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No, BP, the U. S. did NOT surpass Saudi Arabia in oil production
No, BP, the U. S. did NOT surpass Saudi Arabia in oil production Even the paper of record for the oil industry, Oil & Gas Journal, got it wrong. With the release of the latest BP Statistical Review of World Energy, media outlets appeared to be taking dictation rather than asking questions about which countries produced the […]
Delayed gratification for OPEC, more pain for investors
Delayed gratification for OPEC, more pain for investors Delayed gratification is said to be a sign of maturity. By that standard OPEC at age 55 demonstrated its maturity this week as it left oil production quotas for its members unchanged. It did so in the face of oil prices that are about 40 percent lower than they […]
The energy revolution will not be televised
The energy revolution will not be televised Three recent news items remind us that energy transitions take time, a lot of time–far too much time to be shrunk down into a television special, a few talking points, or the next big energy idea. For example, the complex management task of putting together the international fusion […]
Is the slowdown in productivity growth a result of energy costs?
Is the slowdown in productivity growth a result of energy costs? Slowing productivity growth in the United States has been in the news in recent months. It has become a concern to policymakers because they believe it is one of the primary contributors to a middle-class economic squeeze according to the annual report of the White […]
Stephen Toulmin welcomes you to the end of modernity
Stephen Toulmin welcomes you to the end of modernity Historian and philosopher of science Stephen Toulmin welcomes you to the end of modernity, at least modernity as we’ve imagined it. By modernity, he does not mean modern gadgets. By end he does not mean an end to progress in the natural sciences, nor in human affairs in […]
Terms of debate: Destroying vs altering nature, the fragile vs the resilient Earth
Terms of debate: Destroying vs altering nature, the fragile vs the resilient Earth Last week’s piece drew responses that throw into relief how much the language we use depends on our most basic assumptions about how the world works. If left unexamined, that language leads to further conclusions that go unchallenged because the underlying assumptions are never scrutinized. […]
‘An Ecomodernist Manifesto’: Truth and confusion in the same breath
‘An Ecomodernist Manifesto’: Truth and confusion in the same breath I really do want to applaud the Breakthrough Institute’s recently released paper called “An Ecomodernist Manifesto.” It speaks with candor about the possible catastrophic consequences of unchecked climate change. It recognizes the large footprint of humankind in the biosphere. It wants to address both, and it wants to do […]
Chinese energy figures suggest much slower growth than advertised
Chinese energy figures suggest much slower growth than advertised Last year China reported the slowest economic growth in 24 years, about 7.4 percent. But the true figure may actually be much lower, and the evidence is buried in electricity figures which show just 3.8 percent growth in electricity consumption. David Fridley, a staff scientist in the China Energy Group at […]
How the climate change debate got hijacked by the wrong standard of proof
How the climate change debate got hijacked by the wrong standard of proof Everyone loves a courtroom drama–especially one that pits a feisty, but a determined criminal defense attorney against the awesome power of a prosecutor who has the resources of the state behind him or her. We see such David and Goliath stories every week on […]
