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...

How hot is the sea?

I am currently reading Richard Heinberg’s new book “Blackout – Coal, Climate and the Last Energy Crisis,” and will, hopefully before long, ...

Of Trains, planes and Segways

If the world supply of crude is going to become tight a little sooner than the general public, and many governments, realize, then rates at ...

Drilling for Geothermal Energy

Just as the thread on my TOD post on Drilling was winding down, horizonstar posted a comment about the tools that Potter Drilling are...

A 6.7% decline rate from the IEA

For a number of years two of the major sources from which Energy related information is available, the Energy Information Agency in the US, ...

Mud, mud, glorious mud*

This is one of a continuing series of posts that I am making to describe some of the technology that is used in the production of fossil and...

Pick Points on Clunkers and Engineering salaries

Just a couple of snippets of information that don’t quite qualify for a full post. The first is an article by Avery Goodman that notes that...