Last week I wrote about an incredible energy conference hosted by the Foundation for the Future. As one of a select few invited to observe and participate in the conference, I had the incredible experience to listen to and meet with 15 of the top thinkers and scientists in the world today on the subject […]
In the prior post I gave a general definition and overview of peak oil for those that have yet to track this development. Until recently, the brightest minds unencumbered by vested oil interests have strongly suggested, and with good documentation, that the world could well run out of extractable petroleum sometime around the mid twenty-first […]
Peak oil is loosely defined at the point in time when half of all the oil reserves in the earth have been extracted and burned. This means that we are half way through the oil consumption cycle and move into extracting the remaining 50%. Some of the most respected experts and oil geologists have long […]
In my last post I wrote about GM and the presentation it made to some of us in the media about the new battery technology they are developing along with several other companies. At the end of that post I highlighted the two distinct lines of challenging questions that have come up in response. I […]
One of the most important research and development efforts in the world today is the quest for the perfect battery to power electric cars. We all know that there is global warming, air pollution, and an increasing dependence on imported oil. We know that petroleum is a finite resource that will be depleted in this […]
There was an article the other day in the paper with the headline “Phoenix Plans 24-Lane Highwayâ€. The article described the plan to widen a two mile stretch of Interstate 10 in Phoenix to 24 lanes. In each direction there would be six general purpose lanes, two high-occupancy lanes and then four lanes for local […]
It was great to meet with a number of the top executives at GM prior to the Chicago Auto Show to learn about the Chevrolet Volt, the company commitment to developing battery technology and to really find out how committed this company is and will be in the area of cleaner automobiles. However there is […]
When I made the post with my 2007 predictions, I wrote that I would revisit the predictions from time to time, both to explore them more deeply or to reference them as events warranted. One of the specific predictions (#3) I made was that gasoline will climb over $3 a gallon nationally and over $4 […]
In my last post I listed four General Trends and Dynamics that would gain power in this New Year. The third one listed was the about alternative energy and Global Warming. The fact that we reached a tipping point on this in 2006 will become much clearer this year. It will be a dominant story, […]
Since the oil embargo of 1974, there has always been news coverage of OPEC meetings. Usually it is about raising prices or cutting production. These stories are usually accompanied by pictures of smiling or laughing men. Until recently these articles usually caused a negative reaction in me, as they represented the fact that a small […]