Pop culture vs. Energy Education: Everyone knows who Taylor Swift dates, but no one knows her lipstick comes from an oil refinery
This site is supposed to explain energy concepts in terms everyone can understand by providing insight and stripping away media distortions. It has thus far been a miserable failure based on the questions I still hear/get asked about energy’s sources and uses, and the gross misunderstanding of energy’s contributions to modern life, even that of […]
More pathetic headlines: $20/barrel oil predictions and other non-accidental disinformation
Goldman Sachs spends a lot of time and money dithering about oil prices (and other things, like how to quietly rule the world) and periodically sends out research notes, analyst reports,lunatic manifestos or whatever to help unconfuse their bewildered clients or further the general cause of global financial domination. For the average bewildered capitalist, it […]
Major consumer auto purchases based on whimsical details, 2-week outlook on gas prices
No matter what you think of auto manufacturers, try to show them a little pity now and then. The average consumer’s car shopping habits must drive them straight up the wall. The auto purchasing ritual consists of cruising showrooms, putting fingerprints all over shiny new cars that cost billions of dollars to develop – the […]
Obama attacks oilpatch flatulence; methane emissions plan will do more for GHG than Greenpeace ever will
The global warming debate has probably heated up the atmosphere by 2 degrees itself. It’s now almost a religion, which is too bad because the concrete benefits of reducing emissions are now lost in silly skirmishes that just waste time and energy. In reality, most global warming fighters first and foremost aren’t primarily concerned with […]
Harebrained headlines II: How does oil demand rise and swoon at the same time? Ask Bloomberg…
The energy world is hard to understand even if you live in it. If you’re trying to understand it better by educating yourself through mainstream media (and yes it is painful to use a phrase that is a cornerstone of Fox News’ jugular attack), you’re in for a rough ride. Even the most respected news […]
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