Saturday Pick Points

Normally this is the point every week where I wander around the Climate Change sites, just to see what is stirring them up. And the controve...

Carbon Dioxide - A Satellite Crash raises a Question

Last week one of the rockets carrying a satellite into orbit failed to shed its fairing (the clamshell nose cone that protects the rocket an...

The OCS, Chevron and an API Conference

Every so often the American Petroleum Institute (API) hosts a conference call for interested bloggers to talk to folk in the industry. Tod...

P44. Pick Points

Half-a-dozen or so stories of interest. Well the new Administration now has a new budget, and there are significant changes for the fossil f...

Cap and Trade

The Administration has stated that it is looking favorably at the concept of “cap and trade” as a way of controlling the generation of carbo...

P43. Pick Points

Half-a-dozen or so stories of interest: I wrote earlier today about the pickup in gasoline demand that EIA had reported, and this was also n...

The last TWIP in February

Wednesdays are the day that the EIA releases its figures for petroleum product production and demand, and as we move into the pre-driving s...

The President's Speech before Congress

Tonight was the equivalent of the State of the Union Message from President Obama, giving us a preview of what we can expect in his major pr...

P43. Pick Points

I mentioned in Monday’s post that I have an interest in algae, and so I will put up a couple of items that caught my attention this weekend....

A Local Town Energy Meeting

Last Friday night I was a part of a panel at a local meeting on energy, put together by the local Democratic party. There were a number of ...

P42. Pick Points

Half-a-dozen or so stories of interest: Back in March Switzerland signed a deal with Iran for a 25-year supply of natural gas it appears th...

T5. Historic coal mining

In trying to lay a foundation for later posts I am using these Sunday Tech Talks to cover points that folk may not be aware of. As the deba...

Saturday Pick Points

On Saturday evenings I like to take a stroll around some of the Climate sites to see what is new and interesting in the discussion over the ...