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 […]
This Week in Petroleum 5-2-07
12 Weekly Declines in a Row: Not a Pretty Picture Update: My Limb Has Cracked Two weeks ago, I went out on a limb and said that gasoline inventories would turn up within two weeks. […]
Vinod Khosla in a Solar Fight
Thanks to Bob Rohatensky for bringing this story to my attention. I got a real chuckle out of reading the response of Khosla’s opponent in this debate, PV solar advocate Herman Scheer, because I am […]