March was a challenging month for refiners. Three weeks ago I discussed the issue of the looming ethanol blend wall, which is leading to soaring…
I started to go with “Fiddling While Rome Burns” in the title, but I know many people who would take great exception to the notion…
If not for the US government’s latest demonstration of incompetence that played out at the end of last week (a.k.a. sequestration), the top news story…
Energy Security TrustEnergy policy is a major topic of discussion during almost every State of the Union address. The most recent address was no exception,…
Oil Money is Bad Money, Except When…Al Gore has just released a new book — The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change — and is…
A few years ago, I made the observation that the best thing that could happen to mitigate against some of the potentially severe consequences of…
Investing for me is about identifying long-term trends, and then investing in companies whose business I understand, that will benefit from those trends. For more…
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) last week reported on a potential crisis for heating oil customers in the Northeast part of the United States. In…
I am getting numerous questions about the situation with California’s surging gasoline prices. Therefore, I want to take some time to explain what makes California’s…
Over the past two decades, Chinese oil consumption has quadrupled to nearly 10 million barrels per day. For the past decade they have been on…
Motivated Reasoning This week I was reading an article from the Associated Press called Some fracking critics use bad science. The gist of the article…
Global Experiment With the ClimateI want to preface this column by saying that I am very concerned about climate change. The rapid growth of atmospheric…
Since I first started writing about energy in 2005, I have said many times that my view on oil prices is long-term, and that if…
Let’s Play ‘Blame the Speculators’Most people would probably agree that speculation in the oil and gas markets is hurting American consumers. Consider the case of…
It is clear that many people have a very simplistic — but wrong — view of the energy markets. This extends to politicians who believe…
Who could have dreamed solving climate change would be so easy? A new paper in Environmental Research Letters called “Greenhouse gases, climate change and the…
Last week I was interviewed by Alan Colmes from Fox News Radio on the topic of gas prices. During the interview, he mentioned an idea…
Here are my choices for the Top 10 energy related stories of 2011. Don’t get too hung up on the relative rankings. They are mostly…
The following is a lengthy essay explaining why I would approve the Keystone pipeline despite finding myself on the side of those concerned over the…
When I worked in Scotland, one of my managers was a wise Englishman named Graham Walker. As with many people whose paths I have crossed…