Mark Mills

Mark P. Mills is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a faculty fellow at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. He is also a strategic partner with Montrose Lane (an energy-tech venture fund). Previously, Mills cofounded Digital Power Capital, a boutique venture fund, and was chairman and CTO of ICx Technologies, helping take it public in 2007. Mills is author of the book The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s (Encounter Books, 2021), and host of the new podcast The Last Optimist.

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Apr 18, 2024

Yearning For A World Sans Fossil Fuels Is Magical Thinking

Mandates and massive subsidies cannot summon into being a world without fossil fuels.
Jan 30, 2024

Cold Weather Fixes or Not, the EV Future Is Dead On Arrival

Tesla will fix its cold-weather woes, but an all-EV future is still dead on arrival.
Jan 5, 2024

Carbon Tax Proponents Misunderstand Energy & Innovation

Proponents of the levy misunderstand the energy economy and the nature of innovation.