About Russell Gold: Russell Gold is an energy reporter for The Wall Street Journal. He was previously an investigative reporter for San Antonio Express-News and suburban correspondent for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Take the time to get it right. There'll be gas tomorrow night
We are fossil fuel addicts. What happens when drug addicts detox? They can be rash, cranky, even psychotic and dangerous. It would be good for the environment if the entire economy abruptly quit fossil fuels, but that's not realistic. I wouldn't want...
I don't fear fracking. I fear carbon
Fracking is different. The risks of any single well are tiny compared to a nuclear power plant. But several hundred wells? Several thousand?
Fracking ensures that the age of oil-and it's princely hydrocarbon cousin, the natural gas molecule-will not end because we have run out of fossil fuels. But it may end because burning these wonderful fuels puts the planet farther down a path we don'...
