Tuesday, December 29, 2009

2009: Energy Year in Review

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As I was considering this year-end summary, it struck me that 2009 seemed to span more than a single year. It began with the economy plummet...
Monday, December 28, 2009

Changes to Energy Outlook Comment System

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As I noted at the end of last Tuesday's posting , Haloscan, the comment system I've relied on for this blog since 2004, is being dis...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

To Bury CO2 or Recycle It

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While not the most powerful of the greenhouse gases produced by humanity, CO2 is certainly the most prevalent, if you don't count water ...
Friday, December 18, 2009

Climategate: Mountain or Molehill?

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While the Copenhagen delegates, which now include many heads of state, wrangle about transparency and the size and funding of the pot of mon...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The Other Countdown

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I missed commenting on the latest round of oil deals in Iraq, which could see that country's output quickly double and eventually quadru...
Monday, December 14, 2009

Cash Is King, Even at Copenhagen

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Although apparently brief , the suspension of the Copenhagen climate conference after a walkout by the Group of 77 developing countries conf...
Friday, December 11, 2009

Oil's Place in a Kerry-Lieberman-Graham Climate Bill

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The inclusion of support for expanded US oil and gas drilling in a Senate climate proposal issued yesterday is bound to puzzle many readers...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Reconciling Emission Baselines

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As the nations represented at Copenhagen debate proposals for reducing their absolute emissions or carbon intensity, I was reminded that we ...
Tuesday, December 08, 2009

The Copenhagen Scenario

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It wasn't supposed to turn out this way. When delegates to the climate conference in Bali in December 2007 agreed on a two-year roadmap ...
Friday, December 04, 2009

Green Energy and Productivity

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In the last year or so the rationale for renewable energy has evolved from emphasizing mainly energy security and climate change to focusing...
Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Half a Loaf

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When I wrote Monday's posting mentioning the impending conflict between the government's requirement to increase the volume of biofu...
Monday, November 30, 2009

Unrealistic Goals

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A couple of stories over the long weekend highlighted growing disconnects between major elements of energy and environmental policy and what...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Counting Our Energy Blessings

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Thanksgiving is a perfect time to reflect on the many energy blessings the US enjoys. While we tend to focus on our problems, which seem nu...
Monday, November 23, 2009

Do Leaked Emails Undermine the Scientific Consensus?

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For the last couple of days I've been ruminating about what to say concerning the emails and other data apparently leaked by hackers who...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Energy Principles

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My critique of a proposal for expanded tax credits to promote the electrification of transportation prompted some interesting comments. It a...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Paying the Bill for Electric Vehicles

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Perhaps it's merely a sign of the times, when a billion is the new million and firms in many industries have found it easier to get capi...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Indexing Crude Prices

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Although oil trading hasn't been my primary focus for many years, the recent announcement by Saudi Aramco that it is switching its price...