “maximum efficiency” vehicle line.
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Energy Priorities: Securing the Oil Supply
One critical sector of the U.S. economy – transportation – is entirely dependent on oil, two thirds of which is imported. It is imperative for the U.S. to gain better control over its fuel supply. Three approaches must be pursued to achieve this: increased domestic production, bilateral agreements and the development of a synthetic fuel industry.
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The Arctic Energy Initiative
1. Objective
The Arctic is considered to be the repository of considerable undiscovered oil and gas reserves. To access those reserves requires a high level of technology and large amounts of capital, often beyond the reach of individual corporations and even that of some governments. In addition energy exploration and extraction is assumed to have considerable [...] -
The U.S. Economy: From Growth To Transformation
Securing our current energy supply, together with a national strategy aimed at energy efficiency and long-term sustainability, offers the best potential for genuine economic recovery and sustained domestic employment.
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Proposal For An International Climate Year (ICY)
Preamble
Recently observed changes in climate, particularly those occurring in the polar latitudes, have highlighted the dependence of human activity on climate stability, as well as the possibility of feedbacks in the opposite direction.
The local and regional effects on climate of human activities, such as deforestation and excessive irrigation, have long been observed. By contrast the [...] -
National Platform – Economy – Putting Carbon In Its Place
The currently proposed carbon tax, referred to as “cap and trade legislation”, will impose a heavy burden on the economy and make many sectors uncompetitive. As based on science that is incomplete, such a measure must be postponed, while a major international scientific effort to resolve the climate debate should be initiated.
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National Interest Platform – Economy – The Export of U.S. Technology
Outsourcing not only leads to job losses but to the transfer abroad of valuable technology and know-how, which often has cost the U.S. considerable investment to develop. Added to that is a potential risk to national security. Stricter rules are needed to avoid both.
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Job Destruction Through Mercantilism
A major cause of job losses in the United States is the use by our trade partners of mercantilist policies, aimed at transferring economic activity, employment, technology and wealth to the countries implementing such policies.
