Nov

17

Warning – Oil Will Run Out Before Replacements Are Ready

November 17, 2010 | 6 Comments

So says UC Davis Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Debbie Niemeier in a forecast that published on Nov. 8 in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Sound nuts?  Wait a moment . . . Niemeier is working from the theory that long-term investors are good predictors of whether and when new energy technologies will [...]

Oct

18

The Incredible Global Warming Scam Gets Hit Again

October 18, 2010 | 30 Comments

For the scientifically adept and honest people global warming is a huge embarrassment.  Not only have the main base perpetrators been caught but also the institutions that house their activities have gone deep into the coverup.  It’s just too much money to let integrity rule their actions.  The global warming scheme has tens of thousands [...]

Oct

4

Getting That New Energy Economy

October 4, 2010 | 12 Comments

Lots of pundits politicians and special interests all want their idea to be the path for a new energy economy.  Lest we forget, we consumers will pay for whatever idea makes the political cut to the top.  If you are thinking the best will rise to the top – you haven’t been watching the U.S. [...]

Sep

7

New Fuel Efficiency Labels for New Cars

September 7, 2010 | 3 Comments

Last Monday the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation proposed a fuel economy label overhaul to measure how electric and alternative fuel vehicles stack up against gasoline and diesel passenger vehicles. The officials expect the ‘proposed’ new labels to be finalized early next year and used in 2012 model year cars. The published labels [...]

Sep

6

Love Your Country Hate Your Government

September 6, 2010 | 5 Comments

It’s Labor Day, a holiday set up for the working folks in the economy.  It’s also a hallmark for the labor unions from which much of the past century’s good and bad can be sourced. This writer can count among family and friends those who have benefited from love of country, and those who have [...]

Aug

18

The Oil Spill Disaster That Isn’t

August 18, 2010 | 15 Comments

The BP well blowout, fire, explosion and platform collapse, and the ensuing crude oil leak are without doubt the result of human failings.  Underestimating the quality of the reservoir is one reason, perhaps some engineering choices and safety oversights, inadequate equipment, testing that didn’t work out in the real world and all the rest only [...]

Aug

13

A New Kind of Patent

August 13, 2010 | 1 Comment

This writer was asked in an email a couple days ago about what the non-committed, seemingly idealism free, and generally pro commerce view is here about incentives for energy and fuel production. It is an arena fraught with special interests of every stripe including the environment itself to the consumers ranging from wealthy to dirt [...]

Jul

5

The Media and Leadership Failure

July 5, 2010 | 10 Comments

Any amount, no matter how little of watching, reading or listening to popular or mass media, politicians and pundits would have regular folks wondering when we’re ever going to start on alternative energy and fuel sources.  This in the face of more ethanol than the 10% already in the system forming an oversupply problem compared [...]

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