Wars on alcohol, drugs, prostitution, pipelines…why not just waste your time playing video games?
There’s always something going on in society that really bugs certain segments of the population, either because they don’t get any enjoyment out of it or because they deem the activity too harmful to be allowed to continue. We’ve tried banning alcohol, prostitution, and drugs, and each campaign has failed spectacularly. Now we’re at it […]
Will renewables ever replace fossil fuels? A surprising milestone reached in the US…
In a hopelessly boring new FERC report, the US environmental review agency reported something remarkable – in 2014, new electrical generating capacity from renewable energy installations (wind and solar) exceeded natural gas additions for the first time. That is really big news. And I’m not kidding, the report is really boring, and it should not […]
Multinational oil companies: evil incarnate or oversized lumbering oafs?
Some helpful readers have pointed out what energy views are like from other parts of the world. These are valuable viewpoints, because without an endless travel plan it’s hard to know what things are really like way over there somewhere else. The notes got me thinking about another viewpoint that exists in the energy world, […]
Falling gasoline/oil prices: Impressionable reporters, clever hedge funds fuel a phenomenon
I’m no fan of Wall Street’s ethical black hole. To be fair though, the ferociously predatory anti-industrialists play a very competitive game and utilize whatever is available to extract maximum profits for their privileged rat pack. Their environment is a bare-knuckle one and any tool is fair game. Sometimes the tools have two legs, and […]
What do I know? Turns out not so much…
This blog started in mid 2014 after percolating for years. The void in useful energy information was so huge I was inconsolable. Then the stars aligned, I had some help that pushed it into existence, and it was off and running. I was ready to fill the void in energy information that seemed obvious […]
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