I have given a lot of thought to the issue of opening up new areas for drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). My position has always […]
The Drilling Debate: Narrowing the Chasm
The World’s Top Sustainable Business Stocks
My new company, Accsys Technologies PLC, made this year’s Top 20 list at SustainableBusiness.com: SB20: The World’s Top Sustainable Business Stocks 2008 marks the seventh year for the SB20, which is presented in our sustainable […]
The World’s Top Sustainable Business Stocks
My new company, Accsys Technologies PLC, made this year’s Top 20 list at SustainableBusiness.com: SB20: The World’s Top Sustainable Business Stocks 2008 marks the seventh year for the SB20, which is presented in our sustainable […]
More Signs of Demand Destruction
This time, the news comes from the API: U.S. oil demand drops in first half of 2008 WASHINGTON – U.S. oil demand was significantly down for the first six months of 2008, API said today […]
The Consensus on Global Warming Weakens?
Update: Or maybe not. There is a lot of controversy surrounding this story. Climate Progress reports on the controversy: Physicists forced to reaffirm that human-caused global warming is “incontrovertible” First off, I like Joseph Romm, […]
Clarifying the Ethanol Blending Requirement
I have seen the question frequently arise as to whether the ethanol blending mandate is based on rigid numbers (e.g., 9 billion gallons in 2008) or whether it is actually a percentage requirement, and the […]
More SPR Nonsense
I must say that I find it amazing that the same people can argue 1). We are too dependent upon fossil fuels; 2). We must find alternatives; 3). Carbon emissions are too high; 4). We […]
Test Your Energy IQ
Rahm Emanuel Proposal
Update I see from some of the comments following this story that my position needs to be clarified. There are several reasons that I think this is an important step forward. First, I have long […]
America’s Energy IQ 2008
Update: I was on the call, asked the first question (about the disconnect in the EIA projections for ethanol usage of less than 10% in 2030 versus the mandate of 36 billion gallons by 2022) […]