Cheap, abundant natural gas is changing the game for energy in the U.S., and that means a renewed push for natural gas cars. According to Pike Research, there will be a total […]

Norway’s national oil company is betting $20 billion that the future of the energy business lies under the U.S. They’re not alone. Out the helicopter window, as the muddy waters dumping out […]

Many types of crude oil are produced around the world. The market value of an individual crude stream reflects its quality characteristics. Two of the most important quality characteristics are density and […]

There’s been much debate over the past days, weeks, months, years, and decades over the viability of electric vehicles (EVs). But Tesla’s Model S is a fast, luxurious, and frankly stunning sedan […]

Are lower oil prices good news? Not really, if it means the world is sinking into recession. We know from recent past experience and from common sense that higher oil prices are […]

Half of this year is now gone, which means it’s time once again to look at sales of plug-in electric cars–both for June and for the first six months of 2012. Coming […]

Gasoline prices remain high, and Reuters recently noted that there are enough countries with civil unrest, technical problems and bad weather that there are around a million barrels a day of possible […]

The Tech Talks of the last few months have followed a path of looking in a relatively realistic manner at crude oil production with emphasis on that coming from the United States […]

Algae company Solazyme was one of the first of the biofuel startups to decide to focus on the food, nutraceutical and specialty chemical markets first, before tackling the daunting fuel industry. But […]