We have learned in modern physics that only 4% of energy in the universe is what we know – electricity, magnetism, gravity and light, for example – and the other 96% in all creation is “dark energy” (68%) and “dark matter” (27%).

As a reader of this journal, you know that you work in the largest energy-consuming sector of the U.S. manufacturing economy. You should also know some of the details and nuances of what this can mean.

As a redneck kid going to college where I’d never been before, I arrived in Cleveland in 1955 and saw what coal can do to an environment. It is very dirty but cheap in fueling industry.

It isn’t every day that you can say that things have gone from bad to worse. Now you can, and what you read here explains why.

The object of my ire is citizens who do not know about something near and dear to their interests, the electricity they use in daily life – how it gets to them, its cost and benefits, the truths they need to know and the nonsense they need to forget.

Our focus on energy in June again shines a light on the impact of proposed government policy on industry.

Energy – America’s treasure – was the topic of this column last September. Unfortunately, I may have grossly understated the enormity of this bounty and the need for infrastructure investment to meet needs.

Let’s face it. Heat treating is an energy-intensive business. If only the energy we use could be less costly, the savings would go right to the bottom line.

Readers should acknowledge how blessed America is for having an abundance of diverse energy supplies.