Memorial Day: a time to honor Americans who have died in military action. Also a time to honor all those who have served and are serving in our military. This is the unofficial start of summer, a three-day weekend filled with picnics and barbecues. In a previous economy people went shopping for bargains called “Memorial [...]
Category Archives: Peak Oil
Predicting Oil Prices, Part Five
22-May-09Waking up to an Energy Nightmare
09-May-09US energy policy is finally starting to get realistic. But it may be too late.
Cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells, once hailed by President George W. Bush as a pollution-free solution for reducing the nation’s dependence on foreign oil, will not be practical over the next 10 to 20 years, the energy secretary said Thursday, [...]
Securing America’s Energy Future
02-Dec-08President-elect Barack Obama announced his national security team today. For National Security Adviser, Obama is nominating General James L. Jones. General Jones is a retired Marine commandant and NATO supreme commander. He has most recently been president and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy.
The Institute has recently published a [...]
Shortages Soon?
07-Sep-08I haven’t been writing much about Peak Oil recently. It’s not because I’m unhappy that prices have come down, or that I think the problem has gone away. It hasn’t. The recent decline in oil prices may have some people breathing easier. And the near miss by Hurricane Gustav didn’t destroy oil infrastructure in the [...]
Pop Quiz
29-Jul-08Quick: What country is the chief supplier of foreign oil to the United States? Hint: the answer is not Mexico.
Early this month, Valero Energy in Texas got the unwelcome news that Mexico would be cutting supplies to one of the company’s Gulf Coast refineries by up to 15 percent. Mexico’s state-owned oil enterprise is one [...]
