Future Coal Supplies - more, not less!

There has been a growing trend toward predicting an imminent peak to the production of coal. Just this last week Nature carried an article ...

Indigenous Energy - Pakistan, India and Bangladesh

Yesterday and this morning I spent my time helping clear up the damage from a storm that hit our town over the summer. We were away, and se...

Coal reserve considerations

I am still travelling but have found a book that will help me with the discussion of historic mining that is the usual current fare on Sunda...

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...

Richard Heinberg’s “Blackout - Coal, Climate and the Last Energy Crisis”

When this new book was about to be published the editors at The Oil Drum were offered a review copy, and I was offered the chance to provide...

P52. Pick Points

Half-a-dozen or so stories of interest: With OPEC coming up on their next meeting this Sunday, I suppose it is time to guess whether or not ...