The Unicorn Analogy There is a reason I don’t ride a unicorn to work. It isn’t because it’s too far to work. Nor is it because it rains here in Hawaii nearly every day and […]
The Amazing Reversal of the US Oil Industry
A few years ago, I made the observation that the best thing that could happen to mitigate against some of the potentially severe consequences of peak oil was for oil prices to rise, and remain […]
Five Energy Predictions for 2013
Normally when I list the Top 10 stories of the year, I close the post by making predictions for the upcoming year. For 2012, my predictions were: President Obama will easily win reelection, which means […]
A Look at DuPont Biofuel’s Work on Cellulosic Ethanol and Butanol
During the recent Total Energy USA Conference in Houston, I had a chance to interview Mr. Jan Koninckx. Mr. Koninckx is the global director of biofuels for DuPont Industrial Biosciences – an arm of DuPont that […]
The Top 10 Energy Stories of 2012
Happy New Year’s to readers everywhere! Last week we posted a poll listing 15 of the major energy stories of 2012. Readers voted, and the Top 10 are presented below with a short narrative describing the […]
Vote for the Top Energy Stories of 2012
For the past several years, at year end I rank what I felt were the the major energy stories of the year. 2012 lacked a blockbuster energy story like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in […]
Grading My Energy-Related Predictions for 2012
In my list of Top 10 Energy Related Stories of 2011, I made five predictions for 2012. Those predictions were: President Obama will easily win reelection, which means that energy policies will likely continue along […]
An Oil Company Finds Itself On the Losing End of Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Petrobras: A Case Where ‘Fossil Fuel Subsidies’ are Bad for an Oil Company When most people hear the phrase “fossil fuel subsidies” it conjures up images of governments giving their hard-earned tax dollars to already […]
Hofmeister: US Could Tap into 1.6 Trillion Barrels of Oil Resource
I, along with my editor Sam Avro, recently conducted a broad-ranging interview with John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil and currently the head of Citizens for Affordable Energy, a non-profit group whose aim is […]
Hofmeister: Treat Climate Change as a Waste Management Problem
I, along with my editor Sam Avro, recently conducted a broad-ranging interview with John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil and currently the head of Citizens for Affordable Energy, a non-profit group whose aim is […]