Another Courageous Punt I hadn’t planned to write yet another Keystone XL pipeline article, but I have gotten a lot of questions since the recent announcement by the Obama administration that they are still unable to […]
Renewable Hydrogen on the Big Island
The Big Island For the past five years, home for me has been on the northern end of the island of Hawaiʻi. For those unfamiliar with the Hawaiian islands, they consist of eight major islands. […]
How Do You Justify Consuming ExxonMobil’s Oil?
Introduction Sometimes the written word is easy to misinterpret. More than once I have written an article to find that some minor point I made became the focus, or that the point I was making […]
How We Can Industrialize the Internet of Things
For today’s column, I bring you a guest post from Kevin Klustner. Kevin is the CEO of Powerit Solutions, an international energy management technology company. How We Can Industrialize the Internet of Things By Kevin […]
KiOR: The Fat Lady Warms Up Her Voice
Predictions In January of this year, as I do each year, I made several predictions for 2014. One was that natural gas prices would be higher. That prediction is looking pretty solid, with natural gas […]
Gas Inventories Reach 11-Year Low
Natural Gas Update Two weeks ago I wrote about the abnormal situation with natural gas inventories in Natural Gas Inventories are Headed Toward Zero. I got a number of questions and comments about that essay, and […]
Why Biofuels Tend to be Costly
Catching Up I have gotten some inquiries about my status, as I don’t typically go two weeks between posts. I am fine, but it’s been a very busy two weeks. There was lots of travel, […]
Natural Gas Inventories are Headed Toward Zero
This winter has been one of the coldest on record. It’s been the coldest winter in at least 30 years, and I saw a report today that there is a chance that this will be […]
Solving the Midwest Ethanol Problem
What Ethanol Problem? If you live in the Midwest, you are in the midst of a thriving ethanol industry. But the Midwest does not control its own destiny when it comes to ethanol. That is […]
Coal Emissions Equal an Athabasca Oil Sands Reserve Every 4 Years
A Disproportionate Response I had intended to write an article today outlining some potential solutions to the Midwest’s ethanol predicament, but some recent exchanges on Twitter prompted me to postpone that for a week. The […]