The UK - new Government, new Energy policy?

The new British Government has moved in, and Chris Huhne is the new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Charles Hendry is th...

Secretary Chu in Newsweek

My dependence on good internet service has been underlined by a week where it has not been available. Unfortunately the motel we were stayin...

Carbon Sequestration sites and their success

There are a number of questions on the ease with which carbon dioxide can be sequestered underground, and I alluded to some of them in yeste...

The Professors Economides and carbon sequestration

One of the problems in ensuring that there is sufficient energy available at some future date is that the supply, in virtually all cases, re...

Coal, carbon capture and cheap natural gas

There are a couple of interesting articles that came out today on the future of coal as a power source that indicate some of the shorter and...

The Wicks Report - a gentle cough

Last week a report went to the British Government suggesting that nuclear power is an answer to their coming energy shortfall problems. ...

The Post and the Secretary - a comment on a discussion

One of the major planned bastions of the Obama Administration is intended to center about a change in the Energy Policy of the country. Gi...

P47. Pick Points

Half-a-dozen or so stories of interest: Up in Canada Suncor expects to produce around 300,000 bd of crude from its operations in Alberta. B...

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....

Expanding Dr. Chu's Comments

After posting the P41 Pick Points, it was not until this morning, over a quiet cup of tea, that I could sit down and actually listen to what...

P41. Pickpoints

Half-a-dozen or so stories of interest: The Washington Post has a lead story on the damage that the drop in oil prices has caused to the bu...