This week Saudi Arabia signaled it would use its oil riches to invest in a renewable future as it announced a gargantuan solar project.
Saudi Arabia Bets On A Solar Future
Are We Sleepwalking Into The Next Oil Crisis?
As the world entertains scenarios of peak oil demand based on the rise of electric vehicles, many agencies are warning that the far greater threat of an oil supply crunch looms.
U.S. Net Petroleum Imports Plunging Toward Zero
In December, U.S. net petroleum and petroleum product imports fell to the lowest level on record. On the current trajectory, they could fall to zero in 2020.
A Safer Bet Against Tesla
A lot of investors are shorting Tesla. Here is how to profit if Tesla’s share price falls, at far less risk than selling shares short.
Tesla Troubles
Last week Bloomberg reported that electric vehicle company Tesla’s production is only a fraction of what the company predicted last summer.
U.S. Oil Producers Projected To Eat OPEC’s Lunch
Conventional wisdom says U.S. oil producers are going to take market share away from OPEC and from Russia, but some U.S. oil producers are cautioning against such predictions.
U.S. Sets New Monthly Oil Production Record
A revision in EIA data pushed November 2017 into the #1 all-time spot for monthly U.S. oil production.
EIA Sees Possibility Of Peak Tight Oil By 2022
The latest Annual Energy Outlook from the Energy Information Administration suggests the possibility that U.S. oil production will stop growing in three to four years.
An Argument For Higher Gas Taxes
President Trump is reportedly considering a 25-cent-per-gallon increase in federal fuel taxes, which haven’t changed since 1993. That’s an idea worth considering.
Cellulosic Ethanol Falling Far Short Of The Hype
Nine years after the Renewable Fuel Standard mandated that cellulosic ethanol had to be blended into the fuel supply, billions of tax dollars have been spent to make cellulosic ethanol a commercial reality. Here’s how that experiment is going.