Yesterday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) issued its June Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) , which included significant downward revisions to the crude oil and petroleum product price forecasts for the second […]

The Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit American watchdog group, released a framework document this week for reducing the projected oil use of the United States by half over 20 years. On […]

OPEC has been on auto-pilot for the last year. Anyone who had any spare oil, put it on the market, Asian consumers would soak it up. Prices firmed nicely above $100/b, more […]

Toyota City, Japan – Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that it has developed a vehicle to home(1)(V2H) system for the mutual sharing of power between electric-powered vehicles, such as plug-in hybrid vehicles […]

(Reuters) – After a decade of promise, advanced biofuels makers are entering a crucial make-or-break period with the first of a new generation of production facilities about to come on line. The […]

The presentation explored the question of whether the U.S. government is spending money on the right technology pathways. Costs were presented for biofuel produced from pyrolysis, algae, Fischer-Tropsch (FT), and methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) […]

The numbers are in thanks to The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and it is (still) obvious that “Drill Baby Drill” will not do much to save American’s money on the high cost […]

Since last year, you’ve likely heard a lot about electric cars. You’ll hear much more in the years to come. But whether you’re a fan or a foe, understand this: A few […]

A funny thing happened around the politics of electric cars. The screaming stopped. We’ve waited almost two months to write about it, but it would appear that the chorus of right-wing attacks […]