Category Archives: Oil

General Wheeler’s War

8/14/2008 – 10:45 am

On the morning of June 24, 1898, American forces advanced toward Las Guasimas, Cuba under the command of Brigadier General Joseph “Fighting Joe” Wheeler. The aged general was a cavalry commander who’d fought for the Confederates in the Civil War. Heavy fire from Spanish troops halted the advance and battle ensued. Gen. [...]

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The Least We Can Do

7/31/2008 – 12:08 pm

Summers are short in Vermont. You can feel this one beginning to slip away already with the recent chill in the evening air. It seems, however, that from the minute the snow melts until it falls again, someone is running a gas-powered engine within one hundred yards of my house.
Power mowers, weed whackers, [...]

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What They Say About Paybacks

6/12/2008 – 10:21 am

“Well, you know what they say about paybacks….” That’s not the kind of payback I have in mind, the payback that line refers to is more appropriately called revenge and is a dish best served cold.
I’ve been thinking about other paybacks this week. Tuesday, Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would have [...]

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Still Doubting?

5/8/2008 – 10:14 am

One of my more frequent and controversial topics of comment is peak oil. It was nine years ago this week that I first wrote of the phenomenon. For those of you who may have missed all those commentaries, here’s a quick recap.
“Peak oil” is the term used to describe the situation that [...]

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Bye, American

3/6/2008 – 10:33 am

You might have heard the story about General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz. At a recent closed-door meeting with reporters, the 76-year-old, who’s in charge of product development said he thinks global warming theory is “a total crock of shit” and that hybrid cars “make no economic sense.”
As you might expect, the people who [...]

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Always on a Friday

1/14/2008 – 10:17 am

I should have known and checked on Saturday. The Bush administration, top to bottom, releases bad news on Friday. This rule even applies to fairly obscure agencies like the Energy Information Administration, which updated its world oil supply and demand numbers Friday.
The news is bad once again. (To see the numbers, click [...]

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Welcome to the Future

1/2/2008 – 3:02 pm

Oil futures hit $100 a barrel.
That didn’t take long.

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