High Oil Prices = High Biofuel Prices

You know that forever I have beaten the drum that high fossil fuel prices would make biofuels more expensive due to their poor EROEI. If you are unfamiliar with the argument, it is essentially that […]

The Most Recent 500 Visitors

After having shown some recent keyword activity, and the countries of recent visitors, I thought it might be of interest to go ahead and show who actually visited. Note that this sort of information is […]

Analysts – Correct 52% of the Time!

A sign the oil prices are headed down: OPEC fears may hike price Crude oil may rise next week on speculation that OPEC won’t increase production as fast as consumption grows this winter. Twenty-one of […]

Town Runs Out of Water

Do you think right about now they are wishing they had a couple of water-guzzling corn ethanol plants contibuting to the local economy? Tennessee town has run out of water The severe drought tightening like […]

My Brother: Bambi Slayer

I wish my little brother would let these deer grow up. It’s an embarrassment! I think I see milk still on its mouth. Peak oil, indeed. I’m not going to starve. We have deer like […]

Keyword Analysis and Recent Visitors 11-2-07

As I mentioned in a previous post, it is interesting for me to find the keywords that people have used in search engines to find my blog. I look every once in a while, and […]

That Took Long Enough

I have been warning that gas prices have to move up. Refinery margins are getting killed, oil prices are rising, and gasoline prices are flat. Some are convinced that it is just manipulation to get […]

Oil Shale = Cellulosic Ethanol

As a reader pointed out, oil shale is in the news again: Oil shale may finally have its moment In a nutshell, ICP works like this: Shell drills 1,800-foot wells and into them inserts heating […]

This Week in Petroleum 10-31-07

Halloween Edition – Updated following the release of the report Overall inventories decreased, and there was a fairly large crude draw, which is likely to push oil prices up from here. If the Fed cuts […]