Jan

26

Will Peak Oil Become Gap Oil?

January 26, 2009 | 2 Comments

Professor Chris Rhodes writing in Scitizen has offered the idea that “Gap Oil” could or should replace “Peak Oil.” It’s a concept that I could agree to, if the premise fit reality a little better. Professor Rhodes seems to like the idea that his thought of the “Gap Oil” label comes from him first, and [...]

Jan

20

Let’s Not Kill All the Bankers

January 20, 2009 | 6 Comments

Later today then President Obama will give his inaugural address. There isn’t much likelihood that the speech will directly discuss banking and the mess its in or how to get the mess straightened up. I expect soaring rhetoric and hot air. The title today is a take off Shakespeare’s oft quoted, “lets kill all the [...]

Jan

6

Short Term Thinking vs the Big Japanese Photovoltaic Business Gets Bigger

January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments

Yesterday saw the NEC Top 100 Technologies reviewed here and Al Fin kicking in Checkbiotech.org’s Top Bioenergy Companies on his energy blog. Then last night the news out of Japan has it that Toshiba, the huge company we see in electronics like laptop computers and TVs has jumped into utility scale solar photovoltaics. Now don’t [...]

Nov

24

A Not So Small War

November 24, 2008 | 5 Comments

For many the piracy off the horn of Africa seems interesting if a little remote. The stories about pirates catching up to freighter ships then asking for a ransom might seem an odd curiosity. But when pirates seize and move 2 million gallons of oil, or more than 36,000 tons of wheat we’re talking food [...]

Nov

18

Where to Make The Big Money In Energy

November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

Many believe that buying equities, stocks, oil well drilling project shares and bonds in companies that work in finding and producing oil plus the companies that are researching and expecting to produce alternatives are the investments positioned for great future growth. That’s a near sure thing as energy use is going to be volatile over [...]

Nov

7

Four Economic Mistakes

November 7, 2008 | 11 Comments

While America is filled with joy and consternation over the election and the results I’ve been thinking about what should be done about the economy. The more obvious thing is to list the “For God’s Sake, Don’t Do This List.” It’s a rather short. Founded in hard experience by America’s economy, visible to any student [...]

Oct

20

Reality Check – Plans and Policies

October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It seems like this election season is filled with more attention from the media than any in memory. Its not, rather there is a lot more venues for election information to get to people. The old media like newspapers and radio, the middle aged outlets of TV are supplanted by several cable news channels, news [...]

Oct

16

The Money Wars – What Are Those Government Incentives?

October 16, 2008 | 2 Comments

It seems there are six or seven categories of incentives: tax policy, regulation, research and development funding, market activity, government services and disbursements. As you’ll see an incentive is just as easily and effectively a disincentive. Tax policy has been, by far, the most widely used form of incentive mechanism, accounting for $325 billion (45 [...]

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