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Why Less Energy Consumption Can be a Good Thing

Jul 21, 2011 at 08:06 | Kurt Cobb

I now make it a staple of my public talks on energy to ask who in the audience has been to Europe. Usually many hands rise. I then explain that…

The Energy at the Earth’s Core

Jul 21, 2011 at 08:04 | Andy Soos

What spreads the sea floors and moves the continents? What melts iron in the outer core and enables the Earth’s magnetic field? Heat. Geologists have used temperature measurements from more…

PEMEX and the long road to privatization

Jul 20, 2011 at 07:29 | Andrew Smolski

Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) is the state-owned oil company (and natural gas) of México, which since the 90’s has been discussed for privatization like many other state-owned companies in México. The…

Environmentalists vs Oilmen: The Battle for Canada’s Oil Sands

Jul 20, 2011 at 07:28 | Post Carbon

The climate problem has moved from the abstract to the very real in the last 18 months.  Instead of charts and graphs about what will happen someday, we’ve got real-time…

Shipping Industry to be Regulated for Energy Efficiency and Carbon Emissions

Jul 20, 2011 at 07:25 | Energy Digital

The United Nations approves new rules that mandate energy efficiency and carbon emissions improvements for the shipping industry. Roughly 50,000 ships carry 90 percent of the worlds trade cargo every…

Strong Housing Data Helps Extend Crude Oil Gains

Jul 19, 2011 at 10:51 | Forex Pros

Crude oil futures extended gains on Tuesday, jumping to a three-day high after stronger-than-expected U.S. housing data boosted future demand expectations from the world’s largest oil consumer. On the New…

The Return of Gazprom

Jul 19, 2011 at 08:22 | John Daly

The December 1991 collapse of the USSR was an unmitigated disaster for all 15 nations emerging from the desiccated carapace of the Soviet Union. Now, like a plate of mercury…

Why Coal Prices Will Soar in the Coming Years

Jul 19, 2011 at 08:18 | Post Carbon

World energy policy is gripped by a fallacy — the idea that coal is destined to stay cheap for decades to come. This assumption supports investment in ‘clean-coal’ technology and…

Chevron Data Proves Oil Companies NOT Speculators are Driving up Oil Prices

Jul 19, 2011 at 08:11 | Bruce Krasting

Some poor wally over at Chevron accidentally released the company’s crude/distillate trading results for the year. An effort was made by the company to squash the information. Dow-Jones said, "the…

Fuel Taxes vs Fuel Economy: Are Stricter Fuel Economy Standards a Good Idea?

Jul 19, 2011 at 07:59 | Ed Dolan

According to news reports, the Obama administration is talking to automakers about raising the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard for passenger cars to 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025, more…

Iran Opens Oil Bourse - Harbinger of Trouble for New York and London?

Jul 18, 2011 at 08:32 | John Daly

The last three years of global recession have dealt a major blow to American capitalist ideas trumpeted throughout the world on the value of “free markets.” Wall St has been…

Crude Oil Analysis for the Week of July 18, 2011

Jul 18, 2011 at 08:13 | Commodities Mansion

September Crude Oil markets had a rocky week but still managed to close up despite another rejection of the psychological $100 per barrel level. Although the market see-sawed at times…

Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of July 18, 2011

Jul 17, 2011 at 18:08 | Commodities Mansion

September Natural Gas soared on Friday, settling at a one-month high, near 50% of its June/July range of 5.011 to 4.012 at 4.511. The rebound following a test of the…

Petroleum Propaganda: Depletion vs Development

Jul 15, 2011 at 10:16 | Post Carbon

Which sounds better? A) The Obama administration should be doing more to develop U.S. oil-and-gas reserves. Or, B) The Obama administration should be doing more to deplete U.S. oil-and-gas reserves.…

Crude Oil Futures Up for the Day as Unemployment Applications Fall

Jul 14, 2011 at 09:29 | Forex Pros

Crude oil futures extended gains on Thursday, climbing to a fresh daily high after official data showed that new applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell to the lowest in three-months…

The Relationship between Peak Oil and Peak Debt - Part 2

Jul 14, 2011 at 08:05 | Gail Tverberg

In Part 1 of this post, I pointed out that an economy is closely linked with the resources that underly it. Because of this, if there is really is a…

Chesapeake Energy to Invest $1 Billion in Natural Gas Cars

Jul 14, 2011 at 08:03 | Energy Digital

Natural gas is gaining ground as oil prices still linger around $100 a barrel; however, there are limited vehicles on the road that can run off of natural gas, and…

IEA's Efforts to Ease High Oil Prices Fails

Jul 13, 2011 at 07:48 | Energy Digital

In recent weeks, the International Energy Agency (IEA) decided to release 60 million barrels of member states’ oil reserves into the world market in what it called an effort to…

World Stock Markets Over-Exposure to Fossil Fuels Putting Investors at Risk

Jul 13, 2011 at 07:46 | Charlotte Dudley

The world’s stock markets are over-exposed to fossil fuels, putting investors at risk of a ‘carbon bubble’, according to a report by research group Carbon Tracker Initiative which calls for…

Natural Gas Futures Rise on News of Expected Heat Wave

Jul 12, 2011 at 11:42 | Forex Pros

Natural gas futures rallied for a third day on Tuesday, hovering below a one-week high as weather forecasts showed that a heat wave was moving towards the U.S. East coast,…

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