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The electrification of transport is one of the key tasks of Germany’s economic policy. It aims to protect the global position of the German industry…
Ten years ago peak oil was assumed to be a rather straightforward, transparent process. What was then thought of as “oil” production was going to…
Perhaps you’ve seen one of the recent barrage of articles claiming that fears of an imminent peak and decline in world oil production have either…
For those following the world oil production situation, it has been clear for some time that the only factor keeping global crude output from moving…
The daily newspapers are now full of stories predicting that Iraq, as we know it, will soon disintegrate into three or more warring states. In…
The International Energy Agency has just released a new special report called “World Energy Investment Outlook” that should send policy makers screaming and running for…
A couple of months back I noted that the U.S. was burning through the stocks of natural gas we store in underground caverns at an…
Think back to early 2004. Oil cost around $40 per barrel—on the high side compared to the previous few decades but not much out of…
There was an important study released by the Post Carbon Institute last week that gives us an insight into how long our great shale oil…
There are many zigs and zags, twists and turns, and unintended consequences along the path to higher priced and scarce oil. Only three months ago…
Most of us are aware by now that the introduction of widespread hydraulic fracturing into the oil and gas business has resulted in a rapid…
It is time to take a break from the gloom and doom in Washington and the Middle East and look for some better news about…
A new phrase has entered our energy lexicon—peak oil demand. The essential idea: prophets of doom who warned about a looming global petroleum shortfall (“peak…
This is where it gets really interesting. Since I first engaged in the climate debate in the late 1980’s it’s all been fairly slow and…
Q: Andrews--Production from shale oil plays has been impressive and has taken the national energy dialogue by storm. When did you sense that the shale…
When we flip on a light, we rarely think about water. But electricity generation is the biggest user of water in the United States. Thermoelectric…
This spring, I spent three weeks traveling around China and needless to say, I, along with every other visitor, was impressed by the economic progress…
A new phrase, “supply shock,” entered the lexicon of the global oil business this week when the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported that unexpectedly rapid…
Today's shale gas boom has brought a surge of drilling across the US, driving natural gas prices to historic lows over the past couple of…
Energy conservation is our best strategy for pre-adapting to an inevitably energy-constrained future. And it may be our only real option for averting economic, social,…