Tag Archives: fracking

Over and under-cooked oil — tar sands, “fracked” tight oil & gas, oil shale

Posted on September 4, 2016 by

[ This article discusses why it’s so hard and expensive to extract difficult oils like tar sands, oil shale, and tight “fracked” oil, for reasons such as: These are at the bottom of the resource pyramid, so there may be … Continue reading →

Posted in Oil & Gas Fracked, Oil (Tar) Sands, Oil Shale | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Shale Euphoria: The Boom and Bust of Sub Prime Oil and Natural Gas

Posted on April 15, 2016 by

[ U.S. house hearings have stated that the U.S. is energy independent, that shale oil and gas will give us a century of energy independence: House 112-176 in 2012, House 113-1 2013, and several others.  In fact we have so … Continue reading →

Posted in Oil & Gas Fracked, Peak Natural Gas, Peak Oil | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Shale Euphoria: The Boom and Bust of Sub Prime Oil and Natural Gas

Drinking the Kool-Aid. The U.S. Senate believes we are energy independent.

Posted on June 23, 2015 by

[Some of the interesting parts of this session are $95 billion dollars of new manufacturing, transport, & utilities that are growing to take advantage of the cheap NG here, which will exponentially increase the use of energy. Even if we … Continue reading →

Posted in Congressional Record U.S., Natural Gas | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Drinking the Kool-Aid. The U.S. Senate believes we are energy independent.

Peak oil in the Congressional record 2015

Posted on June 11, 2015 by

[ I’ve meant to post more but haven’t gotten around to it, but there are quite a few other summaries of house and senate hearings on energy in category Experts/GOVERNMENT/Congressional Record U.S. Also see: Peak Oil in the Congressional record: … Continue reading →

Posted in Congressional Record U.S. | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Peak oil in the Congressional record 2015

ASPO: Top Ten 2014 News Stories Regarding Oil and the Economy

Posted on January 6, 2015 by

Andrews, S., Whipple, T. January 6, 2015. Top Ten 2014 News Stories Regarding Oil and the Economy. January 6, 2015. 1. Oil Price Crash The great price crash of 2014 could well turn out to be one of the defining … Continue reading →

Posted in Organizations | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on ASPO: Top Ten 2014 News Stories Regarding Oil and the Economy

Shale “fracked” natural gas peak by 2020: Mason Inman’s “Natural gas, the fracking fallacy”

Posted on December 4, 2014 by

[ In 2005 the U.S. was making desperate plans to build dozens of Liquefied Natural Gas plants for importing gas. Fracked gas changed that for the past 10 years, indeed, now the U.S. is talking about exporting natural gas.  But … Continue reading →

Posted in Natural Gas, Peak Natural Gas | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Shale “fracked” natural gas peak by 2020: Mason Inman’s “Natural gas, the fracking fallacy”

Natural Gas — How Much is Left in the USA?

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

Although there’s been a fracking boom for shale gas in America, many are skeptical.   We need local gas since it’s very expensive to import from overseas sources like Qatar, and we’re competing with other nations for delivery, which drives the … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Liebig's Law, Natural Gas | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Natural Gas — How Much is Left in the USA?

James Howard Kunstler “True Believers”

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

James Howard Kunstler. August 17, 2005. True Believers. There is a special species of idiot at large in the financial media space who believe absolutely in the desperate and tragic public relations bullshit that this society churns out to convince … Continue reading →

Posted in James Howard Kunstler, Oil & Gas Fracked, Peak Natural Gas, Peak Oil | Tagged , , | Comments Off on James Howard Kunstler “True Believers”