Chris Nelder

Chris hails from Marin County, near San Francisco, a hotbed of writers, progressive thought and the pursuit of sustainability.

Chris was a software engineer and technical writer for 17 years, working for powerhouses like Microsoft. During that time he also founded and published an online magazine called Better World in the mid '90s, as part of his lifelong interest in sustainability.

However, after 9/11, he had an epiphany: He realized that peak oil, climate change, and ecological overshoot were about to change life as we know it, and that mankind was now facing its greatest crisis ever. He had to take up the challenge.

He then embarked on intensive study of Peak Oil, the world of energy, and new sustainable modes of living appropriate to the challenges of the 21st Century. From his perch at the foot of Mt. Tamalpais, Chris began sharing his observations with the world through his blog. He then jumped out of the software industry and into the solar industry, where he designed, sold and installed solar PV systems for several years.

At that point Chris realized that investing was key to addressing our energy challenges, and in his pursuit of investing opportunities, he came across Angel Publishing's newsletters about energy: Wealth Daily, Energy and Capital and Green Chip Stocks. After a quick introduction, Chris joined up with the Baltimore boys, and the rest is history.

From the time he bought his first stock at the age of 9, through the years of working as a software developer for MSN Money, and on up to the present, Chris has been an investor for most of his life.

Recent Articles by Chris Nelder

The Oil Export Crisis Has Arrived - 2010-02-05
Venezuela and Mexico: The Point of the Exports Spear

Green Energy: The Belle of the Ball in 2010 - 2010-01-29
The Day the World Turned from Brown to Green

Survival Strategies for Systemic Failures - 2010-01-22
Resistance, Resilience, and Rebellion

The Renewable Power Rebellion - 2010-01-15
Local Supply is the Name of the Game

The Future of the Southwest: Localization and Carrying Capacity - 2010-01-08
Make Your Picks On Route 66

Energy Outlook for the Next Decade: Part 2 - 2010-01-01
Oil, Gas, Coal, Uranium, Renewables, Efficiency, Water, and Agriculture

Investment Themes for the Next Decade - 2009-12-26
A Bull Market Decade for Commodities

You Can't Trust the 2010 EIA Annual Energy Outlook - 2009-12-18
What the EIA Report Would Look Like if It Was Written by an Honest Person

Real Solutions to the Energy and Climate Crises - 2009-12-11
Investing in an Empire of Illusion

Dubai and Masdar City: A Study in Contrasts - 2009-12-04
A Tale of Two Cities: City of the Past, City of the Future

Investing in Hard Assets - 2009-11-27
And Why Buffett's Railroad Buy is Brilliant

What Peak Oil Can Do for Climate Change - 2009-11-20
Follow the Yellow Brick Road

China The Vampire Squid of Commodities - 2009-11-19
Why We Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Our New Chinese Overlords

No Plan for Oil Shortages in North America - 2009-11-17
Can the Free Market Keep Us Safe?

The 2009 IEA Oil Report & World Energy Outlook - 2009-11-13
Is the IEA World Energy Outlook Politically Distorted?

How To Invest in the New Energy Paradigm - 2009-11-06
Insights from the ASPO Peak Oil Conference

Energy Sector Outlook - 2009-10-30
Efficiency: The Way to Close the Renewables Gap

Our First Peak Oil Recession - 2009-10-23
Why Oil Prices May Never Rise Above $150

High Speed Railroad - 2009-10-19
Why High Speed Rail Is A No Brainer In The U.S.

Oil and Gas Outlook - 2009-10-16
The Next Oil Crisis is Just Ahead