Saturday, September 30th, 2006 at
10:46 am
Oil importing countries faced an unassailable challenge with the “historic high” price of oil. In 1864, a barrel of Pennsylvanian oil traded for 8.06 in dollars of the day ($97.79 of 2004) and in 1980, a barrel of Arabian light (posted at Ras Tanura) sold for 35.69 in dollars of the day ($82.15 of 2004). […]
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Friday, September 29th, 2006 at
10:40 am
There are three choices for the market in crude oil after its recent steep falls. It can stay roughly around where it is now, $62. It can fall back down through the technical and software barriers that support it to new year lows or it can go higher once more. Perhaps very high. It all […]
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Friday, September 29th, 2006 at
10:37 am
Most schemes for a post-oil technology are based on the misconception that there will be an infrastructure, similar to that of the present day, which could support such future gadgetry. Modern equipment, however, is dependent on specific methods of manufacture, transportation, maintenance, and repair. In less abstract terms, this means machinery, motorized vehicles, and service […]
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Friday, September 29th, 2006 at
9:51 am
Back in the early 20th Century, when the cheap oil fiesta was just getting underway, and some major new technological innovation made its debut every month – cars, radio, movies, airplanes – there was no practical limit to what men of vision could imagine about the future city, though often their imaginings were ridiculous. […]
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Thursday, September 28th, 2006 at
1:41 pm
Events move quickly these days. Two months ago oil was north of $78 a barrel and, nationwide, gasoline was above to well above $3. The Middle East was threatening a conflagration and another exciting hurricane season was in the offing. Even the concept of peak oil was starting to get some scattered but serious attention […]
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Thursday, September 28th, 2006 at
1:38 pm
“None of us can go a little way with a theory,” wrote John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890) in his book Essays Critical & Historical . “When it once possesses us, we are no longer our own masters. It makes us speak its words, and do violence to our nature.”
What is theory?
What an interesting quotation about […]
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 at
1:26 pm
Albert Einstein said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” He also said, “Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction.” I spent the weekend with genius and with […]
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 at
10:59 am
The short-term easing off of prices does not take the pressure off Congress to open ANWR and expand offshore drilling.
Original post by The Heritage Foundation - 2006-09-27
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 at
4:58 am
There has been a surge of interest in renewable energy over the past few months as oil prices–and consequently gas and power prices–have reached record highs. With oil prices peaking at nearly $80/barrel this summer and warnings of steep increases in natural gas prices ahead of the winter heating season in Europe and the US, […]
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Monday, September 18th, 2006 at
10:35 am
As renewable energy developers look to exploit resources in deserts, on mountaintops and in offshore waters, the question of how to send the electricity produced from remote locations to the places where people live becomes more pressing. Platts Renewable Energy Report recently highlighted a US Department of Energy study that found that several areas […]
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Friday, September 15th, 2006 at
2:55 pm
Imposing criminal liability for raising prices in a competitive market is ludicrous.
Original post by The Heritage Foundation - 2006-09-15
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Thursday, September 14th, 2006 at
11:51 am
Now, for something that I think will be non-controversial, and hopefully somewhat educational. About this time every year, you will start seeing references in the media about the conversion to winter…
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Wednesday, September 13th, 2006 at
5:33 am
Nanotechnology still sounds to me like something from a Science Fiction movie, but technology that is able to alter the composition or functioning of materials at the nano–ie molecular– scale is already being deployed in the energy sector.
German chemicals group Degussa has been working on a new coating for wind turbines that uses nanotechnology to […]
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Friday, September 1st, 2006 at
12:00 pm
window.document.getElementById(’post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Australian Broadcasting Corporation: MARK COLVIN: Very few scientists now doubt that the earth’s climate is changing, but there’s still furious debate over what’s causing it and how fast it’s moving. Now one of America’s top scientists has not only attacked President Bush for failing to cut carbon dioxide emissions, but said we’re […]
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