Nabucco, or is the Great Gas Game turning into a waltz?

It seems as though, whenever things are relatively quiet in the energy world, which they currently seem to be, then all one has to do is typ...

Geologic Time, Oil Formation and Secretary Chu

Last week ,as Climate Audit caught , the Seretary of Energy was asked about how oil and gas got into the Arctic Rocks. Now there is a littl...

Jatropha, algae and camelina oils

If you had not gathered this before, then you should know that I have been favorably impressed with the potential of algae as a future sourc...

Can politics be removed from biofuel generation?

The Administration has been praised for its move to rely more on science in the generation of policy, and on Tuesday a new group was announ...

Wind in the Rockies is expensive

Government policy can, once decided, be implemented by a combination of laws and financial incentives/disincentives among other means. Thus,...

Some short notes

The end of the month, and the enforced rest, was going to give me time to catch up on a couple of things, but it turns out that there is a g...

A quick look at gas and miles travelled

Having missed both This Week in Petroleum , and the monthly release of miles driven , I thought I would just pop these up. Partially because...