“Always precise, never pedantic.”
In a highly divided and partisan world, it is my intent to provide an even-handed view of the rapidly converging worlds of energy, technology and broadband, while avoiding silo thinking about any of them.
– Steve Heins
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Energy
Energy
Clean energy and energy production are at the forefront of Steve’s attention.
Communication
Communication
Communication connectivity ties it together with “The Internet of Things”
Environment
Environment
Steve tackles relevant environmental issues like fracking and climate change.
Thought Pieces
Where will Clean Power Plan organizers refocus their efforts? “If anything, the CPP is not the cause” of changes sweeping the power markets.”
Thought Piece For all of the credit-taking by the EPA and other federal agencies, I think that Ken Colburn has it just about right. The power markets are inexorably [...]
Trump signs memos to move forward on DAPL, Keystone XL pipelines By Patrick C. Miller. Don’t worry, Virginia, it will improve America! Honest!
Thought Piece Dear thoughtful reader, I have included a schematic for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), so that you will have a better idea of what is planned for [...]
Oshkosh Natives Robert Kleinschmidt, Tocqueville Fund Manager of NYC, and Lewis Hine, social activist and photographer of the Manhattan skyline
Thought Piece Yes, Oshkosh, that brunt of many jokes and the name of kids clothing! On a personal note, Robert Kleinschmidt (seen above) dated my sister Nancy in 7th grade during [...]
Energy-pedia general news New projects in the upstream oil and gas industry to double in 2017 predicts Wood Mackenzie
Thought Piece Here is the URL for a new Shale Oil Magazine: http://shalemag.com/. No matter what happens at the Congressional Hearings over the next week, Shale Oil's importance cannot [...]
California’s Big Dig: Elaine Chao can take the train to Fresno off federal life support. Romantic ideas die hard. World Fair 1939 Train.
Thought Piece [There are many great sounding ideas and beautiful prototypes on which significant government money should never be spent. The California high speed train from Sacramento to San Diego [...]
“The Climate Intelligence Agency” Whatever the reason, no job [Agency] is too irrelevant for global warming to intrude.
Thought Piece Do I repeat myself? Well, then I repeat myself! "Paranoid politics almost never achieves its goal. The obvious prejudices, hyperbole, rhetoric, and shrillness gives it away. As [...]
“The irreversible momentum of clean energy” by Barack Obama. Subjectivity and immodesty are rarely newsworthy, let alone history.
Thought Piece Dear thoughtful readers, I have chosen the Abraham Lincoln method of writing about matters to which I am close: I waited a couple of days before I [...]
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Global Warming Alarmists Claim A Scalp, Drive Skeptical Scientist from University: “more ‘honest’ place for scientists working in politicized field GalleryGlobal Warming Alarmists Claim A Scalp, Drive Skeptical Scientist from University: “more ‘honest’ place for scientists working in politicized field
Global Warming Alarmists Claim A Scalp, Drive Skeptical Scientist from University: “more ‘honest’ place for scientists working in politicized field
Thought Piece Dear thoughtful readers, I have a few thoughts to add to the narrative about the Professor Judith Curry departure from GTU: (1) Dissent is not illegal; (2) persecuting dissenters probably [...]
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How CableLabs is paving the way for lightning-fast broadband: IOT relies on hyper-speed, two-way connectivity of equal speed, same specs all platforms GalleryHow CableLabs is paving the way for lightning-fast broadband: IOT relies on hyper-speed, two-way connectivity of equal speed, same specs all platforms
How CableLabs is paving the way for lightning-fast broadband: IOT relies on hyper-speed, two-way connectivity of equal speed, same specs all platforms
Thought Piece To enter the dazzling world of the Internet of Things, each of the billions and billions of things need hyper-speed, two-way connectivity and equal speed to download [...]
“Natural Gas Is The Future Of Energy, And It’s Not Even Close” Natural gas is the wave of the future for electricity production world-wide
Thought Piece (BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 12: The natural-gas fueled Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte power plant of Swedish energy company Vattenfall stands on December 12, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. The modern [...]
“Is Jeff Sessions Trump’s scariest Cabinet pick?” Stunningly Partisan Editorial from an Untrustworthy Source! Will it ever end?
Thought Piece Paranoid politics almost never achieves its goal. The obvious prejudices, hyperbole, rhetoric, and shrillness gives it away. As I have said before: Name-calling, smearing and sneering are [...]
Judith Curry retires, citing ‘craziness’ of climate science: Michael Mann says she engaged in personal attacks, “confusionism” and “denialism”
Thought Piece I will leave it up to my gentle readers to determine who engages in character attacks, "confusionism" and "denialism." and, who plays a particularly "pernicious role" in the [...]
Climate change: Fresh doubt over global warming ‘pause’: One-sided “reporting” isn’t a global warming report, at all.
Thought Piece They see black and white and I see red. It is hard not to notice the obvious bias of the BBC writer. How can there be any [...]
“Never Underestimate the Rock of the Bakken” by Patrick Miller: A Good Forecast with Staying Power
Thought Piece This article was written by Patrick Miller of The Bakken Magazine over a year ago. In it, he quotes Jonathan Garrett (a principal analyst with Wood Mackenzie in [...]
Increased energy security will strengthen U.S. foreign policy: Fracking has helped “free American foreign policy from foreign oil dependency.”
Thought Piece “Isn't it horrifying when much of the major media, a minorities of states and their AG's, the EPA, the DOE, even the IPCC and NASA have [...]
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Recommendations
I am privileged to recommend Stephen Heins for any marketing, media or writing assignment. Steve is an accomplished observer, researcher and writer and doesn’t come to the title of “Word Merchant” without considerable warrant. Read More
Tom Shepstone, Shepstone Management Company, Inc.It is with great honor and enthusiasm that I recommend Stephen Heins as a hard working researcher and gifted writer. While I have known Stephen for only about six months, I’ve read many of his works and have been engaged in numerous great discussions with him on matters involving energy, the environment and the internet. Read More
I am pleased to recommend Stephen Heins as a researcher and writer. As a former commissioner on the Maryland Public Service Commission and current senior administrative law judge with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, I am most familiar with Mr. Heins’ work in the energy field. Read More
I’ve known Steve Heins for at least 5 years and can say without a doubt that he a gentleman of the first order: always professional and always respectful, even if he disagrees with your perspective. Read More
Ken Silverstein, Editor - Environmental Leader; Writer - ForbesHeins believes he has the answer to most questions, but even when he does not, he is never in doubt and expresses his position with clarity and humor. He attracts his audience with an attention getting device, engages it with thoughtful comments and examples… Read More
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