Hughes quoted on ‘Drill Baby Drill?’ in the Charleston Gazette
March 9, 2013
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this article on his new report ‘Drill Baby Drill?’.
From the article:
"The projections by pundits and some government agencies that these technologies can provide endless growth heralding a new era of ‘energy independence,’ in which the U.S. will become a substantial net exporter of energy, are entirely unwarranted based on the fundamentals," Hughes wrote. "At the end of the day, fossil fuels are finite and these exuberant forecasts will prove to be extremely difficult or impossible to achieve."
Hughes wrote the report, "Drill, Baby, Drill: Can Unconventional Fuels Usher in a New Era of Energy Abundance?" for the Post-Carbon Institute, a nonprofit group that conducts analysis and educational programs aimed at the eventual end of carbon-based fuels. A version of Hughes’ analysis appeared as a commentary in the latest version of the scientific journal Nature.