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Fossil Fuels Vs Climate Action: A Not-So-Hidden Dilemma
The idea that a smooth transition away from fossil fuels is already happening and can succeed without draconian emergency measures is a self-deception of the first order. We've blown the chance to make a smooth transition from fossil fuels.
U.S. Shale Oil And Gas Forecast: Too Good To Be True?
The nature of tight oil and shale gas plays is that they decline quickly, such that production from individual wells falls 75–90% in the first three years, and first-year play decline rates without new drilling typically range from 25–50% per year.
Technology That "Empowers The Individual" Can Threaten All Of Us
Whenever I hear about a new technology that "empowers the individual," I know that one thing is likely to be true about it: It will soon (if not already) be turned to negative and harmful ends
Critical Minerals Problem: Supply Chain Issues Come To The Fore
It seems that all of a sudden there is talk of mineral shortages and two metals which are thought to be plentiful in the Earth's crust, nickel and zinc, have been added to the list of minerals now deemed critical to the United States.
Another Extraordinary Delusion: Mining Helium From The Moon
The obsession with mining the Moon strikes me as the kind of fantasy that enters into civilizations when they are faced with huge, seemingly insurmountable problems and want magical solutions that let them avoid actually facing those problems.
Then And Now: Your Grocery Stores Are Like Museums
The cause for spreading shortages in grocery stores is a supply chain weakened by decades of streamlining in an effort to cut costs and reward investors with the savings.
Things Do Not Have To Run Out For Their Scarcity To Become Destabilizing
It's not that things are running out - it's the where, and the fragility of a globally interconnected system.
It's All Connected: The Natural Gas Market And Its Casualties
It is looking like the metaphorical natural gas bridge is going to come up short. The effects are starting to ripple throughout the economy, not only in the natural gas markets themselves, but also in the electricity and agricultural markets.
The Standard American Diet: Downstream Revenue For The U.S. Health Care System
It's hard to convince people that foods which are so widely advertised, consumed and accepted are killing them, albeit slowly.
Has OPEC Finally Won The War Against Shale Oil?
Investment in shale oil companies has finally collapsed—even as oil prices levitate. It has been a long time coming. The industry would like you to believe that it is now showing "restraint" in its capital spending.
Shale Oil And Gas Fraud: A Sign Of A Peak In Oil Supplies?
The rise in oil prices against a backdrop of a recovering economy suggests that the shale miracle is not returning any time soon, if ever. For those who scoffed at the idea that world oil production would peak in the near-term, the test is ahead.
Who Pays For The Care Of "Orphaned" Oil And Gas Wells? You Do
When oil and gas wells end their useful life, one of two things happens: 1) They are plugged and capped to prevent further flows or 2) they are simply abandoned.
Not Just Another Drought: The American West Moves From Dry To Bone Dry
Unfortunately, a positive mental attitude does not trump the physics of climate change—which, in this case, has been combined with a return to what the historical and geological record show is far closer to the norm in the West.
Solar Now 'Cheapest Electricity In History': How Much Will It Matter?
The International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2020 says solar-produced electricity is now the "cheapest electricity in history."  That seems like very good news until the actual expected impact of that fact is examined more closely.
Mobility Is Not Optional: Why The Losses Hitting Mass Transit Should Concern Us All
Transit makes possible much of the private commercial activity of cities, not the other way around. And mass transit is currently trapped in a doom loop.
Low Prices Batter Oil Industry (And Later The Rest Of Us)
The shale oil and gas industry as a whole has been free cash flow negative for years. That's okay for a few years, but as a long-run strategy it means a company is simply consuming the capital of its investors.
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