North Dakota oil production

Plant construction

Oil production increases while gas prices decline by 17% since April. [...]

China seeks to solve the risk and high cost of nuclear energy

Thorium advocates have for decades urged Western countries not to throw the nuclear baby out with the radioactive bath water just because current weapons based technology has proved hazardous. It seems China is the only one listening. [...]

Why did Japan build nuclear reactors on a fault line?

How did Tokyo Electric end up building nuclear reactors on one of the world's most famous fault lines? [...]

Banking commentary by Robert Zoellick

Interviews with Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank. [...]

Health Care Bill

Ladies Benevolent Institution, Montreal, QC, 1909 by Musée McCord Museum, on Flickr

Just for fun, I drew a picture of what a complex system (free market) health care system would look like. My best guess is that it would cost about 7-8% of GDP to insure everyone without mandates. The system would look drastically different than the one today. [...]