Archive for March, 2010
Energy Security Populism: Oil Prices, American Leaders, and Media
Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
The following guest essay is by Kevin Kane. Kevin is an energy market strategist, Asia political affairs analyst, and Korean language linguist living in Seoul, South Korea. Kevin previously published American Freedom from Oil: A Bipartisan Pipedream.
Energy Security Populism:
Oil Prices, American Leaders, and Media
By Kevin P. Kane
American leaders and news outlets [...]
Changes Coming to R-Squared
Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
At the end of the week, I have to go to New Zealand for 10 days. As is often the case, my posting will be limited while I am traveling. Any time I travel, this always highlights one of the major weaknesses with a personal blog: Traffic is driven by new [...]
Strategizing for the Ethanol Industry
Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
A reader recently sent me a link to the following story:
D.C. Discussions Advance Corn Issues
Extension of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) – This blender’s tax credit provides $.45 for each gallon of ethanol blended with gasoline and expires at the end of this year. The credit provides thousands of [...]
Book Review: Big Coal
Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
One of the triumphs of modern life is our ability to distance ourselves from the simple facts of our own existence. - Jeff Goodell
Big Coal by Jeff Goodell is a book I have had on my reading list for a long time, but I only got around to reading it during [...]
Why Summer Gasoline Means Higher Prices
Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
Spring is approaching, and gasoline prices are once again climbing. But you may not know that this ritual of climbing prices happens almost every year about this time. If you check the history of gasoline prices at the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) website you can see that gasoline prices almost always [...]
Will Solar Prices Fall into Grid Parity?
Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
The following is a guest post written by Dan Harding. Dan has written numerous articles on the solar industry, and is a regular contributing author to CalFinder.
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Will Solar Prices Fall into Grid Parity?
By Dan Harding
The Holy Grail…in solar-speak, it translates roughly to Grid Parity. It is a goal either mythical or [...]
Range Responds
Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
I just became aware that BiofuelsDigest wrote a story on my recent blog on Range Fuels, and got some comments back from Range Fuels’ CEO David Aldous:
Battle of the Falling Timbers
Aldous said pretty much what I would expect the CEO of Range Fuels to say. He defended his company, and complained [...]
A Day Late on the Bloom Box
Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
I wasn’t going to write anything on the Bloom Box, but people keep writing to ask what I think. My initial reactions were “What a lot of hype” and “I have seen this all before.” I also wondered why it is that people keep falling for these kinds of stories.
But fuel [...]
What’s the Stock Play in Wake of the Over-hyped Story About Fuel Cell Developer Bloom Energy?
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Having been a Wall Street Journal energy and environment reporter, one of the first experts I would have called before running a story on privately-held solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) developer Bloom Energy would have been Neal Dikeman, who in addition to being a prominent alternative energy investor and the writer of an authoritative [...]
