About Duggan Flanakin

Duggan Flanakin is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former Senior Fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr. Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. A brief history of his multifaceted career appears in his book, "Infinite Galaxies: Poems from the Dugout."

Revoltin’ developments challenge EV mandates

Leftist energy ideology going off the rails.

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|2023-09-13T09:55:42-04:00September 15th, 2023|Comments Off on Revoltin’ developments challenge EV mandates

The U.S. and UK are getting coal cocked

Meanwhile China, India, even Indonesia are investing massively in coal.

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|2023-09-12T13:10:19-04:00September 12th, 2023|Comments Off on The U.S. and UK are getting coal cocked

The rebirth of ethics in America

In the whirlwind of today’s political and social confrontations, ethical leadership may make the difference between future prosperity or societal collapse.

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|2023-08-29T09:47:39-04:00August 31st, 2023|Comments Off on The rebirth of ethics in America

‘Scandalous’ Scandinavians rely on nukes, oil

Big Scandinavian bets on wind and solar did not pan out so it's back to nuclear and oil.

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|2023-08-29T10:10:07-04:00August 28th, 2023|Comments Off on ‘Scandalous’ Scandinavians rely on nukes, oil

“Supernatural” warnings come to California

Every hurricane, every heat wave, every forest fire, and every flood today anywhere in the world is blamed on climate change.

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|2023-08-29T10:19:29-04:00August 27th, 2023|Comments Off on “Supernatural” warnings come to California

China is dominating the EV market and EV policy

Is Xi Jinpeng that smart, or are European and American politicians, business magnates, and globalist plutocrats just that dumb?

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|2023-08-16T15:18:33-04:00August 17th, 2023|Comments Off on China is dominating the EV market and EV policy

Will insurance costs derail the EV revolution?

Lithium fires can start spontaneously and are very difficult to extinguish.

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|2023-08-07T11:54:46-04:00August 10th, 2023|Comments Off on Will insurance costs derail the EV revolution?

Protecting ‘sacred’ lands as part of ‘managed decline’

On August 8, Biden permanently banned new uranium mining claims on nearly a million acres of the nation’s largest deposits of uranium ore by creating the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona.

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|2023-08-09T11:52:11-04:00August 9th, 2023|Comments Off on Protecting ‘sacred’ lands as part of ‘managed decline’

U.S. nuclear energy policy is stuck on stupid!

The sheer stupidity of eschewing the most powerful, most efficient, and cleanest generator of electricity is truly beyond belief

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|2023-08-02T10:17:18-04:00August 4th, 2023|Comments Off on U.S. nuclear energy policy is stuck on stupid!

Bad news, good news: cars burning in France

Energy ups and downs.

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|2023-07-06T08:49:07-04:00July 7th, 2023|Comments Off on Bad news, good news: cars burning in France

The EV Kool-Aid acid Test

The euphoria of EV zealots is rarely challenged directly by little things like facts.

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|2023-06-27T03:43:42-04:00June 28th, 2023|Comments Off on The EV Kool-Aid acid Test

Is Europe awakening from its Net Zero nightmare?

rench President Emmanuel Macron shocked Europe by urging the European Union to take a break from imposing additional regulations on struggling industries.

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|2023-06-12T10:32:23-04:00June 13th, 2023|Comments Off on Is Europe awakening from its Net Zero nightmare?

Green posturing: Grandstanding or goofball?

Given the absurdity of the timetable (at the very least) these climate zealots have set for “the transition,” one has to wonder whether they are grandstanders seeking attention or goofballs whose utopian ideas do not fit with real-world economics or logistics.

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|2023-06-09T16:26:08-04:00June 11th, 2023|Comments Off on Green posturing: Grandstanding or goofball?

Will climate extremism depress human civilization?

Affordable, abundant energy powers our civilization.

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|2023-06-05T10:13:50-04:00June 3rd, 2023|Comments Off on Will climate extremism depress human civilization?

The $200 billion electric school bus bust

Do factories, batteries, and other raw materials exist to build (or retrofit) 500,000 school buses – and every other vehicle in America today – by 2030?

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|2023-06-06T11:37:29-04:00June 1st, 2023|Comments Off on The $200 billion electric school bus bust
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