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 […]
Let’s Confiscate Venezuela’s U.S. Refineries
I recall reading this story a while back: Chavez Considers Sale of U.S. Refineries The implications just sank in today. Chavez, having confiscated the property of U.S. companies and torn up contracts, has property here […]
Gas Boycotts and Gas Prices
Gas BoycottsYou have probably gotten the e-mails. “Don’t buy gas on Wednesday of next week and force the oil companies to lower prices.” Or, “Boycott Shell this week, ExxonMobil next week, etc.” Sometimes I explain […]
Surviving Survival Training
I just finished 3 days of survival training with a company in Aberdeen called Falck Nutec. The purpose of the training is to prepare people to survive offshore in the North Sea, and is required […]
Irony and Gas Price
I think this is what you call irony. From: Gas Prices Spike We find the following picture accompanying the article: Today’s Bargain: Gatorade at $12 a Gallon Then from the next story we have a […]