From today’s Wall Street Journal: At 6-foot-2 and 240 pounds, Steven Kemp had to move his size 14 shoes to avoid tripping toddlers at his pediatrician’s office in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. “It’s kind of awkward, but we’re good friends,” says …
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Oil – Supply and Demand
In response to my piece on society’s migration to electric vehicles, Dan Conine writes: There needs to be a build-down of the sprawl simultaneously with the build-out of charging stations. Once they meet, the fringe will still have gas and …
Tough Realities – An Apt Description of the Migration to Renewable Energy
I friend of mine noticed that the concept of “Tough Realities” (as in the title of my report: Tough Realities for Renewable Energy Businesses) resonates with people. I agree. That’s the reason that I’ve subtitled my book (“Renewable Energy — …
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US Policy on Clean Energy – The Road Not Taken?
A friend from the UK asked for my take on a new Swiss movie on Jimmy Carter’s efforts to reduce the United States’ dependence on oil at the end of the 1970s. He points out, “I am sure it will …
From Ammonia-as-Fuel Advocate Greg Vezina
Author and ammonia-as-fuel advocate Greg Vezina writes: As part of the research for my upcoming book, I include a complete analysis of the subsidies to all forms of energy. This took a lot of work. In today’s Globe, there is …
Moore's Law and Renewable Energy
My colleague Bill Moore of EV World wrote an excellent article on the likely trajectory for the price of cars and trucks. In it, he speculated that the prices of electric vehicles (once they are introduced in production quantities) may actually fall …
The COP-15 Summit — An Irresistible Force?
What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? This paradox is most often discussed in the context of God’s omnipotence (“Can God create a stone so heavy it cannot be lifted, not even by God Himself?”). I’m reminded …
The Politics of Oil and Renewables
As I’ve noted in numerous posts, it is clear to me that the political aspects of renewable energy are far more important than the science in actually making this happen. I just had a phone conversation with a friend in …
Terrorism and Oil
I happened to run into one of the most interesting people I could have hoped to meet at a chili cook-off I attended over the weekend: a university professor whose focus is hosting seminars on terrorism for graduate students. I …
Making a Change in Energy Policy
One hears a great deal about the cyclical rebound in many of the phenomena we come across in our lives – especially political and financial. I’m always amused by the consultants who urge us to invest in blue chip stocks …
