M. Stephen Enders, head of the Colorado School of Mines’ Mining Engineering Department, said it’s unlikely that the United States could ever become a leading nickel producer due to a lack of reserves.

Implementing an ambitious climate policy will be difficult in a country where much of the decision making about energy takes place at the state and local level, said Morgan Bazilian, who leads the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado ....

"One of the big lessons here is gas is treated as a firm resource, but it is not because it relies on just-in-time delivery," said Alex Gilbert, a fellow who studies energy systems at the Colorado School of Mines' Payne Institute for Public Policy.