Category Archives: Energy

Solar Is About to Change Our World

Posted on 6 May 2013 by admin

by Michael Sankowski, MonetaryRealism.com I’ve been getting into Solar lately – the fall in prices has been absolutely shocking over the last 2-4 years. We are seeing price drops closer to 20% per year after several decades at 6% price … Continue reading →

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Dude, Where’s My Cheap Gas?

Posted on 20 February 2013 by admin

by James D. Hamilton, Econbrowser.com This article was originally published at Econbrowser. Those who have been told that oil production is booming may be wondering why the prices of oil and gasoline are climbing again.

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Stratfor: Russian Energy Strategy

Posted on 12 February 2013 by Steven Hansen

By By Lauren Goodrich and Marc Lanthemann, Stratfor The future of Russia’s ability to remain a global energy supplier and the strength the Russian energy sector gives the Kremlin are increasingly in question. After a decade of robust energy exports … Continue reading →

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Energy and the End of Growth

Posted on 30 January 2013 by admin

by Michael Edesess, AdvisorPerspectives.com Is economic growth coming to an end? That’s been a hot topic of discussion recently (including in this publication), thanks to a paper by Northwestern University economist Robert J. Gordon, Is U.S. Economic Growth Over? It … Continue reading →

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Seaway Pipeline No Panacea for Cushing’s Oil Glut

Posted on 21 January 2013 by admin

by EconMatters EIA Report The weekly EIA report came out last week and one of the noteworthy data points was the Cushing, Oklahoma storage numbers. Already at a record, Cushing added another 1.8 million barrels to storage sending total Cushing … Continue reading →

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The Great Debate©: ‘Safe’ Nuclear Power from Thorium?

Posted on 9 January 2013 by Steven Hansen

by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, telegraph.co.uk and Steven Hansen Thorium is touted by many as the future energy source for the world.  Thorium would be used in place of uranium and plutonium in nuclear reactors: it is abundant on Earth, it has … Continue reading →

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The New Era of Oil Renaissance

Posted on 5 January 2013 by admin

by EconMatters In a continuation of our series on the state of the oil industry we look at some of the other ramifications of what we are labeling the Oil Renaissance in the US, and around the world for that … Continue reading →

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Oil, Gasoline Markets End 2012 with Swollen Inventory Levels

Posted on 1 January 2013 by admin

by EconMatters EIA Inventory Data In analyzing the last EIA report of the year it is noteworthy that gasoline stocks really rose the last 5 weeks of the year. The takeaway isn`t so much that gasoline inventories rose 23 million … Continue reading →

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Manipulation of Gasoline and Oil Markets

Posted on 23 December 2012 by admin

Gasoline & Oil Markets Rigged Far Worse Than Libor By EconMatters UBS paid $1.5 Billion for manipulating Libor, and Barclay`s already paid the piper for manipulating the Libor rate. Well, it is about time the CFTC get its act together, … Continue reading →

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Stratfor: Geopolitics of Shale

Posted on 19 December 2012 by Steven Hansen

By Robert D. Kaplan, Chief Geopolitical Analyst According to the elite newspapers and journals of opinion, the future of foreign affairs mainly rests on ideas: the moral impetus for humanitarian intervention, the various theories governing exchange rates and debt rebalancing … Continue reading →

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Oiling the Rebalancing Machine

Posted on 12 December 2012 by admin

by Guest Author John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline A consistent theme in this letter has been the connections between items that may seem to be far removed from each other but are actually linked at the very core. If … Continue reading →

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WTI Crude Oil To Test $65 Level in 2013

Posted on 5 December 2012 by admin

By EconMatters WTI closed November just shy of $89 a barrel on hopes of an improving economy. I think there is an argument for an improving economy in 2013, but it is just too early to tell how things are … Continue reading →

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Autos and the U.S. Energy Strategy

Posted on 15 August 2012 by Elliott Morss

by Elliott Morss, Morss Global Finance Introduction The world is in the middle of a protracted energy transition. We know that dependency on oil must be lessened, but beyond that, it is not clear where we will end up. We … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Territorial Claims in a Thawing Arctic

Posted on 12 August 2012 by Ricardo Cornejo

by Ricardo Cornejo, GEI Associate Santa Claus’s days of reigning over a sovereign and independent North Pole are ceasing to exist as temperatures in the Arctic Circle warm up and the natural resource, land grab by surrounding countries nears. Danish … Continue reading →

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Effect of Global Warming on U.S. Energy Consumption

Posted on 25 July 2012 by Elliott Morss

by Elliott Morss, Morss Global Finance Introduction Global warming is causing temperatures to rise. That will mean a greater demand for air conditioning and less for heating. Will the demand for more air conditioning be greater or less than the … Continue reading →

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Think Carefully about an All-Electric World

Posted on 19 July 2012 by Elliott Morss

by Elliott Morss, Morss Global Finance Introduction Increasingly, the world is using electricity. In 1973, global consumption of electricity was only 9% of the energy total. By 2009, the electricity share had increased to 17% [1].  Wouldn’t it be great … Continue reading →

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Can America Capitalize on Natural Gas?

Posted on 14 June 2012 by admin

by James D. Hamilton, reproduced from EconBrowser.com Editor’s note: This article originally appeared at Econbrowser with the title: Using Natural Gas Here’s a promising story for the U.S. economy. The figure below plots the price of crude oil in dollars … Continue reading →

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Can America Capitalize on Natural Gas?

Posted on 12 June 2012 by admin

by James D. Hamilton, reproduced from EconBrowser.com Editor’s note: This article originally appeared at Econbrowser with the title: Using Natural Gas Here’s a promising story for the U.S. economy. The figure below plots the price of crude oil in dollars … Continue reading →

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Forget Peak Oil, Time To Worry About Peak Oil Labor

Posted on 19 May 2012 by admin

By EconMatters In a recent working paper, researchers at the the IMF (International Monetary Fund) attempt to reconcile the Peak Oil debate that whether resource constraints will dictate the future of oil output and prices, or advance in technology motivated … Continue reading →

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What is Dubai’s Secret?

Posted on 21 January 2012 by admin

The World Economy Stalls; Meanwhile Dubai Bounces Back: So what’s The Secret? by Guest Author Andrew Butter One of the few interesting things about Dubai is that it serves as a barometer for economic activity that happens largely outside of … Continue reading →

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