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In recent days there has been much discussion in the press about what might happen to gasoline prices in the coming year. Cognizant of the…
The returns are in and we now know that world price of a barrel of oil averaged $111 in 2011. This was up 14 percent…
The current global food system is highly fuel- and transport-dependent. Fuels will almost certainly become less affordable in the near and medium term, making the…
Why did the Durban climate talks fail? Ultimately, the culprit is the near-universal pursuit of economic growth. All the major players want growth: the US,…
Every November following the publication of the IEA's World Energy Outlook, the leadership of the Agency travels to major capitols in an effort to explain…
Last week the International Energy Agency released its annual report (600 pages) on just where energy production and consumption in the world is going over…
There is a fascinating drama taking place over in Bologna, Italy involving an engineer by the name of Andrea Rossi and a physicist, Sergio Focardi,…
While waiting to see how far the Europeans can kick their can of financial Armageddon down the road, let's revisit the damage being caused by…
By itself, the concept of having to get by on just a little bit less oil each year seems to be manageable enough. Some think…
With every passing day it is becoming more apparent that the crisis of the depletion of cheap oil has become deeply enmeshed in the European…
The Financial Times and Wall Street Journal have gone into full crisis mode with live blogs continuously reporting unfolding events. Equity markets are falling and…
Significant technological advances rarely make eye-catching headlines as they come from many small advances involving numerous scientific disciplines. However, every now and again it becomes…
In the last five or six years at least 20 major studies have been published by governmental and non-governmental organizations that either deal with or…
The release of the International Energy Agency's Oil Market Report for September is a good time to review the status of our ongoing crisis, for…
If there is a way to get through the loss of fossil fuels, it lies in developing new and more efficient ways to generate renewable…
During recent weeks, evidence has piled up that U.S. and European economies, far from recovering, are swirling back into recession. Failure of American politicians to…
Last month Wards Auto published a story pointing out that the world's motor vehicle count was now over 1 billion. As could be expected, registered…
Let's face it! The whole fossil fuel thing - widespread use of coal, oil, and natural gas could not have happened without technological advances. Without…
Lost in the furor over the debt crisis last week came the news that the U.S. economy expanded at an annual rate of only 0.4…
President Obama and House Speaker Boehner are both right, but they’re both tragically wrong. And unless they can somehow wake up and see why they’re…