Gouging is an Idiotic Explanation

Not my words, but I have expressed similar sentiments. Paul Sankey, an analyst with Deutsche Bank, testified on May 15th before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. I would guess some jaws dropped […]

Gas Boycott Post Mortem

Well, let’s see what effect the gas boycott of 2007 has had. If you recall, on May 15th you weren’t supposed to buy gasoline, and this would cause gas prices to drop: “Do not buy […]

This Week in Petroleum 5-16-07

2nd Update This Week in Petroleum was just released, and the focus was the gasoline situation. Some excerpts: Why are gasoline prices so high? Gasoline inventories have recently been drawn down at a dramatic rate […]

Xethanol’s March toward Bankruptcy

In the continuing saga of Xethanol (XNL) – the poster child for overhyped cellulosic ethanol claims – they took one more step toward bankruptcy this week with their earnings release: Xethanol Announces First Quarter 2007 […]

Politicians Do the Darndest Things

Suspending the Laws of Economics Politicians in Texas have come up with an ingenious method of controlling rising gas prices. They intend to suspend the laws of supply and demand: House OKs suspending gas tax […]

Politicians Do the Darndest Things

Suspending the Laws of Economics Politicians in Texas have come up with an ingenious method of controlling rising gas prices. They intend to suspend the laws of supply and demand: House OKs suspending gas tax […]

Algal Biodiesel: Fact or Fiction?

The following is a guest post by John Benemann. John has many years of expertise in biomass conversion, and previously co-wrote a guest piece on cellulosic ethanol. On the subject of biodiesel from algae, he […]

AAA on Record Gas Prices

AAA says we hit a new gasoline price record: Retail gasoline prices hit record high: AAA NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. gasoline prices climbed to a record high average of $3.073 a gallon on Monday, […]

Peak Oil: End of the World?

I will have a new post up in a day or so (working with Vinod Khosla on something, and then I will finish that bio-butanol post), but until I get that finished, I will recycle […]

This Week in Petroleum 5-9-07

Tale of the Stone Yes, I know I am late getting this out. Some of you may have read about my visit to the hospital about a month ago. Long story short, I have a […]