China is big coal, but also big green, according to Bloomberg: China is already the world’s largest renewable-energy producer as measured by installed generating capacity, according to a report today from the Climate Group, a coalition of companies and governments that support solutions to global warming. The country is also the world’s top manufacturer of …
One of my crude measures of the long range energy picture has always been coal-to-liquids. At some price (the usual number I hear is somewhere at or above $60 or $70 a barrel) it becomes economical to make liquid fuels out of coal. Given Appell’s Theorem, it has seemed inevitable to me that, regardless of …
Al Zelicoff’s energy tip of the week almost sounds like a no-brainer: skip the drive-through window. But it’s amazing how many of these really are no-brainers. The question: how to get them in people’s brains?
I’m more interested right now in the correct questions than the clear answers: Is the price of oil today too high given the fundamentals? Could be. Is it too low? Could be. But one thing I’m sure that’s too high is the confidence on the part of those who insist they know the answer. James …
While we’ve all been watching gasoline go through the roof (easy to spot – sign on every street corner), natural gas has been quietly doubling in price as well. My colleague Win Quigley has a story in this morning’s paper, and Al Zelicoff, who’s been helping the paper with consumer energy saving tips, put together …
A changing picture: $2.00 gas: “Get off the road, you fucking faggot!” $4.00 gas: “Dude! Awesome bike!” (h/t Nora)
meadowlarks and $4 gas
The Financial Times is reporting pressure at the G8 meeting from what the British call “campaigners” for the West to restrict its production of biofuels because of the effect it’s having on on food supplies: ActionAid, a charity, blamed G8 countries in a report for what it said was a halving of agricultural aid since …
If you think oil’s going to hit $300 a barrel, there’s apparently money to be made. And someone thinks that is a real possibility: Nymex statistics show that investors for the first time placed a small bet this week that West Texas Intermediate oil futures would hit $300 a barrel – more than double yesterday’s …
The decline in the price of diesel has continued for the fifth consecutive week, according to EIA.