"A failure in the Copenhagen process would be devastating for any chances to achieve 450ppm"

20 Nov, 2009 03:16 pm IEA Head Energy Efficiency & Environment Division Richard Bradley talks to Scitizen about the World Policy Conference, the World Energy Outlook 2009 and...

Resource Nationalism: The Last Stand for the Oil Optimists

23 Oct, 2009 03:53 pm The price of oil has more than doubled from its nadir of $30 a barrel earlier this year. To explain the resilience of oil prices in the face of a severe...

Over the Cliff for Natural Gas in North America?

26 Jan, 2009 09:23 am Is natural gas production in North America headed for cliff? No one can know for sure; but all signs point down.

Iran's Oil Shield Slips

4 Nov, 2008 05:18 pm Between the US election and the gyrations of the financial markets, some important implications of the declining price of oil haven't received the attention...

Oil Prices and the Mayflower Problem

29 Aug, 2008 02:34 pm Do oil prices really tell the market what it needs to know when it needs to know it?

The Nuclear Future That Never Arrived

29 Jul, 2008 02:57 pm Understanding how the great hopes of early nuclear power advocates eventually turned into great disappointment may shed some light on nuclear power's future...

Are biofuels causing food price rises?

18 Jul, 2008 04:11 pm The Gallagher Review into biofuels has a view on how the diversion of food into biofuel crops affects prices but its not clear...

The Benefits of $4 Gas

15 Jul, 2008 12:04 pm There was a great article last week in Time. It covers a lot of 'hot button' issues with me, such as suburban sprawl, shorter work weeks,...

Show Me

10 Jul, 2008 10:28 am A kick out of this story from the newest issue of Subsidy Watch: New research from Missouri refutes allegations that ethanol mandates save money...

Drilling Into Energy Independence

1 Aug, 2008 10:08 am Another July 4th has come and gone, accompanied by the usual cries for a new "Declaration of Energy Independence." Continuing a longstanding tradition...

Surely Taking Corn out of the Market will Raise the Price

30 May, 2008 04:16 pm I've been in conversation with David Benson, about the role of biofuels in the current round of food price rises across the world.

My Top 10 Energy Stories of 2007

3 Jan, 2008 11:53 am On his blog, R-Squared Energy Blog, Robert Rapier shares his top 10 energy stories of 2007.

Oil Hits $100 per Barrel

3 Jan, 2008 11:47 am Crude oil prices have spiked, briefly reaching $100/barrel yesterday, and it may not be over. CNN's Jim Boulden reports. The Middle East is not so sure...

High Oil Prices = High Biofuel Prices

6 Nov, 2007 11:47 am You know that forever I have beaten the drum that high fossil fuel prices would make biofuels more expensive due to their poor EROEI..

World Oil Supply May Fail Within 5 Years.

25 Jul, 2007 07:14 pm Oil prices look set to skyrocket during the next five years, which coincides with peak-oil, the point of maximum global oil production beyond which an...