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If Oil is a Barometer, Beijing is Rising

Feb 19, 2012 at 12:30

Beijing said recently it wanted to increase the amount of oil it gets from Russia through a major oil pipeline running to the Pacific Ocean. Beijing, however, would likely have…

The Time of Big Government is Coming to an End

Feb 19, 2012 at 12:26

As economies contract, a global popular uprising confronts power elites over access to the essentials of human existence. What are the underlying dynamics of the conflict, and how is it…

Why Algal Biofuels May Never Hold the Key to the Future

Feb 19, 2012 at 11:59

The depletion of world rock phosphate reserves will restrict the amount of food that can be grown, a situation that can only be compounded by the production of biofuels, including…

Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of February 20, 2012

Feb 19, 2012 at 11:56

April Natural Gas futures finished at a three week high while continuing its base-building process. This is important from a technical perspective because typically, the wider the base, the stronger…

Crude Oil Analysis for the Week of February 20, 2012

Feb 19, 2012 at 11:50

The inability to penetrate a major 50 percent price level at $95.13 helped form a new bottom at $95.81 on the April Crude Oil weekly chart. With two main bottoms…

Kazakhstan - One of the Safest Former Soviet Republics for Investment

Feb 18, 2012 at 21:14

When the USSR collapsed in December 1991, the emerging fifteen new nations scrambled amidst hyperinflation to restructure their economies away from a centrally planned economy directed by Moscow to sovereign,…

Local Gas - Why Nat Gas Pipeline Stocks Could Soon Lose Out

Feb 16, 2012 at 19:05

Dividend-paying pipeline companies have performed well for natural resource investors lately. But there's a new twist to this story that could alter this trend... and the stock charts are agreeing…

Politics May Devour Exploitation of Mediterranean Natural Gas Reserves

Feb 16, 2012 at 18:08

It’s understandable, given the potential offshore hydrocarbon reserves of the eastern Mediterranean that nations there might be in dispute about who owns what, and where maritime borders are. The Republic…

Biomass: Just Because it's Green Doesn't Mean it's Clean

Feb 16, 2012 at 18:04

Florida residents last year filed a legal challenge against a company that was planning to build a biomass incinerator in the Florida Panhandle. They complained the incinerator project was a…

Which Trends Are Changing the World of Energy

Feb 16, 2012 at 18:01

Technology and global competition are profoundly impacting our energy future.  The evidence is all around us in wind and solar energy advances, horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing creating a new…

Independent Analysis Proves the Effectiveness of Federal Loan Guarantees

Feb 16, 2012 at 17:45

Take a deep breath, because what I’m about to tell you may be shocking: Federal loan guarantees for energy projects have been successful, cost-effective investments—contrary to what some conservatives insist…

How The Human Population Explosion Defies Nature

Feb 16, 2012 at 17:36

There are seven billion people on earth now. I originally thought that the primary reason for the recent human population explosion was that fossil fuels enabled a larger food supply…

President Obama's 2013 Energy Budget: Good News or Political Nothingness

Feb 16, 2012 at 14:07

President Barack Obama’s FY2013 budget includes $27.2 billion for the Department of Energy. US DOE says the budget priorities are focused on the ‘all-of-the-above’ energy strategy laid out in…

Former OPEC Member Indonesia Diversifies its Energy Matrix

Feb 15, 2012 at 19:48

Indonesia, which had begun producing oil in the early 20th century, had such substantial production that it was a major impetus for Japan invading the Dutch East Indies, as Indonesia…

Putin Looking to Modernize Russia's Energy Sector, Bureaucrats Fight Back

Feb 15, 2012 at 17:09

Largely overlooked in the non-Russian press, an incipient struggle is developing between Russian Prime Minister Putin and his attempts to privatize some of the largest and most economically inefficient legacies…

How the US Shale Boom Will Change the World

Feb 15, 2012 at 17:02

A funny thing is happening on the way to the clean energy future–reality is setting in. There is ‘incontrovertible evidence’ about the economic growth and job creating effects of America’s…

Chevron's Underhand Tactics to Avoid Paying for Worlds Worst Oil Disaster

Feb 15, 2012 at 16:51

The Andean Commission of Jurists and five prestigious international law experts from around the world have joined a growing chorus of criticism targeting Chevron's attempt to use a secret investor…

The Age of Fossil Fuels is Far From Over

Feb 15, 2012 at 16:32

Having looked at the major alternatives to fossil fuel energy production (summarized here), we come away with the general sentiment that the easy days of cheap energy are not…

How the U.S. Can Produce 36 Billion Gallons of Biofuels Annually

Feb 15, 2012 at 16:18

Jim Lane at Biofuelsdigest.com has written an article worthy of serious consideration to answer the U.S. challenge in law to produce 36 billion gallons of biofuel annually. Ethanol from…

South Africa Caught in Fallout from Increased Sanctions Against Iran

Feb 14, 2012 at 18:01

The U.S. new sanctions initiative, strongly supported by Israel, to impose new sanctions against Iran, is designed to punish it for its purported covert nuclear weapons program by imposing new…

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