Monday, October 25, 2004

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The "Hail Mary" Pass A week or so ago the BBC evening news (on PBS) included a report on the possibility of sudden, rapid climate...
Friday, October 22, 2004

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Overwhelmed by Barrels I was late getting to yesterday's Wall Street Journal, or this item would have been Thursday's blog topic. T...
Thursday, October 21, 2004

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Fear of the Bear Yesterday the Washington Post published an editorial highlighting the growing influence of Russia on energy markets. It ha...
Wednesday, October 20, 2004

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What Might Have Been Several weeks ago, the New York Times printed an article comparing US and French energy policies and energy efficiency...
Tuesday, October 19, 2004

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Tiny Turbines Several years ago, microturbines were the hot new trend in small-scale, local power generation, either for backup power or of...
Monday, October 18, 2004

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The Hockey Stick One of the most compelling pieces of evidence for human influence in climate change is a famous chart showing variations i...
Friday, October 15, 2004

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Where Do Batteries Fit? I ran across an article (subscription may be required) a while ago that has had me thinking about the future role o...
Thursday, October 14, 2004

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Just Shy of the Complete Picture Gregg Easterbrook writes insightfully about energy. His latest piece at New Republic looks at the preside...
Wednesday, October 13, 2004

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Hydrogen Pessimism An article from the British magazine Nature reports on a study that may dampen the enthusiasm of some advocates of a hyd...
Tuesday, October 12, 2004

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False Dichotomy Having lived and worked in London for a couple of years, I probably pay more attention to news stories from the UK than the...
Monday, October 11, 2004

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Happy Columbus Day Hindsight or Not? Every now and again I feel compelled to comment on a wider topic. Assessing the quality of past deci...
Friday, October 08, 2004

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Oil Prices and the Election A friend forwarded a copy of this week's other interesting energy editorial, Robert Samuelson's Washing...
Thursday, October 07, 2004

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The Cost of Taxes Let me start today by saying that Tom Friedman is my hero. In his columns in the New York Times and his appearances on PB...
Wednesday, October 06, 2004

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The New Environmental World Order Russia's announcement last week that, pending a vote in the Duma, it would ratify the Kyoto Treaty on...
Tuesday, October 05, 2004

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X-Prize Implications You might well ask why a blog devoted to energy issues would even mention something like the winning of the X-Prize , ...
Monday, October 04, 2004

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Knocking on OPEC's Door In its Week in Review section, the New York Times expressed concern about dwindling non-OPEC oil reserves and t...
Friday, October 01, 2004

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Not An Alternative Fuel Vehicle Frequent readers may recall a posting last month discussing my search for a new car. (See September 9 posti...
Thursday, September 30, 2004

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The New Frontier, Again Yesterday's announcement that ConocoPhillips was acquiring an approximately 8% interest--which could grow to up...
Wednesday, September 29, 2004

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Alternatives or Ultra-Efficiency? The October 4 issue of Fortune features this article by Amory Lovins, the alternative energy guru I mentio...
Tuesday, September 28, 2004

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The "Half Century" I want to get back to writing about alternative energy, but there's so much going on in the world of oil a...