Monday, December 29, 2008

Energy Lessons of 2008

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A year ago, I looked back on 2007 and ahead to 2008, a year that has defied the predictions of most observers. Although I can't claim to...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

December Surprise

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A month ago an old friend--in fact a former boss and mentor--hinted that the recent collapse of oil prices might lead to revisions of the oi...
Friday, December 19, 2008

Open Fuel Standard

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One of the energy-related email lists to which I'm subscribed recently alerted me to an interesting piece of pending legislation in the ...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Oil Shock II

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As OPEC's members and friends meet in Algeria to agree on deeper cuts in oil output, the effectiveness of their actions will depend grea...
Monday, December 15, 2008

Steel on the Ground

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2009 is shaping up as the Year of the Stimulus. The consensus for a massive fiscal stimulus of the US economy, in the form of direct governm...
Friday, December 12, 2008

Hire the Best

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The apparent selection of Steven Chu, the Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to be the new Secretary of Energy looks lik...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008

The Contango Warning

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President-Elect Obama is expected to name his energy and environmental team shortly. Whoever is nominated as the next Secretary of Energy w...
Monday, December 08, 2008

Electric Cars vs. Oil in Hawaii

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Ever since last week's announcement of a deal to roll out Project Better Place's model for recharging electric cars in Hawaii, I...
Friday, December 05, 2008

Cheap Gas

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As rapidly as it has fallen, the average pump price of unleaded regular gasoline in the US still has a ways to go, to end up lower on Barack...
Wednesday, December 03, 2008

The Road to Copenhagen

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The road to Copenhagen goes through Poland. If you know what that geographically-dubious statement refers to, then you must follow the news ...
Monday, December 01, 2008

The Right Price

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So OPEC has kicked the can down the road another two weeks, deferring further production cuts until at least their December 17th meeting in ...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Artificial Carbon Cycle

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Part of the research for my writing and consulting involves watching for trends or common themes, and one that I've been picking up from...
Monday, November 24, 2008

Sales Mix and Fuel Economy

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When Detroit's CEOs return to Washington, DC in early December for further Congressional hearings on a rescue package, the industry'...
Friday, November 21, 2008

Buy Low?

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Yesterday I received a question from a reader inquiring whether the price of oil has fallen to a level at which the US should consider resum...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Delayed Reactions

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The analysis in the current edition of the Department of Energy's " This Week in Petroleum " highlights an unexpected finding ...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

A Taxing Opportunity

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While watching the scenery from Amtrak's Acela on my way back from a meeting in New York yesterday, I made my first sighting of $1.99 pe...
Monday, November 17, 2008

Detroit, Bailouts and Fuel Economy

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As Congress meets today to take up the subject of rescuing the Big 3 US automakers from possible bankruptcy, I'm concerned that this iss...
Friday, November 14, 2008

Unlimited Clean Fossil Fuel?

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If I told you that there was a potentially limitless source of fossil fuel, you would naturally want to know what the catch was. In the case...