Given that we are preparing to make another move, I recently wrote my two oldest children a letter explaining why I felt like Dallas is a good place to be (for us) in the near […]
Trip to Germany
Been in Germany today, visiting Choren. I will write something up on that trip soon. They have built a Cadillac of a BTL plant in Freiburg. Very impressive. This was my first trip to Germany […]
Where Our Oil Imports Come From
Following the theme of the previous post on where we get our gasoline imports, below is the list of our Top 10 sources of oil imports for 2007. For 2007, our Top 10 importers of […]
Where Our Gasoline Imports Come From
I started this post almost a year ago, but forgot about it. But someone at The Oil Drum just said they wished they had more information on where our gasoline imports come from. No need […]
Fuel from Air?
One thing we seem to have in limitless supply is gullibility. You may have seen the story sweeping through the energy circles of the Web: Federal Lab Says It Can Harvest Fuel From Air We […]
John McCain’s Bad Idea
Update: Seems other critics quickly emerged: McCain’s gas tax cut draws fire Analysts criticized the proposal for doing little to either stimulate the economy or lower gas prices, and say it could potentially leave roads […]
John McCain’s Bad Idea
Update: Seems other critics quickly emerged: McCain’s gas tax cut draws fire Analysts criticized the proposal for doing little to either stimulate the economy or lower gas prices, and say it could potentially leave roads […]
Food Riots
As I have been arguing for years, this is not going to have a happy ending. Some day we will look back on this ethanol mandate fiasco as one of the greatest mistakes ever in […]
A Footnote on Jatropha
Following my recent post on the energy situation in India, I received an e-mail from Sreenivas Ghatty, the founder and CEO of Tree Oils India. Sreenivas told me that I was correct that the jatropha […]
Implosion of the Airline Industry
I have heard a lot of people over the years predict that one of the first casualties of Peak Oil would be the airline industry. When fuel prices rise, airlines have to raise prices. When […]