Henry Hewitt

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• Tesla: Sell On The Trumpets

  Published 28 January 2020 | viewed 7,694 times

  You probably aren’t asking yourself for whom this bell is tolling, but I’d like to tell you anyway. (You’re welcome.) The classic contrary indicator for…

• A Letter To Elon Musk

  Published 22 January 2019 | viewed 8,080 times

  Dear Elon, In the long run, those of us who are not dead are investing in earnings, not ego. Don’t be cute -- be profitable.…

• The Unintended Consequences Of Trump’s Solar Tariffs

  Published 30 January 2018 | viewed 13,446 times

  There may not be blood, but there will be plenty of losses for those who still hold hope for an age that is passing away..…

• Cities Face Huge Power Shortages In Near Future

  Published 29 July 2017 | viewed 11,629 times

  “You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard. I tell you that the great cities…

• Is Solar Reliable When Grids Are Stressed?

  Published 13 July 2017 | viewed 10,765 times

  If you want more solar BTUs for your buck, track the sun. This generally means the array is on the ground since very few homes…

• The Next Big Innovation In Solar Is Here

  Published 11 July 2017 | viewed 19,787 times

  An oil donkey, cycling every 7 or 8 seconds, dips into the well 11,500 times per day. (The math is pretty simple.) A solar tracker,…

• Is Saudi Arabia Depending Too Much On The Ghawar Field?

  Published 04 July 2017 | viewed 26,316 times

  About the only joy Fossil Fuelers have been getting lately is the sweet satisfaction that the ‘Peak Oil’ crowd got it wrong. What the Fossil…

• Is The U.S. Getting Left Behind In The Renewable Race?

  Published 25 May 2017 | viewed 22,924 times

  Climate change is the cost of burning capital that cannot be replaced. The best thing about switching over to renewable energy is that the world…

• Who Will Lead The Transportation Transformation?

  Published 12 May 2017 | viewed 10,833 times

  A moment of truth is at hand, not just for Tesla, not just for electric vehicles, but for transport generally. It is by no means…

• How Oil Can Be Used To Defeat ISIS

  Published 24 March 2016 | viewed 15,332 times

  In the aftermath of 9/11, I had expected to see George Bush appear before the cameras and say:  “Of Course, You Know, This Means War.”…

• Ultra-Bearish Headlines As A Contrarian Signal For Oil

  Published 04 March 2016 | viewed 11,258 times

  One way to tell that a bear market move has run its course, or is getting close at least, is when front page stories on…

• Will Gold Be The World’s Best Currency, Again?

  Published 12 February 2016 | viewed 36,087 times

  After Peak Debt Comes Deflation Paper money, ‘the Heaven-sent leaf’, is nothing new, but it has not always been held in high regard nor previously…

• Why Surge In Renewables Investment Is Unrelated To Oil Prices

  Published 22 January 2016 | viewed 13,305 times

  As Nick Cunningham’s recent post points out, renewable energy had a good year in 2015; in fact, the best year ever. The graphic below comes…

• India Will Determine Both Coal And Solar Market

  Published 07 December 2015 | viewed 14,940 times

  Gandhi would be pushing hard to make this happen. Teaching locals how to produce salt from seawater in 1930 gave millions of Indians a measure…

• Energy Storage Now Moving To The Next Level

  Published 30 October 2015 | viewed 14,756 times

  Lithium Lights Up the Desert The Price of Li in Vegas Alright, so it’s Reno, not Las Vegas, but the important thing is the price,…

• The Clock Is Ticking On The U.S. Dollar As World’s Reserve Currency

  Published 21 September 2015 | viewed 54,769 times

  The View From Hubbert’s PeakIn 1971, the American President put an end to a 2,500 year trend; the Wall Street Journal called it “Nixon’s Worst…

• Wind Energy Could Blow U.S. Coal Industry Away

  Published 22 August 2015 | viewed 37,089 times

  It’s not enough to say that fossil fuels have to go or nuclear is hopeless (which are both probably true statements). The question is: What…

• PV Solar Could Have Some Serious Competition

  Published 15 August 2015 | viewed 19,955 times

    Abengoa’s IST Thermal Trough About half the energy burned in the U.S. is used to make hot water and heat (most of which is…

• The Price Of ‘C’ In China

  Published 08 August 2015 | viewed 16,792 times

  Source: U.S. Department of Energy As the chart above indicates, since the end of World War II, the amount of carbon being leaked into the…

• Carbon Tax Could Be Fossil Fuel Industry Achilles’ Heel

  Published 03 August 2015 | viewed 5,090 times

  PV checks every box on the list of imperatives. It is cheap, there are no problems getting it financed (SolarCity will install panels on your…