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 my recent trip to Europe.

I usually scan the energy headlines each morning, but had somehow missed the stories on the recently introduced bills to electrify the U.S. Postal Service fleet:U.S. Postal Service to test a repurposed electric vehicle fleetRep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.) introduced a bill Friday that would pay ...

I will finish up my long-promised concluding post in the recent series on ethanol and oil imports. I have been traveling for ten days, and inadvertently left all of my graphics for that post on another computer. I am back home now, and will try to tidy it up ...

This will be the conclusion of Vinod Khosla's (VK) recent lengthy interview at the Milken Institute 2009 Global Conference. The interview was conducted by Elizabeth Corcoran (EC) of Forbes and can be viewed here.In Part I, VK discussed the role of government money, capital ...

This is a continuation of the previous post covering Vinod Khosla's (VK) recent lengthy interview Milken Institute 2009 Global Conference. The interview was conducted by Elizabeth Corcoran (EC) of Forbes and can be viewed here.In Part I, VK discussed the role of government money, ...

Because I am terribly snowed under, I am going to provide the summaries in pieces. But there are some other options if you want immediate gratification on all of the sessions. Professor Dave Summers - aka former editor 'Heading Out' at The Oil Drum - has several updates posted ...

The natural gas crisis caused by the cutoff of supplies from Russia earlier in the year crystallized for many nations the threat of being overly dependent on another country for their energy supplies. Over the past decades, countries in Europe have shut down nuclear reactors, which caused them to turn ...

The online version of the Wall Street Journal has a new section devoted entirely to energy:Energy - WSJIt contains numerous energy-themed articles ranging from 'going green' to changes in the refining industry to investing in natural gas to thin film solar panels. Excellent stuff....

Listening When We DisagreeBarack Obama has said that energy is going to be one of his top priorities. I believe he is completely sincere about this and that energy will get a lot of attention early on in his administration. I believe he is committed to moving the ...

I am still traveling for a few days, and will be back in Scotland on January 13th. One of the e-mails I received while I was traveling was a guest submission. The author wrote:Mr. RapierAfter reading a bit of your blog, I am sending this to ...