Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Missing the Turn, Again

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It's fashionable to pick on General Motors, and in his New York Times column today, Tom Friedman pulls out all the stops in excoriating ...
Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Climate Litmus

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For weeks I had hardly mentioned climate change at all, now it seems I'm posting on it every other day. Today's comments are prompte...
Friday, May 26, 2006

Closing Chapter

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After reading about the verdicts in the trial of Enron chiefs Lay and Skilling, I went back and reviewed what I’d written on the case over t...
Thursday, May 25, 2006

Gas Price Schizophrenia

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I'm not sure I can recall when there was such an enormous divergence of views on something as basic as gasoline prices. On the one hand,...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Climate Change on Film

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Two years ago I had occasion to wonder if a movie might alter public opinion on climate change. Then, the object of my speculation was ...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Rewarding H2 Results

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I missed the introduction in the House of Representatives of HR 5413 a month or so ago, or I'd have posted on this subject much earlier....
Monday, May 22, 2006

Why Offsets Matter

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The trading of credits for greenhouse gas emissions has run into some rough patches, lately. Not only has the price of credits in Europe dro...
Friday, May 19, 2006

Bad Nano?

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I've noticed a growing number of articles, including this excellent one from Technology Review, cautioning against possible adverse effe...
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Ecuador Follows Suit

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I see that Ecuador has seized the producing assets of Occidental Petroleum in that country, following a lengthy contract dispute. While it w...

Dealing With Iran

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I'm traveling, so postings will be briefer and more sporadic for the rest of the week. A pair of op-eds caught my eye yesterday, because...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Avoiding Dead Ends

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Yesterday's posting on hydrogen elicited several interesting comments from readers. One reminded me of one of the least positive possibl...
Monday, May 15, 2006

Hydrogen Eclipsed?

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A very interesting shift has occurred in the last year or so, as energy prices climbed higher. Hydrogen, which was once seen as the nearly c...
Friday, May 12, 2006

Doubling Oil Reserves

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It seems appropriate to wrap up an "oily" week talking about something I haven't covered before. There's a relatively shor...
Thursday, May 11, 2006

Dry Holes?

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One of the persistent themes of this blog is my interest in Peak Oil , not just as a technical issue but as a phenomenon of media and public...
Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Open Letter: HR 4318

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I will send the following letter to my Congressman and US Senators today: Dear Representative Shays: I urge you to support HR 4318 , Represe...
Tuesday, May 09, 2006

60 Minutes on Ethanol

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I finally got around to watching last Sunday night's "60 Minutes" segment on ethanol fuel. I wasn't surprised at the show...
Monday, May 08, 2006

Boycotts, Price Caps and Rebates

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As the hysteria about US gasoline prices continues, I keep asking myself how I'd view this if I hadn't spent most of my adult life i...
Friday, May 05, 2006

Retro-fitting Coal

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I've long regarded coal gasification as a key alternative energy technology, enabling us to use our enormous coal reserves in a much cle...
Thursday, May 04, 2006

Zero Sum or Nonzero Sum Market?

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I followed a link on MSN Money with the catchy title, "Worldwide Oil Race: China vs. US." It took me to this article on "How...
Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Crisis Management

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Today's New York Times is filled with articles on energy, including an interesting one describing the industry's efforts to dig itse...