OGPSS - Thoughts on the Precautionary Principle

As Michael Brander tells it, in his book on the Scottish Highland Regiments , the Scottish Highlands produced, between 1740 and 1815 men for...

OGPSS - introduction to China

When I first began this review of future production from the different oil producing countries about fifteen months ago , I produced this li...

OGPSS - Can Alaskan coal be considered a reserve?

When I originally started to write about the Alaskan fuel sources I had intended to write only about the oil and gas reserves in the state, ...

Coal - a new technology and another look at the TV series

Back in 2008 Robert Rapier wrote a post on using coal in the making of ethanol , in which he referred back to a post he had written in 200...

Power shortages in India and Pakistan

The recent publication of the EIA review of Shale Gas has caught the world’s attention, and led to the perception that the coming decades ma...

The ExxonMobil view of the future

A couple of weeks ago I reviewed the BP Energy Outlook to 2030, and noted, in passing, that there were a couple of assumptions that might ...

And welcome to 2010

Well I trust that New Year’s Night went well for you, and tht you are all set for a Prosperous New Year. But what of the future for energy ...

Old and new thoughts on energy and transport in Poland

The first part of my travel is now complete, and I have reached a place with a slightly slower pace of life, and one that is a little cooler...

Natural Gas versus Coal - perhaps the UK experience revisited?

Back when North Sea oil and gas were discovered the British Coal Industry was a powerhouse in the land. Coal gas was used for domestic cook...

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...

A quick look at some Russian numbers

This is the beginning of the new month and so time to have a quick check on how Russian production is getting along. It is somewhat inaccur...

P56. Pick Points

I see that Jerome is a little upset with the NYT story about coal and renewable energy costs. In the story the question is raised as to h...