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Receding Horizons - Part II - 2007-04-27
Last week, we discussed the "Law of Receding Horizons," which explains why marginal oil and gas projects can still be uneconomical even with high oil prices, contrary to projections. Now let's review the next rogues' gallery of cavalrymen who have decided to stay home.

Receding Horizons - 2007-04-20
Back in 1946, you'd have seen a billboard along the route of today's I-70 suggesting that you "Get In On the Ground Floor" of real estate there to capitalize on the impending shale oil rush. And it's still not too late, because to this day there is not a single production-scale oil shale facility.

Ethanol Fuel Production - 2007-04-16
These new standards will require the introduction of 35 billion gallons of biofuel by 2035. And here's the best part: US capacity is already hovering around 13 billion gallons per year. That's nearly 75% more than the 2012 standards require.

Fighting Terror with Hypercars - 2007-04-13
Former CIA and State Department officials sound off about energy policy, national security and hypercars.

Healthy Planet, Hefty Wallets - 2007-04-09
Funding is currently being provided that covers up to 80% of the cost of converting old diesel fleets to new clean vehicles that meet 2010 EPA emissions standards. These include the vehicles that collect your trash and the big brown trucks that tote your packages.

No Time to Lose - 2007-04-06
With oil, gas, and coal all set to peak sometime between now and about 15 years from now, and nuclear unable to increase its share very much, we're headed for a chronic energy shortfall . . . one that will continue for decades, until enough economic damage has been done to bring our energy demand back in line with supply.

Algae Biofuel - 2007-04-02
Algae is the highest yielding feedstock for biodiesel, producing 24 times more oil per acre, on average, than the next leading feedstock--palm oil at 635 gallons/acre/year. With numbers like that, it won't be long until the companies that perfect this technology will be going gangbusters. The investors that get in now on this next generation of biodiesel stand to make legendary profits. Learn how. . .

Give Me Incentives, Or Give Me Death - 2007-03-26
The Securing America's Energy Independence Act of 2007 was introduced on January 17th. It calls for the extension of the solar tax credit for another 8 years--until 2017. Passing this bill would foster phenomenal growth in the solar industry. In fact, it’s estimated that if passed, investment in solar energy would soar to $45 billion, and create 55,000 new jobs.

Strange Bedfellows - 2007-03-23
There can be no policy without politics. Our national foreign policy is a direct reflection of our energy policy, which is a direct reflection of our values as a nation, and of our capitalist system itself. They are all one and the same.

America's Farmers--the Arabs of the Midwest - 2007-03-19
Instead of planting by the moon or using other archaic agricultural devices, today's farmers are using GPS devices and laptop computers in addition to their trusty tractors. That’s right, farmers are fast becoming as technologically savvy as Cisco technicians--all in an effort to get a piece of this exploding market.

A New Day Dawns for Solar - 2007-03-16
When it was announced back in February I took a skeptical view of the President’s Advanced Energy Initiative, of which the Solar America Initiative (SAI) is a part. But now it looks like the White House has taken heed of the CFR's call to invest heavily, and broadly, in the R&D side of solar.

World Oil Production - 2007-03-09
When confronted with the indisputable reality of the peaking and decline of the world's top-producing oil fields, the cornucopian camp points to new projects as the cavalry that will ride in and save the day. High crude prices, they argue, will make formerly marginal oil projects profitable and encourage the development of new oil fields.

Who Still Loves Ethanol? - 2007-03-02
From the proposals on the Hill calling for as much as 60 billion gallons of renewable fuels by 2030, to individual states like California, Minnesota and Maryland pushing their own renewable fuel requirements--across the board and across the aisles, lawmakers are embracing ethanol like never before.

A Fighting Chance - 2007-02-23
After decades of resistance and delay in responding to the world’s most pressing twin challenges - peak oil and climate change - it’s hard to believe, but governments the world over, from federal to local, are finally starting to take serious action.

The Desperation of George W. Bush, Part II - 2007-02-15
Here’s the continuation of last week’s article exploring the reasons for the desperation of George W. Bush.

The Desperation of George W. Bush - 2007-02-08
Last week, CommonDreams published a clever, hard-left article titled "Game Over: Thirty-Six Sure-Fire Signs That Your Empire Is Crumbling" by David Michael Green. One of them was, "You know your empire's crumbling when a massive environmental nightmare is looming around the corner, and your emperor not only ignores it, but claims it isn't real while taking steps to exacerbate it."

Twenty Billion - a Drop in the Barrel for Renewable Energy - 2007-01-25
As we move into the future, oil and gas prices will rise and carbon-based fuels will be disfavored, be it by agreement or mandate or a market mechanism like carbon credits. Meanwhile, the cost of renewable energy and efficiency improvements will decline. Those two trend lines meet somewhere in the near future.

2007: Renewable Energy Gets Real, Part Two - 2007-01-18
Last week we covered the 2007 outlook for renewables in detail. This week, we step back a bit and look at the big picture, because that’s what affects the price of oil, and the price of oil, along with global warming, is one of the twin engines driving the renewables industry’s awesome growth.

2007: Renewable Energy Gets Real, Part One - 2007-01-11
It's clear that 2007 is the year when renewable energy finally gets real. That is, it will make sense as an investment just on the return alone, no matter what your politics or your view on climate change may be.

The Future's so Bright...I'm Going Solar! - 2007-01-04
Domestic energy policy is one of the six issues the new Congress plans to address in its first 100 hours. In fact, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to introduce the new energy package on January 18. That’s only two weeks away! Alternative energy will definitely be a huge part of this. And the market will respond.

Renewable Energy Set to Explode...with Government Backing - 2006-12-28
A bomb went off in the renewable energy world two months ago, but almost nobody heard it. It has stunning implications for the energy business, both the traditional hydrocarbon side and the renewable side.

Go Solar for Less than Forty Cents on the Dollar! - 2006-12-14
A 30% federal tax credit, combined with a typical 30% rebate (like they have in California), sweetened with special depreciation, means that a business can go solar for less than forty cents on the dollar!

Two Ethanol Stocks to Own in 2007 - 2006-12-07
Based on both their technological and economies of scale advantages, Ethanex and Alternative Energy Sources are two companies that many in the industry are predicting to be the new ethanol darlings of Wall Street in 2007.

Drive This SUV 130 Miles Without a Drop of Gas! - 2006-12-01
Truly a real-life case of “revenge of the nerds,” this truck has enough technology to make any pocket-protecting geek smile as wide as his dickies-wearing, steel-toed, diesel-guzzlin’ brethren.

Global Energy Demand - 2006-11-17
Earlier this week the Cambridge Research Energy Association (CERA) and its high priest Daniel Yergin put out a press release taking Peak Oil theory and its believers to task.

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