Short items of interest.
Q&A WITH PETER HUBER
What Energy Crisis?
By Spencer Reiss
Peter Huber, an engineering professor turned telecommunications lawyer, doesn't worry whence the next electron will come.
The idea that we're running out of energy is deeply ingrained. How can it be so wrong? It's very easy to get pessimistic about energy. Energy doesn't just drop into your lap. The idea that demand will someday outpace supply seems obvious. But historically that hasn't happened, and there's good reason to suppose it won't, because the factors that determine supply are overwhelmingly technological. And our technology improves very fast. Energy technology in particular is advancing faster than it ever has before.
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