Global oil production: Glut Nuts Have No Clue
While I happily and diligently sneer at the media for presenting distorted energy-related stories and headlines designed to excite at the expense of adding confusion, occasionally the media helps me out by ridiculing themselves. They do it without trace of irony or embarrassment, either of which qualities would be appropriate and/or welcome. But I don’t mind, […]
Saudis dream of oil price stability, but for now prefer wild market gyrations
These posts are geared to helping average citizens understand the energy world a little better because the media doesn’t help much what with their outlandish headlines (ok, I’m guilty too), and a lot of energy information on the web is biased to the point of silliness. Sometimes though this stuff is just too crazy to explain […]
CNG vs. LNG vs LPG vs Propane vs Natural gas…what is this stuff and do we still get the grant if the new handi-bus explodes?
In the good old days at the corner gas station, you’d pull the family beast up to the pumps and fill it with plain gasoline. Nothing fancy. Big trucks were equally simple, using diesel that made them stinky with big black clouds of fumes, clattering away like a cheerful jackhammer. Times were simple, and us […]
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 […]
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, […]
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