McCain says "I have a long record of that support of alternate energy..... I've always been for all of those and I have not missed any crucial vote." Yet John McCain has been the Senator…
How Realistic is EIA’s US Domestic Oil Supply…
I was invited to a blogger's conference call on April 1, hosted by the American Petroleum Institute (API). We were told that each blogger would be allowed to ask one question of Peter Robertson, Vice…
How Realistic is EIA’s US Domestic Oil Supply…
I was invited to a blogger's conference call on April 1, hosted by the American Petroleum Institute (API). We were told that each blogger would be allowed to ask one question of Peter Robertson, Vice…
Bumpy Crude Oil Plateau in the Rear View…
Matt Mushalik is a retired civil engineer and regional planner from Sydney, Australia. In this post, he provides an update of his incremental production graphs, which he first provided in the post Did Katrina Hide…
Continuing the Nuclear Debate
We have run several articles recently on nuclear power and without fail they have stimulated enthusiastic debate. This is an opportunity to continue that debate. To start us off we have three guest contributions: Skip…
Concentrating On The Important Things – Solar Thermal…
While we spend a lot of time talking about traditional energy sources based on depleting resources that are extracted from the ground, I think its important to remember that the fastest growing sources of energy…
Short-term supplies of natural gas
I had thought that the short thread that has run through my last few posts – relating to the imminence of a fuels crisis, and the lack of political perception of the problem, had run…
Cogeneration At Home: Ceramic Fuel Cells And Bloom…
[Comments fixed.] The Engineer-Poet recently had a post on The Cogeneration Stopgap at the Oil Drum, which looked at how the combination of cogeneration (generating combined heat and power - CHP - using natural gas)…
Obama’s New “Big Oil” Ad: Does He Have…
In his second new TV spot of the day ??? this one now playing in Pennsylvania ??? Barack Obama's campaign releases a 30 second ad that takes a strong stand against Big Oil, saying he…