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U.S. oil reserves reached a new record in 2022. Crude oil and condensate proved reserves exceed 48 billion barrels (Figure 1). Reserves declined from 1969 to 2006 then increased with…
Perhaps the most extraordinary part of Iran’s April 13 attack on Israel was that it was countered by a coalition that included Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates…
How will climate change and destruction of the natural world affect the future? No one knows for sure but most-likely outcomes don’t look very good unless we do something radically…
Peak oil was fifty years ago. That was when the end of oil production growth resulted in the permanent decline in world GDP expansion. Peak oil was never about running…
The Eagle Ford Shale was the hottest play in the United States a little more than a decade ago. In mid-2012, there were twice as many rigs drilling horizontal wells…
Why do so many otherwise intelligent people believe that nuclear power is the solution to the world’s energy and climate crises? “There is no way, absolutely none, that the world’s…
A transition away from fossil fuels seems like a sensible approach to climate change but what are the correct ingredients? Wind, solar, hydrogen, electric vehicles, carbon capture, nuclear, geothermal, heat…
The ordinarily knowledgeable and reasonable Doomberg is way out of his lane on oil. In a recent post “Peak Cheap Oil is a Myth,” Doomberg observes that natural gas liquids…
Coal demand will peak in 2023 and begin to decline in 2024 and beyond (Figure 1). That’s the good news in a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) issued…
It seems reasonable that oil demand will fall as the number of electric vehicles (EV) increases. Unfortunately, there is no support for that popular belief. In fact, the data suggests…
Marco Raugei and Chris Nelder spent 75 minutes tilting at straw men on Nelder’s The Energy Transition Show last month. After the discussion with Raugei, Nelder launched into a 30-minute…
Among the most frustrating parts of discussions about the human predicament is the widespread belief that nuclear energy is the answer. It’s not. If money were not a consideration—but it…