It’s hard not to feel a little bit of wonder watching this video of America’s most dazzling places. via Grist http://grist.org/living/this-time-lapse-nature-porn-is-your-five-minute-dose-of-zen/
Graph of the Day: Nuclear prices itself out of market
The price of new nuclear has been revealed, and it does not compare well with wind and solar. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/graph-of-the-day-nuclear-prices-itself-out-of-market-93110?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=graph-of-the-day-nuclear-prices-itself-out-of-market-93110
Enhanced oil recovery techniques helped Oman reverse recent production declines
Oman is the largest oil and natural gas producer in the Middle East that is not a member of OPEC. Oman’s average annual crude oil production peaked in 2000 at 970,000 barrels […]
The Worst Is Over? Solar Industry Rebounds
Solar industry manufacturers are rebounding from a two-year slump faster than technology companies recovered from the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s. via Solar Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/10/the-worst-is-over-solar-industry-rebounds?cmpid=rss
IEA: Feed-in Tariff Not a Subsidy, But Tax Credits Are
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has declared that feed-in tariffs are the principal driving force in the worldwide development of solar photovoltaics (solar PV). While possibly stating the obvious, it’s always good […]
When will the Shale Bubble Burst?
Most of us are aware by now that the introduction of widespread hydraulic fracturing into the oil and gas business has resulted in a rapid growth in U.S. production. U.S. crude output […]
PADD regions enable regional analysis of petroleum product supply and movements
The Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADDs) are geographic aggregations of the 50 States and the District of Columbia into five districts: PADD 1 is the East Coast, PADD 2 the Midwest, […]
Sustainability: How Humans’ Economy Differs from Natures’
A few years ago, I had an ah-ha moment when it comes to what we as humans would need to do to live in a sustainable manner. It is very easy. All […]
When, not if, China taps into shale gas
The continuing smog incidents in China highlight the social effects of relying heavily on coal-fired power generation (in addition to agricultural field burning practices). You can see the scale of pollution in […]
Red Queen effect can make production slow down in a hurry
Eagle Ford wells come in producing large amounts of oil or gas, but drop like a roller coaster after a year — a more than 60 percent dip that experts say is […]
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