My thanks to everyone who has participated in the recent 2GreenEnergy survey. I note that Dr. David Doty, one of the greatest intellects I’ve ever run across, boldly predicted the following for the coming five years: Oil, coal, and gas will steadily …
Predicting the Future in Energy Policy — Thanks to Survey Respondents Read More »
Here’s a piece in The Economist on ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) that points out the sad truth about the development of alternative energy technologies, i.e., that interest is strong when oil is expensive, but wanes to zero when oil …
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion — Good Example of a Stalled Technology Read More »
Oil is a product that sells for more than 50 times what it costs to manufacture. And we’re wondering why the world is beholden to it? Linked above is a good story analyzing this.
Let us briefly wrap our heads around the main points of our last article Oil: The First Shock. When the first oil well was drilled, its produce could be sold for something around $20 a barrel, which corresponds to roughly …
From Guest-Blogger Iannick Gagnon: Oil — Indians and Refiners Read More »
This article is submitted with the hope that it will set the tone for a series of others that will follow by covering the origins of the petroleum industry in the United States. The main objective of these pieces is …
From Guest Blogger Iannick Gagnon — Oil: The First Shock (1859-1865) Read More »
