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 […]
New Crude Plus Condensate Peak
Per the latest International Petroleum Monthly (Excel download), world crude plus condensate production for January was 74,466,000 million bpd. The previous record in May 2005 was 74,298,000 bpd. The number is subject to revision, but […]
The Energy Scene in India
As I traveled through India on a recent business trip, the topic of energy was constantly on my mind (as it is every time I travel). I found out some interesting things about jatropha, toured […]
Winner: Sustainable Production Technology
As I have mentioned before, I am not going to use this blog to promote my new company. I have said very little about it to this point, but I intend to write one post […]
The Diesel Tree
Naturally, something like a “diesel tree” is going to catch my attention. (The scientific name for the tree, as best as I can ascertain, is Copaifera langsdorfii, and is native to South America). I have […]