As the Northeast shivers under its first real cold spell and snowfall of the 2005-06 winter, I thought it might be comforting to see a chart of heating oil prices during the past 17 years or so.
What do you mean, you are not comforted? I thought that the heat generated by anger at the chart would help keep you warm!
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Claude Mandil, Executive Director, International Energy Agency, has warned gas exporting countries that forming an OPEC like cartel would harm their business. I think that his logic is interesting: Mandil said that gas, unlike oil, competes with other energy sources such as coal, nuclear and renewables in power generation and heating, giving consumers alternatives. “If…
I took a day of leave from my day job on January 20, 2010 to attend a workshop titled Nuclear Power for Commercial Ship Propulsion sponsored by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) and the Center for the Commercial Deployment of Transportation Technologies (CCDoTT) of the California State University, Long Beach. It…
I have been trying to learn more about Africa, its people, its markets, and the concerns that face that large continent. One of my current information sources is the MBendi web site and its weekly newsletters. In their 17 November 2006 newsletter, there was a disturbing paragraph that should cause biofuels developers to pause and…
I have been spending the last couple of hours digesting Chu’s responses to some very interesting questioning in preparation for an Atomic Show that I will be putting together this weekend. Though I have a great deal of respect and hope for what Chu should be able to accomplish, I am now less enthusiastic than…
This post will be one that evolves over time – especially if I can get some help from readers. My intention is to put together a representative series of quotes and links that show the rhythmic beat of the “cheap gas” mantra. I am not a believer – I think that the oil and gas…
I have been catching up with posts produced during my trip to France. (We did not have much time for web surfing.) One that I noticed was a thank you gift from my friends at PopAtomic Studios. What do you think?
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