Frank Hopkins became involved in writing while earning his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland. He held the position of Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Binghamton in the 1970s, where he published numerous referred journal articles and a monograph on industrial location. He continued technical writing while working at the Department of Energy in the late 1970s and as a government and business development consultant since 1980. While at the Department of Energy he started the publication, Short-Term Energy Outlook, which is still published by DOE. He has...