Robert Bryce
Energy Business Thought Leader & Best-Selling Author
Robert Bryce is one of America’s most prominent energy journalists. The author of four books on the energy sector, Bryce has been called “something of a visionary and perhaps even a revolutionary,” by The New York Times. Bryce has been writing about the energy sector for more than two decades. A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, his articles have appeared in numerous publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal to The Nation and The Atlantic Monthly to The Washington Post. An insightful and engaging speaker, Bryce provides up to date analysis on the energy markets while also explaining the physics and math behind our energy and power systems.
Robert Bryce is one of America’s most prominent energy journalists. The author of four books on the energy sector, Bryce has been called “something of a visionary and perhaps even a revolutionary,” by The New York Times. A review of his latest book, Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green” Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future, by The Wall Street Journal declared that the book provides “precisely the kind of journalism we need to hold truth to power.”
Bryce has been writing about the energy sector for more than two decades. A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, his articles have appeared in numerous publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal to The Nation and The Atlantic Monthly to The Washington Post.
Bryce has appeared on dozens of TV and radio shows that have aired on variety of outlets including the BBC, MSNBC, Fox, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Other appearances include CNN's Inside Politics, PBS's The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer, NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and Talk of the Nation.
An insightful and engaging speaker, Bryce provides up to date analysis on the energy markets while also explaining the physics and math behind our energy and power systems.
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3. Leadership Lessons From The Energy Sector: Why Enron’s Ken Lay Went Broke And Rich Kinder Became a Billionaire
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2. The False Promises of “Energy Independenceâ€
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1. The Myths of “Green†Energy And The Real Fuels of The Future
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April 2010Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future
Fueling our society requires more than sentiment and rhetoric; we need to make good decisions and smart investments based on facts. With the help of a panoply of vivid graphics and tables, Robert Bryce crushes a phalanx of energy myths, showing why renewables are not green, carbon capture and sequestration won’t work, and even—surprise!—that the U.S. is leading the world in energy efficiency. Power Hungry delivers a clear-eyed view of what America has “in the tank,” and what’s needed to transform the gargantuan global energy sector.
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March 2009Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of "Energy Independence"
Everybody is talking about “energy independence.” But is it really achievable—or even desirable? In this controversial, meticulously researched book, Robert Bryce exposes the false promises and political posturing behind the rhetoric. Gusher of Lies explains why the idea of energy independence appeals to voters while also showing that renewable sources like wind and solar cannot meet America’s growing energy demand. Along the way, Bryce exposes the ethanol scam as one of the longest-running robberies ever perpetrated on American taxpayers.
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May 2004Cronies: Oil, The Bushes, And The Rise Of Texas, America's Superstate
In Cronies, Robert Bryce illuminates how Texas turned its vast energy resources into political power, and how a small group of Texas corporations, lawyers and politicians use that power to protect and defend their own economic interests. Through an absorbing narrative that moves from the days of the oil boom, through the rise and reign of LBJ, to today, Bryce profiles the Texans and the Texas corporations who have wielded-and continue to wield-great power in America's domestic and foreign policy.
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January 2004Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron
The self-destruction of Enron, once America's seventh-largest company, was the most spectacular failure of a company in a generation, with devastating impact on workers, investors, and the American economy. Anyone interested in business or in our culture needs to know just how it happened. Robert Bryce's Pipe Dreams, widely praised as the best book published on Enron, is a hard-hitting, incisive, and compelling narrative that explains the company's rise and fall while illuminating the personalities, egos, and dreams of the people who built the company and of those who destroyed it.
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