The gift of coal

I was given a bar of ChoCOALate in my stocking this Christmas. Much amusement was had by all. But the growing dependence of the world on c...

Peak Oil, the DOE and interesting times ahead

There is a certain sector of public opinion, including the President, that apparently feels that for the sake of taking appropriate precauti...

The other meaning of "Clean Coal", and related mineral preparation

There is a lot of talk about Clean Coal these days. The Federal Government are issuing, though DoE, a significant number of requests for pr...

Reserves and Resources

In trying to estimate the size of the problem that will face the world as the available reserves of fossil fuel begin to decline, one has to...

Coal, water and an Afghan problem of reality

It has been the first full day of the conference on innovations in coal production, and by the evening we delegates were ready for our eveni...

An international shortage

I am currently at a meeting in the Carpathian Mountains along with some 160 mining engineers from various parts of the world, and they are t...

A neglected form of Administrative Insurance for the future

There is an almost rhetorical question that comes up repeatedly when one talks with those demanding strong action to reduce the possible out...

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. ...

Energy Summit - the last talks

The final part of the Energy Summit in Columbia began with a series of talks from faculty on the four campuses. It was divided into four tr...

Energy Summit - the third part (end of day 1)

This is the fourth part of coverage of the Missouri Energy Summit, with the earlier posts listed at the end of this one. This post covers t...

The Missouri Energy Summit

This is the season where Conferences seem to thrive. Thus, having recently got back from the EIA Energy Conference in Washington (that had,...