The Missing Oil I just wanted to briefly touch on three energy stories that were in the news over the past week. The first is that the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico seems to be slowing: BP Oil Spill: Clean-Up Crews Can't Find Crude in the Gulf Thousands of small ...

Access to the system is made difficult by broken escalators and elevators, slow and unpredictable service, and dirty and crowded cars.

Claims like "BP will file for Chapter 11 by July 9," and that "the 'real, untold story' is another leak that is 5-7 miles away spewing 120,000 barrels per day" are ruining Matt Simmons' credibility.

A new report released by the Congressional Budget Office yesterday afternoon reaches some eye popping conclusions about what our lavish support for old corn ethanol is costing us. For mature and mainstream corn ethanol, we the tax payers are shelling out $1.78 per gallon before ...

Previously, I described a portion of my role in the early development of the MixAlco Process. Developed in the laboratories of Professor Mark Holtzapple at Texas A&M University, the process has undergone significant further developments, which I report on in this essay. Details of the MixAlco Process Here I will ...

It should come as no surprise that the first copy of the full text of Sen. Klobuchar's energy bill  was found on a corn ethanol industry association website; the bill reads like the industry's wish list. Klobuchar says she's trying to broaden the base of support ...

Last December, I received an intriguing request from the Public Relations Director at the world's largest ethanol producer. Nathan Schock asked if I would be interested in posing a video question that would be answered by POET CEO Jeff Broin. He said that any topic was fair game, except ...

My vacation is over, so it's back to work. I am still working on the followup to the MixAlco story, but there is a lot of material to digest. I am exchanging e-mails with Professor Holtzapple just now, trying to get answers to questions around the energy balance and ...

The following is a guest essay by Kevin Kane. Kevin is the author of the Energy Fanatic Blog. Oil Prices, Recession-Depression, and Investment Low Oil Prices Foster Future Oil Price Peaks By Kevin Kane As the global economy stalls, some economists including Paul Krugman argue that ...

I have had family visiting me for the past two weeks, which has slowed my posting down a bit. I am trying to finish up the followup story to the essay on the MixAlco process, but it will probably be early next week before that one is ready. Until ...