Mar
9
Where Policy Starts for Right Now
March 9, 2010 | 11 Comments
Some commentary is so well organized and on point it deserves a wide hearing. At this blog we tend to look down the road at what might be coming, but. We have to get down the road in the meantime. John C. Felmy of the API has thought this through and managed to compress the [...]
Feb
26
The Economic Impact of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry
February 26, 2010 | 7 Comments
While I’m under the weather Jane Van Ryan has graciously provided content for today.
For many years, this nation has been debating its energy future. Speeches have been made and legislation has been passed, but on balance the United States is less energy secure today than it was 35 years ago after the oil embargo. Why? [...]
Feb
19
The Most Abundant Fuel in the World
February 19, 2010 | 8 Comments
Email can consume a lot of time. But some gems pop up, like a simple question from an .edu address that must be from a youthful person with an earnest need to know. The question seems small, what is the most abundant fuel in the world? I’m having an Art Linkletter moment, “Kids ask the [...]
Feb
2
Making Sense from Nonsense
February 2, 2010 | 4 Comments
I have come to admire Robert Rapier; just last week we had a look at one of the best pieces he’s presented. As if there is some signal a good turn deserves a bad one, Mr. Rapier came up with a post that is nonsense.
The article, called the “Price of Energy,” picked up by the [...]
Jan
29
How To Measure Some Energy Judgments
January 29, 2010 | 3 Comments
Robert Rapier, bless ‘em, attracted Frank Weigert a retired DuPont chemist to express his views on the pathway to renewable fuels. Odd, Mr. Rapier is quite the one to skewer the biofuel field generally, relying on his considerable practical knowledge without investigating the paths research can use in getting to new developments. Mr. Weigert had [...]
Jan
5
2009 Energy and Fuel News of Note For 2010 Part 2
January 5, 2010 | 2 Comments
Part two is a look at emerging technologies with fusion forefront. Without any doubt the Holy Grail, planetary savior, or nirvana is likely fusion. Following close on would be the dark horses such as Randell Mills’ BlackLight hydrino technology.
Fusion outside of the multinational ITER project using the old tokamak idea to confine the fuel has [...]
Jan
4
2009 Energy and Fuel News of Note For 2010 Part 1
January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
Lots of writers splurge into ‘expertise’ with annual reviews of the past year’s events. Most are done out of historical context, relying instead on the contemporary opinion to justify an article. It’s very easy. But let’s try to see what is significant.
Using the basic energy inputs we’ll start with solar radiation. The industries, both photovoltaic [...]
Dec
8
CO2 Kills With Every Breath Says US EPA
December 8, 2009 | 2 Comments
If even there was a more stupid result the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said ‘greenhouse gases’, “threaten the public health and welfare of the American people” and that the pollutants, albeit mainly carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels, should be regulated under the Clean Air Act. Given free reign from the U.S. Supreme Court, [...]
Dec
2
Credibility Lost – Hackers Could Save Scientific Integrity
December 2, 2009 | 3 Comments
November 20, 2009 is a date that will last for generations as a historical moment for the truth. Hackers, corrupters of another sort cracked into the leading European university where its server was holding thousands of emails and data that has unraveled the credibility of the human caused global warming scare. Now much, but not [...]
Nov
27
The List for Thanks
November 27, 2009 | 2 Comments
With a little thought there is quite a list of things to be thankful for even when staying on the topic of energy and fuels.
There is the physics of the universe and all its marvels, the exchange between energy and matter, reactions that release energy and the amazing array of chemicals that can store energy.
The [...]
