1. Solar Power is Big Here Because Arizona is Sunny. Is That a Bad Thing?
(Blog/Blog)

... to read a robust discussion in the comments on last week's post, Phoenix-Area Exports: Falling Behind in the Race. ecn101 first pointed out that a strong export-oriented economy is a table that everyone ...

2. Phoenix-Area Exports: Falling Behind in the Race
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... an edge - and it's not in real estate. Economists differentiate between businesses that produce for in-country (or in-state) consumption and businesses that produce for export (out of the country or ...

3. A “Crude” Awakening?
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... energy than fossil fuels can provide.  The country that develops alternative forms of energy production will have tremendous first-mover advantage in exporting those technologies.  So far, the United States ...

4. (Natural) Gas Cartel Too Soon in the Making
(News and Events/AIC News)

By LIAM DENNING / WSJ Proponents of an OPEC-style cartel for gas would kill the very market they aim to control. The Gas Exporting Countries Forum met Monday in Algeria. The latter's energy minister ...

5. Investors Return To Renewables in Record Numbers
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... Suniva to more than triple exports over the next five years. Last year, Suniva exported more than 90 percent of its products to Asia and Europe. “The DOE’s acceptance of Suniva into the Loan Guarantee ...

6. Trade Is Good for Arizona, Part 2
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... is Arizona's largest trading partner, with $5.9 billion in exports in 2008." (Mexico holds potential for rebuilding Arizona economy) "Eighty percent of Arizona's trade in Mexico is with only one of its ...

7. Trade Is Good
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... U.S. exports of goods and services to the world and U.S. national output failing to grow by $40.4 billion. We estimate that the total net negative impact on U.S. employment from these trade and output ...

8. Shortage of Rare Earth Elements Could Thwart Innovation
(News and Events/AIC News)

... production of rare minerals relies mainly upon China, and the Chinese government warned last year that its own rising demand will soon force it to stop exporting the precious elements. "Countries and ...

9. Cap and Trade Proposals Failing Public's "Test of Common Sense" Says Western Business Group
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... will harm our ability to compete in world markets, export U.S. jobs overseas and will result in no measurable change in future climates.   Federal action should recognize that the time frame for implementation ...