There is a very informative story in the Dallas Morning News today covering what I recently discussed in The Ripple Effect: Shoppers pay as oil costs trickle down Ripple effect, trickle down effect – it […]
How to Run a Car on Water
Oh, it can be done. There are no scientific laws that say you can’t run a car on water. In fact, I have personally made fire from water on a number of occasions. A Japanese […]
Suggestions for ASPO Talk?
I have been asked to give a talk at ASPO this year in Sacramento. Ditto last year for the International ASPO Conference in Ireland, but I couldn’t make it (even though I lived in Scotland […]
Prediction on Corn Futures Fulfilled
Last year, with corn bouncing around $3.70/bu, I wrote an essay called The Mythical Ethanol Threat. I noted the number of new ethanol refineries under construction, and predicted that overbuilding would lead to additional ethanol […]
Neste Moves Forward with Green Diesel
I have written periodically on ‘green diesel’, which should not be confused with biodiesel. Neste, Petrobras, and ConocoPhillips (in a venture with Tyson foods), have all entered the green diesel arena. (See a bit on […]
Doug MacIntyre on CNBC
Friend of R-Squared and frequent commenter, Doug MacIntyre from the Energy Information Administration was on CNBC today explaining that demand destruction in the U.S. will be compensated for by increased growth in China. He also […]
The Right Ideas
As a native of Oklahoma, this story was bound to catch my attention: Oklahoma’s painful car culture I know well how dependent Oklahoma is on the car. The reason? NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — For many […]
Energy Export Databrowser
Jonathan Callahan, a Ph.D. chemist who spent 12 years working for NOAA, has created a very useful databrowser for exploring the supply/demand situation in various countries around the world. Based on BP’s 2007 Statistical Review, […]
A Spite-Based Energy Policy
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the latest attempt to pass a windfall profits tax on oil companies. You know, it isn’t the windfall profits tax itself that bugs me. It is the […]
Americans Responding to $4 Gasoline
A new study has been released by Access America that reinforces the point that $4 gasoline is beginning to impact the driving habits of most Americans. Below is a copy of the complete press release. […]