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Kurt Cobb

Resource Insights

Contributor since: 29 Sep 2011

Kurt Cobb

Kurt Cobb is a freelance writer and communications consultant who writes frequently about energy and environment. His work has also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, Resilience, Le Monde Diplomatique, TalkMarkets, Investing.com, Business Insider and many other places. He is the author of an oil-themed novel entitled Prelude and has a widely followed blog called Resource Insights. He is currently a fellow of the Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions.

Latest articles from Kurt

  • The Harsh Reality Of A Global Energy Transition

    Published 19 March 2018 | viewed 15,502 times

    I recently asked a group gathered to hear me speak what percentage of the world's energy is provided by these six renewable sources: solar, wind,…

  • The Truth About U.S. Energy Dominance

    Published 05 March 2018 | viewed 19,312 times

    Much of the media coverage of the American energy industry implies that America has become a vast and growing exporter of energy to the rest…

  • Justifying Blockchain’s Energy Usage

    Published 22 January 2018 | viewed 7,761 times

    The near vertical rise and fall in price of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin in recent months has been accompanied by reporting about the energy used to run…

  • How Vulnerable Is The Electrical Grid?

    Published 07 October 2017 | viewed 14,920 times

    When the electricity stops in modern civilization, pretty much everything else stops. Not even gasoline-powered vehicles can get far before they are obliged to seek…

  • Do Saudi Arabia And Russia Really Want Higher Oil Prices?

    Published 02 May 2017 | viewed 27,831 times

    The jawboning of oil prices by the Saudi Arabian/Russian tag team should be wearing off after more than a year of actions that don't measure…

  • Saudi Arabia’s War On Shale Never Ended

    Published 13 March 2017 | viewed 29,812 times

    Last week, when Saudi Arabia let it leak that the kingdom has no intention of leading OPEC toward another cut in production to accommodate the…

  • Is The U.S. Becoming Overdependent On Natural Gas?

    Published 04 March 2017 | viewed 13,792 times

    The story sounds familiar. For decades, oil and natural gas drilling have been proceeding and creating prosperity for those involved. At some point, significant earthquakes…

  • Australia’s LNG Woes: A Glimpse Into The Future For The U.S.?

    Published 18 February 2017 | viewed 11,215 times

    Two times last winter, Australians living in the country's eastern region paid more than twice as much for natural gas as did Japanese customers taking…

  • The Larger Problems Behind The Deepwater Horizon Disaster

    Published 22 October 2016 | viewed 33,782 times

    While watching the recently released film "Deepwater Horizon" about the catastrophic well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico that caused the largest oil spill in…

  • Saudi Arabia’s Fake Surrender: Why The Oil Price War Is Still On

    Published 10 October 2016 | viewed 55,801 times

    What do you do when everyone is bugging you to do something, but you don't want to do it? The simple answer is that you…

  • Is A Meaningful Rebound On The Horizon For U.S. Natural Gas?

    Published 15 August 2016 | viewed 20,346 times

    Cheniere Energy has long been my favorite contrarian indicator in the U.S. natural gas market. For those unfamiliar with the term, a contrarian indicator is…

  • The End Of A Trend: Oil Prices And Economic Growth

    Published 03 August 2016 | viewed 36,813 times

    It used to be that when it came to the world economy, oil prices and economic growth were more like distant cousins who disliked each…

  • Busting Media Myths On Peak Oil

    Published 23 July 2016 | viewed 32,278 times

    Almost synonymous with the term "peak oil" is M. King Hubbert, perhaps the foremost geophysicist of the 20th century, who first theorized about the eventual…

  • Are Energy Markets Responsible For The Brexit?

    Published 02 July 2016 | viewed 7,440 times

    The fretting in the financial markets after Great Britain's voters narrowly decided to leave the European Union (EU), a move dubbed Brexit, was less about…

  • How Far From An Electric World Are We?

    Published 13 June 2016 | viewed 10,921 times

    Recently, word leaked out that Norway may ban the sale of diesel- and gasoline-powered vehicles by 2025. The move toward electric vehicles is part of…

  • Does The U.S. Have A Plan For The Post-Oil Era?

    Published 25 May 2016 | viewed 17,738 times

    The world's largest exporter of crude oil, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, recently announced a plan for its post-oil future. If a country almost synonymous…

  • The Systemic Risk Created By Resource Corruption

    Published 16 April 2016 | viewed 4,838 times

    Corruption is a loaded word. One person's corruption is another's sound social policy. Some people believe providing unemployment benefits to laid-off workers corrupts them by…

  • Why Energy Policy And Public Opinion Must Be Separated

    Published 01 April 2016 | viewed 5,038 times

    Famed economist John Kenneth Galbraith used to respond to questions about the direction of the economy and financial markets by saying: "I answer because I'm…

  • The $9.2 Billion Bet Against OPEC Dominance

    Published 08 March 2016 | viewed 19,452 times

    The $9.2 billion investors paid to snap up new equity offerings from U.S. oil companies in 2016 proves those investors are indeed ready for more…

  • How The Energy Crash Revealed A Weak Global Economy

    Published 27 January 2016 | viewed 6,583 times

    "Down" is such a downer word. That's why when prices fall for practically anything Wall Street wants to sell you, Wall Streeters talk about volatility…

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