Does the Natural Gas Bubble Need to be Popped?

Natural gas is being touted by some at Copenhagen as a relatively low-carbon “bridge” fuel, a life-line to take us through the next few decades until we can depend entirely on renewable and nuclear energy. Proponents, which in...

Posted Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 9:13 am | Filed in: Electricity, Environment, Natural Gas, Renewables, Transportation

Weekly Political Roundup

As the clock to Copenhagen reaches the 11th hour, many in Washington are going to be boarding planes in the next few days to attend the climate conference that officially starts on Monday. President Obama is scheduled to arrive on...

Posted Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 2:09 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation

Wake up call for climate scientadvocates

As the climate negotiations begin this coming Monday- coincidentally enough on Pearl Harbor Day (one assumes Glenn Beck is already on that), the hacking/leaking of email exchanges between climate scientists gets a thoughtful treat...

Posted Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 7:14 am | Filed in: Environment, Legislation

Even odds that oil prices will be high

Oil prices are going back up.  The question is how high they will get before the next major fall.  Two of Europe’s largest bookmakers, Ladbrokes and Paddy Power, think that higher oil prices are very likely.  Both offered odd...

Posted Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 9:02 am | Filed in: Oil Prices

Brief High Gas Prices Yield No Fuel Economy Gains

Between January 2007 and August 2008 gasoline prices rose more than $2 per gallon. Much discussion was had over the woes of $4 gas. Yet according to a report released this month by the Environmental Protection Agency, real world a...

Posted Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 7:54 am | Filed in: Gas Prices, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Transportation