Will Renewable Energy Rescue Us All - BP and the IPCC reviews

The people of the world are going to continue to use energy. The fundamental question that this future reality poses relates to the sources...

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...

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...

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 ...

Hydropower in California

Yesterday I began by commenting on the NYT article on the need for coal-fired power plants, which led me to the discovery that California s...

Rural Electric Systems

The world is in recession. And with the drop in demand for different fuels, it becomes a little harder to see when we will return to the te...