Climate Change, Climate Skeptics and Climate Fools

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  January 5th at 01:40 PM  | 

Under eleven grafs of organic compost, the NYT Green Blog buries its discomfiting lede: unless we’re willing to get serious about nuclear energy, it’s all just talk.

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‘We have more oil and natural gas than anyone thought possible even 5 years ago.’

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  September 15th at 10:36 AM  | 

The domestic oil and gas supply picture is better than it’s been in a generation, and it’s getting better every day. That’s not just my opinion; it’s also the conclusion of Adam Sieminski, chief administrator of the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA), the government’s one-stop shop for all statistics related to our nation’s energy production and consumption. Sieminski was interviewed by Platt’s Energy | Read More »

What’s Wrong with Peak Oil Theory? Consider ‘Peak Gas’.

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  January 28th at 11:00 AM  | 

This is an abbreviated version of a post at my personal blog. There you will find more detailed text, additional figures and references. In 1956, M. King Hubbert predicted that crude oil production in the U.S. (ex-Alaska) would peak in rate around 1970, to be followed by a long, irreversible decline. Hubbert nailed the timing of the peak, and in doing so, cemented his status | Read More »