In response to Hurricane Gustav and the oil production that was taken offline as a result, the federal government announced that 250,000 barrels of oil would be released from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Oil prices […]
Tag: investing
Massive Solar PV Deal
Sorry for the lack of postings/comments in the past few days. I have been traveling, and just arrived back in the U.S. I have lots of things to catch up on (family time, among the […]
Let’s Talk About Personal Finance
This is a digression from my normal posts on energy and the environment. As I have said before, this is not a blog on investing or personal finance. Despite that, finance and energy often intersect, […]
The Speculation Question
I have grappled over the past year with the question of just how much speculation is playing a factor in runaway oil prices. I think it is primarily a supply/demand issue, but I feel that […]
PEIX Drops Below $2
Wow! I just checked a few stocks that I tend to watch, and Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) has now fallen to $1.85 a share. It is now down more than 95% off its high, and down […]
Updated Corn Ethanol Economics
Executive Summary: The current cost to produce a gallon of ethanol is approximately $3/gal. The current price of ethanol is $2.86/gal, which explains why ethanol producers are shutting down. If corn and natural gas prices […]
LS9 Stock
There was a major story a few days ago about LS9 in the Times Online: Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol I have previously written several articles that mentioned LS9, including: LS9’s […]
Book Review: Profit from the Peak
One of the threats from peak oil is the potential for financial ruin as oil prices run up. If you were invested in airline or automotive stocks through the recent run up in oil prices, […]
Oil to $250 a Barrel?
In case you missed it, there were several stories this week – and of particular note coming from OPEC – that suggested that much higher oil prices may be on the way: Oil Price May […]
Where Our Oil Imports Come From
Following the theme of the previous post on where we get our gasoline imports, below is the list of our Top 10 sources of oil imports for 2007. For 2007, our Top 10 importers of […]