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 […]
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, […]
What do you know?
Say you’re walking down the street and some guy is coming towards you; you notice him half a block away and he looks pretty loaded, stumbling around and bothering people. Nothing unusual, you see this every day, just another drunken bum…Your first instinct is to cross the street but it’s busy and the lights aren’t […]
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