Thursday, November 03, 2016

Energy and the 2016 Presidential Election

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In less than a week, the most controversial and acrimonious presidential election in living memory will be over. Energy has largely been a s...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Is the US Really Energy Independent?

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Toward the end of Sunday night's presidential debate I was startled to hear Secretary Clinton reply to an audience question by stating,...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

OPEC Agrees to Agree

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Yesterday's reported OPEC deal left many details unresolved, so oil prices remain under $50, at least for now. Time has given OPEC gre...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

Don't Book Your Solar-Powered Flight Yet

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An around-the-world flight by a solar-powered airplane is a remarkable achievement, but it does not signal that solar passenger planes are ...
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Friday, July 01, 2016

EVs and The Service Station of the Future

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Tesla Motors is apparently in talks with Sheetz, Inc. to install electric vehicle (EV) Superchargers in the latter's chain of gas stat...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Another Step Backward for Nuclear and the Environment

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I don't normally do breaking news, but today's announcement by PG&E and a coalition of environmental groups on retiring the Diab...
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Thursday, June 16, 2016

Could the Hydrogen Economy Run on Ethanol?

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Plans for a fuel cell car running on ethanol look like a clever way to circumvent the obstacles faced by other fuel cell vehicles. Howeve...
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Thursday, May 26, 2016

On Track for a Golden Age of Gas?

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The global energy industry must overcome significant new challenges if natural gas development is to achieve the vision of a Golden Age of ...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

A New Angle on Carbon Capture

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In my last couple of posts I looked at the difficulty of meeting ambitious targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) without help f...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Out of Reach Without Nuclear and Shale

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US emissions reduction goals for 2025 could not be achieved without nuclear power and the fracking technology necessary to extract shale ga...
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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Lessons from the Coal Bust

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Yesterday's Chapter 11 filing by the largest US coal mining company is the latest in a series of coal bankruptcies. While factors such ...
Monday, March 14, 2016

Energy and the 2016 Presidential Primaries

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With another round of important primary elections taking place this week, I am sadly tardy in taking a high-level look at the energy positio...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

OPEC's War on US Producers

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The comments of Saudi Arabia's oil minister at the annual CERAWeek conference in Houston this week provided some sobering insights into...
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